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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Caroline Guenther. I played with baby dolls until what would probably be considered “too ...

A woman said she wants to go to court over the custody of a “reborn” baby doll, according to attorney Suzana Ferreira, who shared the case on social media. Ferreira said she was contacted by a woman ...

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 ...

Stephanie Ortiz is a Reborn artist and collector in California. Here she is (at left) with a doll she made for her collection, Jayson. Jayson (at right) has a "twin," Jenna. Courtesy of Stephanie ...

She’s doing the breast she can. Kelly Cunningham has always wanted to be a mother — but without a baby of her own, the New York native is breastfeeding her dolls. The Ronkonkoma resident bought a ...

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 ...

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 ...