Imagine you’re a Target employee and you see a baby plummet from a high shelf. You rush over to help the baby’s family, heart pounding, but they appear totally unbothered. In fact, they’re laughing.

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 ...

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 ...

It’s a sanctuary where people from all over the world make pregnancy announcements, trade advice on infant feeding and share ultrasound photos. Some meet for in-person playdates and mail each other ...

Just a few decades ago, the baby doll tradition of New Orleans' Black neighborhoods seemed destined to fade. Only a handful of women celebrated Carnival Day in the signature satin dresses and baby ...

After suffering from a traumatic incident, a U.K. woman decided to invest in several baby dolls to help her overcome the mental toll she experienced. Toni Daly, 25, from Tower Hamlets, London, ...

A former labor and delivery nurse, Melanie Peterson, said she would get a feeling of absolute "triumph" when she would hold a newborn she had just delivered. Then she would watch as the newborn ...

We independently review everything we recommend. We may get paid to link out to retailer sites, and when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Julie Kim After a new round ...

It was Valentine’s Day and the Alzheimer’s patients in a Louisville, Kentucky, nursing home had something to love. When volunteers gave out baby dolls and toy puppies to the elderly residents last ...

When a brand new 'reborn' baby - the hyper-realistic dolls that look and feel like a real newborn, is delivered to their 'parent', a ceremonious 'box opening' usually takes place. The dolls, often ...