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What is a real reborn doll?How to Take Care of a Reborn Baby Doll?

What is a real reborn doll?

What kind matrial is reborn doll made of ?

Most of the cheap reborn doll for sale are made of Vinyl,Vinyl is the touchably soft, durable material that makes reborn baby dolls have a real, baby-smooth feel. This snuggly soft material is carefully sculpted in vinyl molds for true-to-life detail. This vinyl is able to show all the wrinkles, chubby baby rolls, and lines of a real-life baby, creating some of the most lifelike baby dolls available — for a fraction of the cost of reborn baby dolls. GentleTouch vinyl baby dolls will look like real newborns from the wrinkles on their hands to their adorably chubby cheeks.
The process of creating a reborn doll is referred to as reborning and the doll artists are referred to as rebornersReborning involves numerous time-consuming steps. The most basic form of the process involves taking a vinyl doll, adding multiple hand painted layers of paint, and adding other physical features to the doll. Artists can pick different brands to best suit the doll they wish to create.Reborn artists can also buy reborn doll supplies that are sculpted by reborn sculpt artists. A kit includes the vinyl doll parts.

Why do people like reborn doll?

The dolls are like any other collector’s item, except not all purchase them solely for their artistic value. In fact, as people know, many are drawn to the dolls for benefits they describe as therapeutic: elders suffering from cognitive decline, women who have suffered miscarriages and stillbirths, and even those who cannot or will not give birth, due to biological or psychological challenges. For them, a reborn is less like a doll, and more like a pet, or even an actual child — a reality they know, and accept, that many outside the community won’t fully understand.

The feeling that you get from that,” a reborn doll fan says, “isn’t so different from a real relationship”– that is, one with a human counterpart. Across social media, collectors speak openly of the special bond one can develop with certain reborns, as well as the grieving period that sometimes follows once a doll is let go (as with many collecting hobbies, reborns are commonly bought then sold or swapped out, changing hands within the community). In reborn relationships, people see promising implications for the future of artificial intelligence and forms of non-human or humanoid companionship.


Then, there’s the biological response that’s triggered when handling a realistically proportioned, lifelike baby doll. Studies suggest that doll therapy can reinforce feelings of attachment and emotional wellbeing in some patients with dementia. Many reborn collectors similarly point to the therapeutic benefits of their dolls for managing mental health conditions like anxiety and depression.
“There’s comfort in cuddling and physically holding something that feels like a baby, even though it’s not a baby,” some people think It can release some of the same endorphins.”

How to build a cutest reborn baby doll ?

The technique of building a reborn doll typically involves a number of steps. To begin the doll is taken apart and factory paint is removed.Then a blue color wash may be applied to give the appearance of realistic baby skin undertones. For dolls with an awake appearance eyes must be replaced. The outer layer of the vinyl doll is given its skin tone by adding dozens of layers of different paint tones to build up and achieve a realistic human skin effect. If heat set paints are used, the doll parts must be heat set by baking them inside an oven or by using a heatgun after each layer of paint is applied. Lighter skin tone dolls can take 15 to 30 layers.The effects of the blue color wash combined with the outside layers of paint creates the appearance of veins, and layers of paint done with special sponges give the doll its newborn mottled look.Manicured nails and opening of the nose holes are other details that are added during this process.

There are air dry paints now available to reborn artists, sold under several brand names. Many feel that repeated baking of vinyl can cause it to break down over time. In addition, there are fumes and chemicals released during the heating process.

The next step is to apply hair. The hair can either be done in one of three ways; painting, wiggling or rooting/microrooting. when rooting, hair is added 1–4 hair strands per plug. When microrooting, hair is added individually strand by strand. This can take up to 30 or more hours per head. Once the hair is finished, the original vinyl body is weighted with a soft stuffed body filled with pellets/fine glass beads/fiberfill.The weight corresponds with its age to achieve a real effect.Various additions also can be added to give the doll an even more life like appearance. Reborns heads are often weighted, so that owners have to support the head like one would a real newborn. Purchasers can have magnets attached inside the mouth or head for attaching a pacifier or hair bows. Electronic devices that mimic a heart beat, or make the chest rise and fall to simulate breathing are common.Reborns can come with an umbilical cord, baby fat, heat packs to make the reborn warm to the touch, or voice boxes that mimic infant sounds. For preemie dolls, they may come in incubators with a breathing apparatus attached to their nose.

How to Take Care of a Reborn Baby Doll?

