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 ...

Parents grieving the loss of a child, miscarriage or stillbirth is an all too common yet devastating part of life. It’s a pain that is incredibly difficult to stem but there are ways that the ...

She bought a Reborn Doll — incredibly lifelike baby dolls — for her 27th birthday ... couldn’t help but want to care for Jennifer like a real child,” Cunningham, now 29, told Caters ...

“Everything looks very real: (The doll’s) face is rosy, her skin looks like a real baby’s, and her nails.” Jessica Wu with her reborn doll, Lillie, which she bought from Lee. Lee ...

and 'rooting' each strand of real human hair into the scalp. The material costs add up, too — especially when the doll includes battery-operated 'breathing' machines or a baby-like scent (often ...

But like many collectors, her interest in the dolls stems from personal tragedy–a miscarriage caused her to “hit rock bottom,” as she told the Daily Mail. “I hoped the [Reborn] baby could ...

Reborn dolls, or hyper-realistic dolls, have carved out a unique niche in both art and therapeutic circles in Brazil. "I started this for children, but it was something that everyone loved, children, ...

“If I was breastfeeding a real baby no one would say anything ... about them where Kelly became enthralled that the dolls looked like "real babies." She takes her reborn children on outings ...

These lifelike baby dolls have been shown to help with grief ... hyper-realistic dolls made to look like real babies. "I just was so thoroughly intrigued by it," Paula recalled.