A MOTHER has revealed that she has splashed £350 on a reborn baby so that she doesn’t get empty nest syndrome. The influencer ...

Britney, who is mum to two teenage boys, was in fact carrying a life sized, plastic baby. Known as 'reborn' dolls ... dress and bathe the dolls. I liked to treat them just like real babies.

Reborn dolls are hyper-realistic dummies, treated like real children, given a birthing ceremony and even a heartbeat. Yet they serve a deeper purpose, being used as therapeutic aids to help women ...

To really understand the lure of these dolls, you need to hold one. I met Christine, 68, and her husband Steve at The Doll Show in March. With them was Harley – a dark-haired sleeping reborn ...

It's not exactly like having a real baby - but the motions, the care, and the attention feel very real and comforting.' She added that for many people, reborn dolls are not just toys but ...

Maria Trigg, 36, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that she's been a doll collector nearly her whole life, and began ... could feel so much like a real baby, it was over.