Nano Baby Instructions

CONTROLS

Cancel/Mode (circle button)
Left Cursor (left arrow button)
Right Cursor (right arrow button)
Confirm (square button)
There are two different modes for your Nano Baby:
Timer Mode and Game Mode

Remove the Activation Tab by pulling it straight out.
Your Nano Baby should now be activated.

SET THE TIMER
Press button (circle) to enter Timer Mode
Press button (square) and hold until the numbers begin to blink.
Press button (left arrow) to advance the hour.
Press button (right arrow) to advance the minutes.
Press button (square) to enter the time and start the Timer.
Press button (circle) to go back to Game Mode.

After you set the current time on your Nano Baby, sit back and watch the wonders of binary birth, (be patient this takes a few minutes)
As soon as your baby is born and you know if it's a boy or a girl (the girl has pigtails, the boy doesn't) it's time to give your digital bundle of joy a name.

NAMING YOUR NEWBORN

To enter your new Nano Baby's name, simply:
Press button (right arrow) to scan through the alphabet.
Press button (left arrow) to scan backwards through the alphabet.
Press button (circle) to select a letter and move to the next blank space.
When you are done entering up to 8 letters, press button (square) to enter in your Nano Baby's name.
The Nano Baby game has begun!

SOUND ON/OFF

Press button (circle) to enter Timer Mode
Press button (left arrow button) to turn sound off (bell on display disappears)

Press button (right arrow button) to turn sound on (bell on display appears)
Press button (circle) to go back to Game Mode

BABY'S HEALTH (picture of a doctor's chart)

In order to take good care of your Nano Baby, you must know what it needs.
To check the Baby's Health:
Press button (left button) or (right button) to select the Health icon on the screen.
Press button (square) to confirm your selection.
Scroll through the Health section using buttons (left arrow) or (right arrow)
You can check the following:

Age and Weight
Discipline (picture of a colored in face)
Happiness (picture of a clear happy face)
Hunger (picture of a plate of food)
Empty hearts indicate a low score and full hearts indicate a high score.
(NOTE: Always check the Health Icon when your Nano Baby cries)

FEEDING TIME (picture of baby eating with spoon)

All Baby's work up an appetite being born so you'll want to feed your newborn Nano Baby right away.
To feed your binary bundle of joy:
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the feeding icon on the screen
Press button (square) to confirm your selection.
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the proper food.
(NOTE: Too many snacks are not good for your Nano Baby)
Press button (square) again to feed your Nano Baby

CLEANING TIME (picture of bathtub)

When your Nano Baby makes a mess, you have to clean it up - yuka-puk!
If you see some stinky digital droppings on your screen or tiny little foot prints, then it's time to clean your Nano Baby.
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the cleaning icon on the screen.
Press button (square) again to clean your Nano Baby.
Repeat as necessary.

PLAY TIME FOR BABY (picture of baby wearing hat holding bat)

Playing with your Nano Baby is very important. You need to make it happy to grow up healthy. There are two games you can play with your Nano Baby.

Game 1 is the classic Rock, Paper and Scissors.
Game 2 is the exciting Crawling Competition.

Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the game icon on the screen.
Press button (square) to confirm your selection.
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select Game 1 or Game 2
Press button (square) to start the game

(GAME 1)
Your Nano Baby will select either Rock, Paper or Scissors at the same time you do. You select Rock by pressing button (right arrow), Paper by pressing button (square) and Scissors by pressing button (left arrow).

Rock breaks Scissors. The Player who selected Rock wins.
Scissors cuts Paper. The player who selected Scissors wins.
Paper covers Rock. The player who selected Paper wins.
If you guess right, your Nano Baby wins and it will be very happy!

(GAME 2)
It's a baby crawling competition against the clock! Push button (left arrow) or (right arrow) (depending on which direction your baby is facing) repeatedly to help your baby crawl. Hurry! You only have a few seconds before time runs out!
If you make it to the goal before the time runs out, your Nano Baby will be very happy.

SLEEP TIME (picture of sun & moon)

Your Nano Baby must get plenty of rest; so when you see that your Nano Baby is snoring, turn out the lights.
To turn out the light:
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the light icon on the screen.
Press button (square) to confirm your selection.
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select either off or on.
Press button (square) again.
When your Baby wakes up don't forget to turn the lights back on.

DISCIPLINE(picture of crying baby's face)

If your Nano Baby begins to misbehave then you must discipline it.
(NOTE: Be sure to check the Health Icon first!) To teach your Nano Baby to behave, you must:
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the discipline icon on the screen.
Press button (square) to confirm your selection.

MEDICINE (picture of nurse)

If your Nano Baby gets sick, (picture of skull w/fumes) you must give your baby medical attention right away!
(NOTE: If your Nano Baby will not play with you or will not eat even though it is hungry, then your Nano Baby is, indeed, sick.)
Press button (left arrow) or (right arrow) to select the Medicine icon on the screen.
Press button (square) to confirm your selection.
Your Nano Baby's health will improve after the first dose of medicine and the icon will change appearance (picture of a clear face with black eyes). You will need to administer a second treatment 2 hours after the first in order to insure good health. If you attempt to give a second treatment in less than 2 hours from the first, it will take longer to make your Nano Baby healthy again.

ATTENTION ICON ?/
If the attention icon appears along with a beep, you need to check on your Nano Baby.

SUCCESS
Be a good parent and take very good care of your Nano Baby. When your first Nano Baby is 3 years old (approximately 12 days), a new Nano Baby will be born for you to care for. If your first Nano Baby is a boy, then your second will be a girl - or the other way around. If you take good care of the second Nano Baby, then in another 12 days you'll have a very happy family!

To start a new Nano Baby, simply:
Press buttons (circle) and (square) at the same time.
NOTE: Pressing these two buttons will cause the game to reset.
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This page was last updated: February 7, 2007