Cleaning and maintenance of reborn dolls

A reborn doll isn’t your average baby doll and should be handled with great care. A reborn artist has spent many hours adding layers of paint, rooting hair and adding detailed features to create your reborn doll and to make it as realistic as possible. These dolls are a work of art and are not the cheapest so the last thing you’d want is for it to get damaged.
Normally, there are three kind of hair for reborn baby dolls. Rooted Hair, wigged hair and hand hand painted hair. Hand rooted mohair is quite close to real baby’s hair, but it is easy to be mess, you can comb it with a little water. Rooted Mohair:It is can be washed gently like a real baby’s hair. Wigged Hair: it is typically a synthetic hair material sewn on a skull cap, very similar to making wigs for humans. Hand painted Hair: it will not fade and can be washed gently.Normally, there are two type of body, cloth body and full silicone body Body.Cloth Body Reborn Baby Dolls are not washable, silicone head and limbs could be gently washed.Full Silicone Body:arms and legs are stuck into the body, if the arms or legs fall off, you can easily install by yourself.

Be gentle and treat the reborn like a real baby. Being too rough with reborns can cause their limbs and hair to detach and in some cases the reborn doll kits clearance may become permanently damaged.

Storage and protection of reborn dolls

Keep your doll out away from pets . Reborns are not toys and children should be supervised or taught how to handle them with proper care to avoid damage. Pets on the other hand are likely to mistake it as a toy and chew on it.

Avoid direct sunlight and excessive heat. Reborn dolls are usually made from vinyl which can be damaged by the sun’s UV rays or high levels of heat.  The sun will fade the doll’s delicate paint, hair color, clothing and if it’s really hot it could even melt it or warp it. This is because vinyl softens when heated and for this reason you should never leave the reborn in hot areas such as a car.

Avoid extreme cold. Reborns stored in cold basements, garages or storage facilities may crack when they get too cold. If the doll must be placed in storage then ensure it is well packaged in a box and in a climate controlled area such as a closet.

Avoid objects that may stain your doll. Highly pigmented clothing can stain the vinyl so it is important to test materials and fabrics before dressing the doll. Rubbing the clothing on a vinyl sample will determine if it’s colours will stain. In addition, be sure to pre-wash your reborn’s new clothes to prevent colors bleeding on your doll. Colored paper, surfaces, newspapers, etc can also also stain the doll so be very careful.

How To Treat It Like A Real Baby


Reborn dolls really look like real babies and can be cared for just like a real baby.
You may love babies but are either too young, not ready, or not able to have children of your own but with a reborn doll you can experience parenting, it’s just like the real thing.
Prepare for your reborn as you would a real baby. Buy real clothes for it, purchase blankets, diapers, bottles, stroller, baby car seat, dummies (pacifiers), toys, baby wipes and fake formula which can also be made with fabric softener or glue and water. Keep in mind that you do not need to buy expensive baby items because as real as your reborn is to you, it is still a doll.
Pick a name and fill in the birth certificate. If your reborn did not come with a birth certificate then you can print one off the internet. For example, here are 15 free birth certificate templates.
Care for your baby. Prepare a bottle for them, cover them up in a warm blanket so that they can take a nice long nap, clean them and spend some time holding them everyday. This will make you feel more comfortable with your baby doll. If you are serious about taking care of your reborn, we recommended that you set-up schedule which includes feeding times, nap times, diaper changing times and play times.

When you are comfortable, introduce your baby to family and friends. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your new baby doll. If you are not confident enough to show your baby to family and friends but want to connect with like-minded people then we recommend that you join a reborn doll community as these people will be much more understanding.


Take your reborn black baby doll outside. Your reborn will really enjoy going for a stroll to the park, mall or even just around the neighborhood. Simply snuggle them up in a stroller, put a dummy in their mouth (optional) and take them outside. Reborn’s look so real that it is that no one will even notice that it is not a real baby. You can also take it a step further and bring a diaper bag, a baby bottle, toys and a blanket, just like a real mom would. To help them fall asleep, you can gently roll the stroller back and forth.


Get some accessories. These reborn accessories will allow you to have more fun and take much better care of your baby.

What are reborn doll used for?

“Reborn babies” are disconcertingly life-like baby dolls carefully crafted in vinyl, which have become swiftly popular mainly with collectors, but also with nostalgic grandparents and grieving parents.Made and collected by an online community of enthusiasts, they are painted several times to create the mottled color of newborn skin, have mohair hair and eyelashes, and are…

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