by John Smith

Reborn babies are remarkably realistic vinyl dolls fashioned by artists known as reborners. These reborns are not a brand name rather a movement which includes newborns, infants, and toddlers which look so lifelike they are usually mistaken for real babies!

Several policemen needed to smash car windows to save "babies" from the burning heat only to find out they were reborns. Several of these babies are so natural you can sit right next to them and still not remember they're dolls.

Reborning started out as a pastime in America but has ever since proliferated homes around the world and has developed into a very cool collectible and hobby. Reborn creators or reborners utilize a reborn doll kit that comes wrapped in a box, unpainted and undressed. Using an sufficient assortment of paint colors and a variety of application techniques, they create the skin color and subtle accompaniments such as skin blushes, silky finger and toe nails, and even tiny network veins that supports the natural effect of a real live baby.

Micro-rooting the mohair takes quite a few hours using a fine needle then sealing it from within the baby's head with water-resistant glue which makes the hair emerge softly dampened, combed, and styled. Over and over again, the reborn is weighed to offer the feeling of a comparable real baby weight.

Reborners make their personal style and practice such that no two reborn babies are alike. Making a reborn baby from scratch is very long and meticulous and needs a lot of tolerance and passion from the maker. Most reborners these days create the reborn baby according to the buyer's necessities.

Reborners are continuously making new developments in the art of reborning to create doubly realistic babies. Some of the new technical enhancements include heartbeat simulators and breathe stimulators to mimic that of a sleeping live newborn.