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 ...

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' ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Women struggling with infertility have found a way to love and care for a little bundle of joy - a lifelike baby doll that can cost more than $20,000. These creations, called Reborn dolls, are ...

Artists are crafting incredibly lifelike monsters, and fans can’t get enough Artists are crafting incredibly lifelike monsters, and fans can’t get enough When Arend Smith first learned about the ...

One their children have grown up, most mothers have rose-tinted memories of the days when they held gurgling babies in their arms. But Carol Laing has taken the bizarre step of trying to recreate ...

There are many things people do to prepare themselves to become parents, and this couple took an approach that’s a little more untraditional. Jess Ellis, 27, and her fiancé, Avery Raassen, 33, are ...

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 ...

An aspiring mum who owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting worries Kira Cousins’ fake baby scandal reinforces the idea doll owners are “crazy”. Jess Ellis, 29, started making and collecting the ...