My Fake Baby
July 21st 2008 01:09
www.reborn-baby.com
Here is something that made me do a double take; it’s a range of dolls that are made to look like real babies. These reborns that can cost up to $1000, are popular with collectors, or those that cannot have, or do not want children of their own. They come with a wide range of accessories such as an umbilical cord keepsake or heartbeat. Some of them even have open nostrils that give the appearance of breathing. Creepy!
These dolls are so life like that police in Gympie broke into a car to rescue what they thought was a baby in distress. It turned out that it was not a baby at all but a reborn.
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UKs Channel 4 recently screened a documentary about the motivations of people that purchase these dolls, such as a grandmother that missed her grandson so much when the family moved to the other side of the world she had a life like replica of him made.
Another couple did not want to have a real baby of their own due to the impact on their lifestyle, however, they wanted some of the perks of having a baby, such as people stopping to talk to them in the street a when they are pushing their pram. Weird
Below is a cut down 3 minute version of the documentary.
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Comment by Mrs M
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You're right Sara, that is weird.
My husband just said, "No pukes, no perks".
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Comment by Sara Dobson
My Turn
Thing is people might stop to chat to that woman and have a look at her "baby" but once they realise its not real they will just think she is a nutter and move swiftly on!
Comment by Hazel Castillo
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Cirrus Cloud
Parent Adventures
sheesh. u can't have a fake baby. it's pointless!
Comment by Sara Dobson
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