Doting on Dolls

Hm, this seems strange to me. I get some people need the company, but spending 1000 dollars on a baby doll? Really?!? And maybe this might be acceptable if you didn't take them out in public, but this just seems like a strange way to cope with not having children. Why not buy a dog?

To those who say it's weird, you are most definitely right. To those who say get a dog, or even a job in a daycare, are you nuts? I don't think I would want these people around my child in a daycare for fear they would take off with my baby and she would become a "doll" to them. There has to be something wrong with adult women and men who do this. Obviously some disorder, maybe they weren't cuddled enough as a child or something. i don't know, but geez get a life they a dolls for crying out loud!

I go to church with a woman who takes 2 baby dolls around with her. She has car seats for them and takes them to various functions (like Pampered Chef or jewelry parties). I truly think it is disturbing. I understand the desire to love someone/thing, but this is just a little to weird for me.

I don't have my own children as my husband and I are unable to have kids. My arms ache as well as my heart at times. I want to get one of these dolls because when I saw that this one woman holds her doll after work and it calms her, a light bulb went off for me. I realized instantly and almost envied her, that is something I need. I would like to think of myself as 75% sane. My husband and I are going through painful and stressful and very expensive fertility treatments ($14,000 a pop) right now so buying a doll isn't in our budget, however there is a part of me that thinks it would help with the stress and tension if I would be able to hold a baby doll any time I felt the stress coming on to help that stress go away. Many people use the TV or the computer or books to unwind and not feel stressed. Many people depend on drugs and alcohol so I feel that I could choose much worst ways to cope than a baby doll.

I think it is wierd and it might be harmful because if the women really treats it like a real baby, she would be depressed and sad, if something happened to the doll.

While I think it's a tetch bit creepy, there is no harm in it. Hey, I put sweaters on my dogs and people think I am crazy.

This is just weird...it reminds me of the stepford wives. Maybe they could call them the stepford babies!

I use to collect angel figurines when I was a teenager. It was just cause I liked them. Thought they were beautiful. I think it's just the same for those that collect dolls.

Collecting as a hobby is fine but dressing them up, cuddling them, walking them in strollers and taking them out as if it were a real child? They have some serious issues! It reminds me of the horror book/movie about the plague where all the children died and no more were born and women were dressing up kittens and pretending they were babies. Freaky.

Some of these babies are really sweet, but I have seen others that I am not sure what the person was thinking when they created the baby! However, reborn's can be a positive coping device as well as a way to remember how positively beautiful your own child was as a baby. Initially, I thought this was creepy too. Upon further thought, I do see the therapeutic value in creating. I watched a segment on TV about a woman who miscarried many times and found peace from creating the babies for other's to love.

I don't understand this. I agree that it is WAY creepier than the crazy cat lady

I have a friend that makes these babies. She loves creating them, she brings them in and shows all of us at work the newest one and she has made babies for co-workers as gifts, she has donated for high school auctions. She does not carry them around like they are real. The dolls are beautiful and very life-like looking. I can understand wanting to collect them and I wouldn't mind having babies that looked similar to my children when they were babies but not to dress up and carry around. Sounds like these people have some issues they need help with.

There is a difference between collecting dolls and treating dolls like they are your children. It;'s like the crazy cat lady but a little creepier. Sounds like there is a void in these women's lives. There are plenty of kids out there that could use a mentor, tutor, or foster parent.

I feel sad for these women. They obviously have a lot of love to give but their relationships do not fullfill them or the people around them don't give them the attention they need. I can understand the escape from reality... I sometimes do it with books.

My Mother In Law has her Room filled with Dolls,Yes she lives with US in her own Part of the House and I knew she was an Avid Collector of Baby Dolls but one day when she ordered one thru the mail and when it came she excitedly had to show me and then asked me a question of WHO I thought it looked Like?! At that moment I didn't know if I wanted to Burst into a fit of Laughter or Run to the Phone and Call the Men with the White Fitted Coats! She Proceeded to tell me that this DOLL looked Exactly like her Son,my Husband when he was a Baby! Oh Frightening! She even goes as far as buying special Holiday Outfits for these dolls and washes their clothes and hangs them out to dry Outside. I have already said to my Children if I ever do that I'm sorry just have me committed because I just don't think this is Normal Behavior for an Elderly Woman.