Meet the women who paints human baby dolls and makes them look so life-like, that she sometimes struggles to let them go. Susan Gibbs, 49, a silicone ... a wide array of clothes, a stuffed toy ...

The most expensive dolls are made of full-body silicone, and those can cost up ... She picks a "baby of the day" to focus on and dress up in baby clothes; she has 28 of them and two more on ...

The experience of rearing a baby is a rite of passage for many families ... which creates lifelike silicone dolls. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Coly spoke about learning the ropes ...

clay dolls — but once I found out silicone could feel so much like a real baby, it was over. I knew that’s what I wanted to do." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...