The mom of two spends between five and 10 hours a day hand painting the designs – with some dolls taking up to a week to finish. Reborn dolls are hyper-realistic dolls that are hand-painted by an ...

Two dozen lifelike babies lie nestled in a nursery in Traci Knoppe's home in Missouri. Except the cribs and bassinets aren't holding real babies. They're dolls. Jaime Beebe began bringing her dolls to ...

Gabi Matos looks the quintessential doting mum as she changes Ravi's nappy, cooing reassuringly as he stares up at her. But this Brazilian "newborn" doesn't seem to mind having his nappy changed. In ...

It’s a sanctuary where people from all over the world make pregnancy announcements, trade advice on infant feeding and share ultrasound photos. Some meet for in-person playdates and mail each other ...

Many find these dolls disturbing, some find them fascinating, and others (like myself) spend their hard-earned money on one of their own. Scrolling through TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen videos ...

Have you ever seen a baby doll so realistic you did a double-take, thinking it was a real child? They’re called reborn dolls, and some of them are so lifelike police have actually smashed car windows ...

When a brand new 'reborn' baby - the hyper-realistic dolls that look and feel like a real newborn, is delivered to their 'parent', a ceremonious 'box opening' usually takes place. The dolls, often ...

Although the love affair between women and dolls is nothing new (think: your eccentric great aunt’s porcelain doll collection), the Instagram world of reborns is a recent phenomenon. Instagram has ...

Is breastfeeding best… for a silicone baby? Inside the extremely niche (yet relatable) ideological battles raging within a subculture of doll enthusiasts.

Jess Ellis, 29, from Newham, London, owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting after struggling with PCOS. She says the dolls are calming, release similar maternal hormones, and help women coping ...

She also creates personalized dolls for influencers with congenital identifiers MEET the woman making reborn dolls with birth defects who refuses to listen to trolls branding them ”monsters.” Chelsea ...