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 ...

When people see Rosanna Eso shopping or grabbing a bite to eat, she always gets the same question: How old is your baby? The baby, however, is actually a doll – a very realistic-looking one – that the ...

Several years ago, Lisa Robertson created a Facebook support group to discuss the ups and downs of parenthood. It’s a sanctuary where people from all over the world make pregnancy announcements, trade ...

An aspiring mum who owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting worries Kira Cousins’ fake baby scandal reinforces the idea doll owners are “crazy”. Jess Ellis, 29, started making and collecting the ...