If you bought an authentic reborn it should have been weighted. Where did you buy the doll?

Thank you :-)

You can make them weigh whatever you want. That’s the the best thing about doing this yourself. She weighed about 6 lbs. 😊

A 4 lb doll actually feels heavier. Due to the dead weight theory. I bought a doll that weighs 5.9oz but she technically only weighed 4.7lbs. It's because a 7lb real baby (which is water weight) feels lighter than 7lbs of glass beads...if you want a baby that holds and feels like 10lbs. You'd want to weigh it out to actually something like 8lbs distributed correctly will "feel" a lot heavier

If the doll is full silicone you can’t change the weight. They are solid so there is nowhere to add weight. If it’s a partial silicone doll (head, arms and legs silicone with a cloth body) then you can re stuff and weight the body only.

The glass beads I get from EBay. I never use sand. I use fine glass beads in the limbs and the larger glass beads in the head and body.

Yes I have re weighted partial silicones as well.

If you live in the US I get mine from dollar tree.

I buy them from a doll supply web site www.truborns.com/search?q=Zip+ties

She says how much the limbs,body and head are weighed

Oh aprintly its just that MY baby's were all 8 lb witch is the high side of average. I'm getting a reborn in a few days who is 3-5 pounds (second hand and not sure how much) I want to add more to get to that 8 lb size but now I don't know if that much will fit in the baby

The thing you need to remember is that there is a big difference between a real baby at 8 lbs and a doll at 8 lbs. A real baby’s weight is eventually distributed throughout their body and a doll at 8 lbs is just dead weight. For instance if you hold an 8 lb barbell it will feel a lot heavier than an 8 lb infant. Keep that in mind. When I weight a doll I make sure the both arms weigh the same and both legs weigh the same and I make sure the head doesn’t out weigh the body. I make the bag of beads in their butt weigh the same as the bag of beads in their head. If the bag of beads is too heavy for their head then it’s too heavy for their butt. This way the weight is more evenly distributed which makes them feel more like a real baby. Also you want just the right amount of stuffing so you don’t feel the bags of beads in their body but also that the body isn’t over stuffed. You want the doll to melt into your arms for the perfect cuddle but not be too floppy. Babies do have some control over their backs and necks. Hope this helps 😊

Oh and she weighed 6 lbs once done

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