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 ...

While her body was still healing, Christina tells PEOPLE she initially wanted nothing to do with her reborn dolls Christina Keeler Christina Keeler is opening up about finding comfort in her reborn ...

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 ...

A woman who describes herself as a "mum to 250 babies" has a vast and rapidly growing collection of reborn dolls. Sylvia Heszterterenyiova, 51, from Sydney, Australia, says she has a 'special bond' ...

In the Reborning subculture, collectors “adopt” hyper-realistic artificial babies–impeccably crafted from vinyl, glass, doe suede, and up to eighty layers of paint. The “parents” care for their dolls ...

'Reborn babies' have become popular in Britain and the United States, collectible for their realistic looks, complete with hair made of mohair, veins, nails, eyelashes - and even a touch of saliva at ...

Kiersten is a mother not to human children but to dolls—specifically “reborn” dolls, a specialized class of hyperrealistic faux babies that inspire spooked curiosity in casual observers and fanatical ...

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 ...

The first time Karolina Jonderko held a reborn doll, she was amazed at how lifelike it was. It not only looked like a newborn baby, but it felt like one, too. It was as heavy as a baby should be. She ...