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Note that this story is intended to be anonymous.
I am 48 years old, have 2 grown-up teenage boys and have been in a relationship for 24 years... as I write these lines, it has been 7 months since I discovered the extraordinary world of reborns.
Becoming a mother is a huge dream that I was lucky enough to realize... yes, but there you go, I really wanted a girl, I really wanted a 3rd child... yet my dream stopped there. I have always loved babies, I wanted to make it my career, but that didn't come true either. My children grew up and without really knowing it, I began to feel a great void, a lack of maternal affection, an insatiable desire to rock, nurse, cuddle... I am also a very sensitive person, very emotional, very easily anxious, always looking for love and friendship.
While browsing social networks, I saw posts talking about ultra-realistic dolls that looked like real babies... my attention was drawn, I started reading and looking at many photos. I started to dream of maybe one day having one of these babies to cuddle too… but I never dared to believe it! When I was a little girl, I never played with dolls... I didn't like them because I didn't find them realistic enough, I found most of them awful. I dreamed of a doll that would look like a real baby to rock and cuddle. I had Charlotte, a large Corolle doll, quite realistic for the time and she is still at home, a souvenir of my childhood.
On Friday March 24, 2023, I saw THE photo that would change my life, a monumental love at first sight, this baby, this little bug called me to her! I was going to surpass all obstacles to become her mother... on Thursday March 30, Inaya arrived and I joined the big reborn family, I became a reborn mother!! I was going to discover how taking care of my baby, cuddling her, rocking her calms me down enormously, helps me manage my emotions and reduce my anxiety in a way I would never have imagined. I was overwhelmed by my baby girl!
A little less than 3 months later, I participated in the reborn show in Drummondville. Against all expectations, I experienced a new crush, my mini Coralie entered my life. She also became a real little therapist for me along with her big sister, I was in heaven! Babying, shopping in thrift stores for baby girls' clothes, dressing them during the day, putting them in pajamas in the evening, cuddling them on my sofa in front of the TV...I was at the height of happiness! I also got more and more involved in Facebook groups, I met beautiful people, I shared photos of my babies over and over again.
I also discovered reborn mom meetings, small group activities of a few women to live our passion together. I couldn't be happier with my mini reborn family!
Whatever… a little boy? No not now, one day perhaps, later, much later...
Another 2 months later, a post came across my group, a baby boy for sale caught my attention and without me understanding anything, another crush happened. 3 days later Enzo came into my life and… he literally stole my heart! I who believed that I could not be happier than with my 2 little fleas, that I could not experience anything more beautiful, anything stronger... oh how wrong I was! Enzo became the greatest therapist of my 3 mini therapists, my mini-me who looks just like me. Through him, it is me who is cuddled, it is me who I take care of and the feelings I feel for this baby are of such intensity, of such power that it is sometimes destabilizing.
Fortunately the group is there to talk about it, to share what I'm going through... better yet, I've made new, very precious friendships, wonderful people who support me, who are there for me, through our common passion.
Another surprising thing is that upon the arrival of each of my babies, the next day a difficult event occurred for me (departure of my manager, cancellation of my expected trip, departure of another manager) and my babies felt sad. really helped me get through each time, they soothed my anxieties, reduced my sadness and calmed my emotions.
This time, I was convinced, my little reborn family satisfied me fully and for a long time, even if I was convinced that it would end up getting even bigger one day... The emotions calmed down a little with my Enzo, I I reconnected with my two little ones for whom I even bought a pram carrycot as a little bed. Then it seemed to me that a place remained vacant in the shell... but I didn't really pay attention to it. In any case, the question did not arise.
That was without counting on the announcement that I was going to see the day before Halloween... a little boy from my dream kit (sold out!), reborn by a talented reborn artist about whom I have only heard about praise… barely I see 1 or 2 photos… OMG, this baby attracts me incredibly, but I can't, really can't! I'm on my way! Yes, but my heart was already touched… this baby had in a way chosen me too to be his mother. And now 2 days later, Toby came to join his brother and sisters. A new love at first sight occurred with this breathtakingly realistic little baby, a new love story began. I am happy, I experience a feeling of accomplishment and fullness like never before, with my 2 little fleas and my 2 little guys... I have a magnificent reborn family!
Inaya, Coralie, Enzo and Toby have completely changed my life, I am no longer the same person, I have become a better version of myself... and I am convinced that this is a wonderful journey that is only just beginning.
A reborn mother who wishes to remain anonymous.