Reborn Baby dolls, however people would like to call them, fake babies or real baby dolls, they remain as dolls. Just as these dolls were carefully hand crafted with creativity and love, Reborners and doll collectors alike decline to give them the title fake babies.

Anyone calling them that name would surely be confronted by a mob of furious reborn doll fanatics. Even if it is in some ways true, the term fake is not proper to be used for these baby dolls, simply because it connotes mockery, imitation and crime. Naming these dolls fake means parody to the artist's inventiveness and passion. Would it not offend you, if your favorite toy is given some names you don't like to hear?

Also, each reborner would claim that, no two reborn baby dolls are the same. So, no copying or imitation has been done when they designed their creations. Each doll is conscientiously washed, painted, mottled, accessorized and re-assembled to become reborn. They are clothed and christened with names. Real human names that the reborners think are perfect for them. These newly reborn baby dolls are also made with birth certificates to support adoption papers. Literally, these dolls are cared for like real newborns.

As the prowess and realism become more broad, reborn babies become more treasured. Reborn doll makers think that these babies have significant roles to perform in their lives and in the lives of their soon-to-be foster parents. Several reborn babies are deliberately designed for new moms who have just lost a baby, or to parents who desired to have one. A few use reborns to help treat patients suffering dementia and Alzheimer's.

Even more important is the kind of happiness and gratification that these dolls express to their owners. If you present a little girl, her own baby doll "sister", you merely can't take the smile off her face. She'll be joyful to have it and treasure it for the rest of her life.

Also, if you present sick grandma, a lovely and smiling reborn baby doll, she'll take care of it as if the doll is one among her many children. If she can no longer recall your face, at least she remembers your name, which she gives to the real baby doll on her arms.

There's nothing to fear for something that has been crafted with love and passion. Reborn dolls are not fake babies. They're real baby dolls that anyone would desire to have and care for.