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No, it's not a real baby: the unsettling trend of "reborn babies" fascinates and divides opinion.

Skin texture, leg creases, chubby hands, realistic eyelashes, expressive faces… reborn babies look just like the real thing. Created for film sets, they are now finding their way into the arms of ...
Reuters

Entering “Reborn Baby” paradise

“I would like to adopt please,” “I would like to buy a life-like baby”, or “I would love to adopt Mathilda or Stefy” are sentences you hear from clients entering the workshop of Belgian artist ...
New York Post

‘Reborn mothers’ love their scary-realistic baby dolls and slam critics of bizarre craze: ‘I want the right to go out with them’

Brazilians like Ana Paula Vilela (above) are pampering their hyper-realistic baby dolls -- and sparking debate. AP SAO PAULO — Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have ...
New York Post

I’m a mom of two but only one baby is real — trolls say I’m ‘crazy’ for raising a doll, but I love him

For Maddie, being a teen mom of two tots is child’s play — mostly because one of her kids is plastic. Dolling up and doting on a newborn became a labor of love for the 19-year-old when she first ...
People

Why Some Women Pay Up to $5,000 for Life-Like, 'Reborn' Baby Dolls: Some Are Grieving, Others Think 'They're Cute'

"You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after receiving criticism for having a reborn doll Laura Ise; Coly Trigg/TikTok Lifelike dolls, known as reborn dolls, have been ...