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Baby BJD's <3

Aug 9, 2010

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    1. I just became a mom last month, and already my little boy is growing :aheartbea! I just told my husband how if I had the money, I would commission a BJD of my son as a baby from one of the doll makers here. It would be a cute way of capturing his image rather than just taking pictures and videos. Any other moms here that would do the same? Or am I weird for thinking this?
       
      #1 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    2. #2 Nefla, Aug 9, 2010
    3. Thanks, I'll check it out! And thanks for thinking I'm not weird for wanting it!
       
      #3 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    4. Hm, maybe they would. Their pricing is based on 63 cm dolls, and I would want a 10 inch long doll at most. Well, I can't afford it at the moment anyways. Maybe sometime soon though. Here's hoping!
       
      #4 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    5. Would you prefer a human scale baby BJD (like a Reborn doll) or a baby doll that's in scale with other dolls? I'd love a "realistic" baby doll to go with my other dolls, but for me it would still have to look like a doll and not a miniature replica of a real baby.
      There are parents who have used the DIM MiniMee service to get a doll sculpt made of their (somewhat older) children, but I'm not sure how that would work out for babies.
       
      #5 Muisje, Aug 9, 2010
    6. Yeah, I thought about MnM, but do they do body sculpts? I thought it was heads only? I could be wrong. I would want a doll with actual baby proportions that is 5 - 10 inches in length that has my son's facial features. But as I said, I won't be financially able to for a while. :(
       
      #6 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    7. You don't see it that often anymore, but sometimes people make a cloth body for heads that don't have a resin body yet. If you are a bit crafty, you could make one until you are able to get a resin body. Nobility doll takes requests for custom resin bodies.
       
      #7 Muisje, Aug 9, 2010
    8. Congrats on your being a mummy! It sounds a really cool idea, I've often thought about having an actual baby-type BJD. Littlefees are close, but they're more like older toddlers than actual babies.
      This is OT, but you could commision a Reborn artist to make an actual baby-sized replica ^^
       
      #8 Harlequin-Elle, Aug 9, 2010
    9. Wow, I've never heard of a Reborn artist until now. Cool! And yeah, you never see any real baby type BJD's. I'd love to see someone start making them. I bet they'd sell well. Too bad I suck at sculpting!
      @Muisje- Yeah, it's a good idea. Too bad I cant sew. ^^;
       
      #9 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    10. Angel region makes nappy choo which is a good in scale baby bjd for other bjds http://dollsoom.com/eng/shop/item.php?it_id=1271234235 but it isn't quite what you wnat probably. You could ahve nobility of dim make a head for you son for the nappy chuu body, that would bring costs down
       
      #10 Sillypeach, Aug 9, 2010
    11. Good idea! I'll look into it. Thanks!
       
      #11 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    12. Having a reborn I did, and running out of room for it, I'd say get a 12-15cm tiny. There are some who are more realistic looking than others, you could paint them up like a human baby. Being they work with traditional dollhouse size you could make a miniature replica of your nursery and add more family members as they come.

      A cloth body on a BJD would be interesting. I thought of doing that with a spare tiny head and hands in a stuffed baby outfit but I missed the extra head promo. It would make bigger dolls easier to carry.
       
      #12 DollyKim, Aug 9, 2010
    13. I think it's a wonderful idea! Congrats on the new baby!
       
      #13 sealion, Aug 9, 2010
    14. Congratulations on your new baby! I also think it's a very cute idea. Some people commission tattoos of their kids, so I think a dll isn't strange at all.
       
      #14 Crimsoncat, Aug 9, 2010
    15. Congrats on the baby! My friend is about to be a new mommy herself, she's due very VERY soon, so I'm always happy to hear about other people's kids.

      However, on the doll front, I, personally, would sort of give a really weird look to someone making a doll of their baby. Especially a realistic-looking one. Dolls in general, outside of the stylized BJD world, give me the creeps. Especially baby dolls, because to me, they just look like dead babies, and I can only imagine if you had a doll of your own baby that would be..... A bit morbid I think. I'd rather have something like video or photos or maybe a print of your kid on a cup or a tee shirt. But not a realistic-looking doll replica. It just squicks me a bit.

      But this is me, I don't have kids, even though I'm 25, and I don't plan on ever having any. I have enough nieces and nephews and younger siblings that I've taken care of/am still caring for that I don't need kids of my own. Though if one more person tells me 'you're not a parent, its different when they're your own' I may scream myself hoarse. XD
       
      #15 KarieChaos, Aug 9, 2010
    16. Congratulations from me, too!

      A baby-BJD is a cute idea, especially if his size fits the other dolls and they can do photoshoots together. There are very few really baby-featured tinies now, but they are not unheard of...Nappy Choo was already mentioned, and there are the fabulous Baby Supia dolls, too - I think they are quite realistic compared to other tinies. And Felixdoll has (had?) the very-very teensy Small Comfort dolls - adorable^^
       
      #16 Smaug, Aug 9, 2010
    17. DollyKim- A mini nursery? That's a cute idea! Although this little guy is keeping me too busy to get crafty at the moment!
      sealion and Crimson cat- Thank you!
      KarieChaos- Yeah, I figured it might weird some people out a bit. And boy, do I know what you mean about the "You won't understand until you're a mother yourself." phrase. This is my first child and I'm about to be 33. So during my fertile adult years before now, I got pissed when anyone told me that.
      Smaug- Thanx for the links!
       
      #17 mithrilglow, Aug 9, 2010
    18. Congrats on your newborn!

      I'm sort of looking for a 'baby' to fit with my SD couple, though, them being 60 cm a newborn would have to be at least 16 to 17 cm, which is a third of the average length of a human full term newborn. Considering the length of puki's, tiny's, soombabies and the realistic dollzone ones, they'd all be premature.
      So I have till Christmas to look for a "Baby Jesus" for my BJD Christmas scene but I doubt I'll find one. At least I did find a plastic substitute of the proper length. Looks pretty cute with mommy :)
      I don't think it's weird wanting to capture the look of your newborn that way forever. They grow up so fast.
       
      #18 TMar, Aug 9, 2010
    19. I'd really love to have a 1:1 scale toddler doll, similar to Lusion Dahlia. Something that could wear regular toddler clothes. That would be so adorable <3
       
      #19 The Lacy Rose, Aug 10, 2010
    20. Off topic as they may be, I happened to run across this custom reborn service tonight which is almost exactly what you're asking for; a to-scale baby doll of your son, a 3D snapshot if you will. Just throwing it out there :daisy
       
      #20 Zuka Engel, Aug 10, 2010
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