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 ...

The experience of rearing a baby is a rite of passage for many families. The early years of parenthood are said to be the toughest however the benefits of a new addition to the family are believed to ...

Ever heard of reborn dolls? They are silicone or vinyl sculptures meticulously crafted to look and feel like real babies. Here’s how Singaporean artist Andrea Lee turned her childhood hobby of ...

A woman is going viral on TikTok after sharing the lifelike dolls she makes herself — shipping them worldwide so others can "adopt" the babies. Maria Trigg, 36, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview ...

Kelli Maple tenderly sets her bundle of joy, Naomi, into a Nuna car seat and drives her to the mall. When they arrive, Maple, 23, places little Naomi, dressed in a onesie and hair bow, into a high-end ...

Kiersten is a mother not to human children but to dolls—specifically “reborn” dolls, a specialized class of hyperrealistic faux babies that inspire spooked curiosity in casual observers and fanatical ...

SINGAPORE: Do you sleep well at night? Aren’t you ever afraid that your dolls might haunt you? These were among the questions Andrea Lee’s friend asked when visiting her home. Lee tries to take such ...

Would you like a hyper-realistic silicone doll that looks and feels just like a real baby, complete with umbilical cord? How about one with tattoos on its face? Or a baby alien from the film Avatar?

One master craftswoman is singlehandedly populating the uncanny valley of the dolls. Denise Hall, a 37-year-old doll artist from Wales, creates hyperrealistic silicone babies that she later hawks for ...

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. You may have come across these "reborn ...

Maria Trigg explains the process of sculpting the silicone babies to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview Coly Trigg/TikTok A woman is going viral on TikTok after sharing the lifelike dolls she makes ...