Wtf are these?

joyfullyfound · March 2014

https://www.reborns.com/

Reborn dolls? Ever heard of them? Are they not the creepiest things ever?? I found them because someone pinned them on Pinterest, and then I did some more googling.... Seriously though, do any of you see the appeal?

superToots · March 2014

I think I saw a tlc show about these... my creepy obsession, or something like that. They are really weird. And really expensive. I don't get why you'd want/need one.

rosesandpetals · March 2014

superToots said:

I think I saw a tlc show about these... my creepy obsession, or something like that. They are really weird. And really expensive. I don't get why you'd want/need one.

I think I saw that, too. Someone couldn't have kids so she carried around and told people it was real. Or let people think it was real. She had a bjorn, too. Weird.

lyingliarlies · March 2014

while the dolls look creepy, it's incredibly sad to me that someone would be in the state of mind to find comfort in them. i can't imagine.

joyfullyfound · March 2014

Even if I lost a child, I can't imagine wanting a life-like replica of them to keep forever and ever... it's craziness. And SO expensive (though I understand a ton of work goes into them)!

zbeesma86 · March 2014

Diapers&Wipes said:

I will not click on the link. It sounds like I will have nightmares for days.

Same. Sounds scary!

Laurakat81 · March 2014

Hav=Fath said:

joyfullyfound said:

Even if I lost a child, I can't imagine wanting a life-like replica of them to keep forever and ever... it's craziness. And SO expensive (though I understand a ton of work goes into them)!

I can't imagine wanting a life like replica either - but having never lost a child who knows how you'd feel. I mean, if it brings one grieving woman some kind of comfort then by all means.

That show also said they made and donated them to nursing homes sometimes and how much the old people loved them.

For an average woman though? Very odd at best IMO.

I think I'd be more concerned that a bereaved mother could get very caught up in a doll that looked like her dead baby. I can see wanting one (anything to provide comfort) but what a fine line to walk in that situation! Sounds like it could lead to an extremely unhealthy level of denial.

I have an aunt who has one of these dolls though. She has never lost a baby to my knowledge but she bought one a few years ago. She did carry it around with her but I think she made sure only to do it when her granddaughter was with her!

toadstool · March 2014

I saw a documentary on them many years ago. None of the mothers in the documentary had lost a child although, now that people mention it, I can see how some of the buyers would be people suffering from a loss. Anyway, all the women in this documentary where women who said that they loved the newborn stage so much that they wanted the doll so they could care for a "newborn" forever. It was creepy.