Do you have a separate nursery for the reborns/dolls? Definitely you're right about "less is more"Beachwalker Mandy wrote:I do get it. It would be so much easier to only have one. Or even only 5.This is one area where the old saying "Less is more" does apply. But I could never keep it down to only one or just a few. I had to complicate it to the max.
I did when my first was born. For the first few months I did not even think about my dolls or reborning. But painting is the only hobby I really have and after a while I do miss it. Right now, dolls are not my priority, but I don't ever think I could completely give them up. There are phases I go through where they don't get much attention and I don't think about them much and then there are times that just love having them around because looking at them makes my heart happy. So no, I don't think I will feel differently. I feel that dolls are apart of who I am. They are what I am good at artistically and what I just love being around. They will get less attention I think, but, they will always have a place in my heart.EmilyD wrote:Do you think you'll feel differently once your second child arrives? I don't have any children, but I imagine having 0 interest in dolls, once the real thing arrivesWithloveSteph wrote:Not me, although at the moment it would be nice for space. I just could never be able to choose who stays. I love them all!!!
As for only having one, after my second is born, I still don't think I could do it. I have about 9 dolls in my collection and I love them all for different reasons. I couldn't just have just one lol
I sold all but 1 barbie, 1 Ever after high doll, and I had my silicone baby. Then I bought a reborn I saw at the doll show when I got home. I love that doll. Then I bought Saoirse, and that doll blew me away to the point where I could part with all the others and be happy with just her! I recently bought another doll. She is cute, but I find that every time I add a new one, I start to feel a bit anxious. 
I have 5 keeper dolls at the moment, and I love each one of them for what they are. Each doll has something that drives me crazy, just like each of my siblings. I can't imagine having only one doll, just like I can't imagine having only one sibling. It'd be so sad! When I was little, I loved having a huge dollie "family" to play with and take care of, and I still do. 
.... Poor neglected little lovesEmilyD wrote:How many reborns/silicones do you currently have? I remember seeing pictures of the crib for the babies, and how nicely decorated it is, and how you've set the "nursery" upLittleonesmariena wrote:I would love to have only one, but which one lol
It would be nice to just have a nursery set up for one baby
Maybe one day I will have the guts to do it and only have one baby
Meanwhile I love those that do have one and how they seem so happy to just have the one
Krystle I am so glad you shared this....I think that is my probem too I feel like they all need to have equal time --but maybe I will just try to let that go and enjoy them as my collection and spend time to which ever one I feel drawn to at the time. And of course, little Isabelle Naomi is one of my forever keeperskrystleslittlemonkeys wrote:S... I started to get a bit overwhelmed over the last few months but I realized it was because I was looking at them as a whole group that I needed to spend equal time with lol. Now I'm at a point where I enjoy just having them to look at and if I'm pulled to one particular one then I will spend time with that one and it has been quite nice. I know I do have my favourites in my collection that I tend to spend more time with and the ones that get less attention I have thought of parting with but then when I do I can't do it because even though I don't "play" with them much there is still something I love about them.
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Yes, I have found not putting that pressure on myself has made me enjoy it a lot more. Most days I'm just happy to look at their sweet faces as I pass by.CarlaKH wrote:Krystle I am so glad you shared this....I think that is my probem too I feel like they all need to have equal time --but maybe I will just try to let that go and enjoy them as my collection and spend time to which ever one I feel drawn to at the time. And of course, little Isabelle Naomi is one of my forever keeperskrystleslittlemonkeys wrote:S... I started to get a bit overwhelmed over the last few months but I realized it was because I was looking at them as a whole group that I needed to spend equal time with lol. Now I'm at a point where I enjoy just having them to look at and if I'm pulled to one particular one then I will spend time with that one and it has been quite nice. I know I do have my favourites in my collection that I tend to spend more time with and the ones that get less attention I have thought of parting with but then when I do I can't do it because even though I don't "play" with them much there is still something I love about them.
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