The woman shared a video feeding her reborn doll baby formula during a shortage. When watching TikTok user mummyof2reborns videos, nothing at first seems amiss. She’s simply a mother showcasing ...

Mom feeds Reborn dolls baby formula. The woman’s ‘babies’ are in fact ‘reborn dolls’ – very life-like dolls one can purchase, often when one has suffered infant loss or miscarriage.

Why Some Women Pay Up to $5,000 for Life-Like, 'Reborn' Baby Dolls: Some Are Grieving, Others Think 'They're Cute' "You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after ...

A trip down the reborn rabbit hole reveals practical tutorials on creating and caring for the dolls alongside elaborate role-plays that simulate life with a baby…or 10.

Reborn Dolls are known to be used as a form of therapy to provide a sense of comfort and connection for people struggling with infertility, infant loss or dementia. Kelly Cunningham / CATERS NEWS ...

A startlingly hyper-realistic reborn baby doll lies in an incubator at a store in Campinas, Brazil. AP A group of women gather in a park with their hyper-realistic “reborn” dolls in Sao Paulo ...

However, I had the magic of the internet, where I could covertly maintain my interest in dolls through the discovery of the Reborn doll community on YouTube. Reborn baby dolls are hyper-realistic, ...

A pre-manufactured reborn doll starts at around $50, Trigg says, while a hand-sculpted original finished silicone doll can cost upwards of $5,000 or even $10,000, depending on the artist.

To some, the dolls, known as reborn dolls, provide comfort, escape or just plain fun. But politicians across Brazil have tried to pass bills banning the dolls from public spaces.