Q&A for How to Take Care of a Reborn Baby Doll

You can use wet wipes on your reborn but remember to dry your reborn off immediately.

You're not actually feeding the baby; you're feeding mold. If your doll has a hole in its mouth, liquid can grow inside the baby.

Simply pack a small bag with some of the clothes the reborn generally wears (the amount will depend on your trip length), some diapers, faux formula, and other little things you use at home, along with a blanket and sleeper. Use caution when you are traveling with your reborn, it's best to put them in their original packaging so they don't get damaged. When you arrive at your destination, set up a little sleeping area with the blanket and sleeper and bag full of your reborn's items.

Besides diapers, you could pack clothes, wipes, a blanket, and anything else you would pack for a baby.

You may face hecklers, but if your reborn doll looks very realistic, most people will just think it is a real baby.

You may take your reborn doll out in public if you are comfortable with that.

It is enjoyable to care for the reborn as a real baby but it also is hard work. It is enjoyable because you can create memories together and practice to be a real mother or father but it is hard work because you need to care for it every day. If you don't want it, donate it!

You can get cloth dolls wet, but they take a long time to dry and they might start to smell over time.

You can never be too old -- but you might be too young. Reborns are pretty fragile compared to other toys, so the minimum age would be around 8.

Just clean its arms or legs if it has a cloth body. If not, use a dampened cloth and rub gently.

The cutest reborn dolls are often the most realistic looking ones.

Yes, it can. Perhaps wrap it up as you would a real baby if you're caring for it as a baby. If transporting it, just place in its box, basket or other carrying item to protect it, and take with you.

Many don't, but if you buy a reborn that has a tube in its stomach, then yes. You can also pretend to attend to a baby doll in this manner if you like.

You can search online for a reborn making kit and learn how to make your own, or you can look online for a ready made one. You can also try to commission a reborn baby doll artist to make you one.

Use a closet to put his/her bed in, place her/his clothes in a box in another spot. Make a side table and add blankets on the ground for a play area, sprinkled with all his/her toys.

You can carry your reborn doll with your arms or swaddle the doll using a long scarf.

Warm, comfy, cute clothes like sweaters and hats.

You can powder them whenever you want, but I only powder my reborn Alice when I am changing her.

It depends on the seller. Most come with clothes. Some come with more stuff than that. But if it came with anything, you would know.

Some reborn babies come with diapers, but it depends on the seller.

You can make your reborn doll fake food out of paper or clay, but you should not fill it with real food because it is not alive.

Pretend formula from a sealed bottle. Don't put anything inside a Reborn baby doll. Anything moist and nutritious will feed mold, not the doll.

Yes, your reborn baby can be left at home while you are at school.

Hold your reborn doll in your lap tightly in the car.

Cut out a circle from a zip locked bag and put it between the bottle and the cap.

No. Even if it has a feeding hole, you don't want that collecting inside and getting moldy. You can make convincing fake milk by mixing water and glue, but there's no need to pour it into the doll.

You can buy cheap baby clothes at a thrift store or even a garage sale. And you may be lucky enough to find cheap strollers, car seats and other baby necessities.

Gently use a tooth comb to remove all the tangles and just start from the bottom and make your way to the top.

Absolutely you can! If you don't have a diaper bag, then you can just use a backpack or large handbag.

You could hold the doll as you work, or lay it beside you on a blanket or play mat.