Instead of adopting a baby why not get a reborn?

Heather B

If it would stop the predators stalking vulnerable expectant Mothers, I'm all for it

Randy B

And what percentage do you make from each sale? If you really cared about these reborns you would give them to good homes, not sell them like some commodity.

I'm totally against the whole reborn industry. This is nothing more then doll trafficking and it should be outlawed. It just feeds the greed of people who want blond haired, blue eyed, perfect reborns and will pay anything to get them regardless of how many other dolls are already manufactured and waiting in the system. Don't buy a reborn. Go to an antique store and bring home an older doll today.

The only thing worse then buying a reborn is buying a reborn from overseas.

BLW_KAM

You're right. This doll would have been so much easier than the baby we adopted whose blood stream wasn't clean, whose little brain was trying hard to rewire itself and who screamed for the first two months of her life.

Thanks for pointing out this option. I'll keep it in mind.

LindseyTaylor

are you seriously suggesting that instead of trying to give a home to a child, people who cant conceive should just get a doll and that will make everything ok?

wow.

ETA: thumbs down? huh....i guess i was wrong, children dont need homes?

Just a Mom

Pretty creepy how real they look. When I clicked on the link, I was afraid I was looking at a dead baby.

ETA: LOL Randy. That's great!

Heather Leigh

I'm with Just a Mom... They are pretty creeping looking. It gave me chills because they look so life like.

Mom to Foster Children

I am also with Just a Mom - they look like dead babies - creepy!

monkeykitty83

I know that some people who are grieving or lonely (for example mothers who have lost a child, or the elderly) respond well to these dolls, and the dolls provide comfort. I have no issue with them being used for psychological coping, and if they help ease someone's pain, great.

I don't think they're a good solution for people who want to be parents, though. They fill empty arms, but they can't respond to love or nurture. They never change or grow. I think they'd be an unsatisfying substitute for someone who actually wanted to parent a child, rather than just to have something to hold.

I wish people who wanted to be parents would at least consider adopting a foster child, rather than being hung up on a baby. Yes, it's a different experience than raising a newborn, but it's just as worthwhile, and foster kids are just as deserving and valuable. If people would adopt a foster child, they wouldn't have to settle for fake substitutes-- they could really be parents to a great kid!

Annabelle

Those dolls are both creepy and heartbreakingly sad at the same time.

ETA I'm guessing these dolls are bought by people who have lost babies as opposed to prospective AP's

Serenity71

I know people who make those dolls. I made one because a friend teaches people how to make them and she needed people in her class to get the business going, but personally I'm not into baby dolls. (I gave it away to another friend who is obsessed with babies. She keeps having babies because they keep growing up. Funny that..mmm)

And they type up adoption papers for the baby dolls!

I don't know if I should be insulted or amused by it. I think I'll just go with amused, ( it's better than taking everything personally. And I have a quirky sense of humour.)

Randy... lol....

*Baby BOY due 2/14/09*

no its not, that is a DOLL not a HUMAN.. big difference when you want a kid or just a creepy obsession

Zeena

They are cute, yes, but they are not real babies.

And what do you think is going to happen to the babies that are being put up for adoption when there is nobody to adopt them?

They will end up in foster care.

Lillie

OMG that's funny.

I wonder when they will come out with life-like "parent" dolls for kids?

Mommy to 11 month old Jacob

except that they aren't real! It's not the same.

myst1998

LOL, I have often wondered the same thing. Reborns always stay cute, small, don't grow up and be that 'ungrateful' teenager, there is no mother to have to worry about, the benefits go on. Thanks for the laugh!

Charlotte Z

a doll is always a doll and is not nor will ever be the same as a human being

IDK!!

Yeah, and maybe the kids who need home can get blow up dolls.

friends R gifts we give ourself

i agree whith everyone else they R scary and not real. that's like saying get a dog instead of a baby

Deep

its a doll thats why

bubba

you could tie it on a skateboard and send it down the crooked road in san fran

nutterorsaintuchoose

no crap idea its a doll not a baby

anonymous

thats f*cked up!

Mary G

Did some of you not realize this is a facetious and sarcastic question? Get over yourselves.. (Yeah R I am talking to you!)

As for the dolls interesting concept, but will never replace a baby a mother lost.. Or replace a pipe dream for pap's..

Andraya

I'd rather someone have a creepy obsession with these than with adoption... You can't scar a doll for life.

ETA

And maybe the people who want children could consider something other than a perfect newborn and actually adopt the kids who need homes? Not likely to happen since they all want a BABY!

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