Connor Olson knows the tales about storks dropping off babies to loving parents. But for the 19-year-old La Crosse woman, the postal worker plays the part of the stork. Her bundles of joy come to her ...

Now in its second year — but already one of the largest conventions of its kind in the world — the R.O.S.E. International Doll Show will shine a light on the lifelike world of reborn baby dolls. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jacklyn Damm has two children but she’s made more than 50 babies. The Fairview resident creates ultrarealistic dolls and sells them for as much as $1,500 at craft and doll shows around the country, ...

Reborn baby dolls: Creepy, odd or just plain weird? OK, plenty of people think they're cute. Check out this TODAY story on the trend of amazingly lifelike baby dolls that some women are fond of ...

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 ...

"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 ...