To think reborn dolls are disturbing?

Exactly, get off your high horse OP

How sad to have such a closed mind and be so unable to see an object from another person's perspective.

I do yes, although I don't judge anyone who has one. I think they are going through something mentally challenging and it's their coping mechanism.

They’re all sinister.

Nothing will convince me otherwise.

Bruise? That's a bit sinister.

Apparently there’s new ones now which cry and bruise.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get creepier…

They are just dolls. Yes, I know some people play with them, dress them up, take them out, use them for sad reasons. Up to them. I love how realistic they are. They can be an art form too. I love dolls and have a doll collection. One of them is a reborn. I keep it in the cabinet with the others but with the blanket over it's face. I know they freak some people out, and I don't want anyone to get a fright. I used to have it in a bassinet as an ornament but that got annoying to dust.

Some of them are just awful and have this blue tinge to them. Then there are the ones who have a cord clamp attached!

I have seen very few who look anything like a real baby.

Okay so I don't know if I can change your mind at all but I can give you more insight.

Reborn dolls arent regular dolls. They are hand crafted art pieces. The artists paint them by hand. They are not even close to comparable with kids dolls that only cost what $50 or less (I think when they first came out luvabella was like $50.) reborns can cost anywhere from $200 to $6k or more for high quality work.

Reborns aren't only for people that lost babies. They are becoming therapy tools for those with anxiety, depression,PTSD or even with the elderly who have Alzheimer's or dementia. I myself have two reborn dolls and I have clothes,a few blankets,a DOLL carseat and playpen, that can't be used for a real baby, a sealed baby bottle that would have to be cut for a real baby to use,a baby brush and comb set,and 3 small stuffed animals for pictures with my dolls.

My adopted mom and the rest of her family support me in my reborn doll mom-ing because I have mental health issues and they help me. Sometimes I have flashbacks and I hold my weighted baby Violet and she grounds me bringing me back to the here and now. Could I just use a weighted blanket? No because those feel suffocating to me. Everyone is different.

I'm trying to get the courage to take my babies out with me places but I'm nervous to because of people like you. I'm not hurting you or any actual baby by having less than 30 outfits, all of them bought for the purpose of being worn by my reborns, or having a sealed bottle specifically for reborns. Also I use lotion and tap water to make "fake formula bottles* in a lot of areas in the US we can't even drink our tap water with out boiling it first. And I'm not using baby lotion for the bottle I'm using just any lotion. This is what a lot of people actually do.. Also a lot of the reborn moms with actual baby furniture..it's stuff that the ADA says is not safe for actual babies anymore. Many reborn moms post on fb asking if anyone has an expired/old car seat or stroller. One that would have no other purpose anymore. As for those that have a real baby crib, some of them actually had the cribs made by family members for their reborns. So they didn't go to Walmart or any store that sells cribs and buy one from there..or they go to yard sales..but if they are at a yard sale and they see a lady who looks like they might be pregnant or they are carrying a baby and looking at a crib..they leave that crib there for that actual mom. We are not greedy. And if we do get tired of the clothes we currently have we trade with other reborn moms, or go through our current collection and decide which outfits we are totally bored and done with, donate those to goodwill, and from that same goodwill,find a few things that we like more than what we donated. So I promise we really aren't taking from real moms.

It really does and the saddest thing is I think she thinks it’s my mum. She loves babies so I’m so glad she has it.

I don't think it's weird, just sad... A woman's desire to have a child can be one of the most intensely crippling impulses there is. I can completely understand why someone who has lost babies or can't have children longs to have something to fill their arms, even if they know it's just escapism and not the real thing. In an ideal world, all such people would have therapy and no longer feel any need for such a comfort. But we don't live in an ideal world, and what's wrong with a temporary or partial solution?

It was Channel 4

My grandma with dementia has it and she loves it because it’s her baby

Bless her...hope it gives her some comfort

I agree! I think the newborns look sweet and I can imagine be lovely to hold like a real baby. I suppose it makes me think of being a child again and I feel uneasy about a grown woman acting like a child. But I also can remember how lovely it was to have a doll and absolutely understand for dementia sufferers like my gran. It’s very sad in her case as she thinks it’s real though.

My grandma with dementia has it and she loves it because it’s her baby. Please be kind.

I agree it feels strange as they look so real and I guess I worry about creeps having them. I can understand it though especially if you love babies.

I am a 58 year old grandmother of 9 and mother of 4. I absolutely love silicone dolls, they cost a lot of money. I love the texture and the cuteness. I don't play as such but cuddling them comforts me. I really do bot understand why this bothers you?

Some say it's a hobby. Some have it after baby loss. Either way it's bizarre and not healthy. also don't like that these people are buying baby clothes to dress a doll in and toys/blankets/cots/bottles etc that real families could actually use. It seems terribly wasteful

YABVVU and that doesn't affect you at all. If it helps someone that's great. I find them creepy but I don't care if people have them. If they bring comfort after loss or to childless people that's wonderful.

As for the last part of your post, really? That's utterly ridiculous. Read it back to yourself and see if you can guess why. Get a hobby maybe instead.

I'm hoping when I'm old and demented that nobody gets me a reborn doll. Both of my babies were frequent projectile vomiters. They also drooled. Despite my best efforts with bathing, bibs and clean clothes they tended to smell like overripe cottage cheese. If these dolls give comfort to others that's fine by me though. There is amazing artistry in making them.

I'm creeped out by you searching out this old thread...🙃

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I know of a lady with advanced dementia who loves to hold her Reborn doll. She's in a care home and when she has this Reborn doll she is much calmer. I don't see any harm in them if they help a person in need. Shortage of baby clothes is just not true.

I get creeped out also and I've seen them in carseats and sitting in high chair s for n restaurants being fed fake baby food and bottles by the owner or.om

Thank you so much for sharing this ❤️❤️❤️

The level of judgement here is astounding.

I know of a woman who does those living history recreation things at weekends and the group she's part of go to all kinds of places to show visitors how people would have lived. She has a reborn baby to keep in a cot thing in the corner of the room to show how they would have been dressed and kept out of the way, or worn on the back of the mother as she went about her daily business, without the hassle of keeping an actual baby.