KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Reborn dolls have been around for several decades among adult collectors as well as kids they remain popular, but when the sale of newborn dolls hit the internet market, ...

Several years ago, Lisa Robertson created a Facebook support group to discuss the ups and downs of parenthood. It’s a sanctuary where people from all over the world make pregnancy announcements, trade ...

Collectors have many reasons for buying the dolls, such as grieving after pregnancy loss or enjoying adult play, experts say "Culture is incredibly uncomfortable with grief and sadness and pain," Dr.

Scrolling through TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen videos of disembodied hands squishing hyper-realistic silicone baby faces (or, um, pulling a tiny baby figure out of their mouths). Some folks ...

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 ...

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 dolls to ...

Like many artists, Dianna Matthews' works require layers of paint, a little patience and a lot of passion. Her canvas, on the other hand, is a little unusual — it's more likely to be found cradled in ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...