But, on closer inspection, they realise the child is not real. It is a prosthetic replica baby, known by doll collectors as a "reborn".
Therese Perchard, a grandmother to nine real children, makes fake babies as a hobby and drums up interest by carrying them around at model railway exhibitions and doll conventions.
The 60-year-old, from Moulton, has created 17 reborn dolls to date, which fetch between £150 and £300.
Top notch American "artists" can sell their creations, made from exactly the same parts as Therese uses, for a staggering £8,000.
It is a growing business across the globe, as more people "adopt" – AKA buy – these babies and the hobby spreads.
A recent documentary by Channel Four, My Fake Baby – depicted women who took dolls for walks in prams, changed nappies and treated them like real babies.
Some onlookers find the reborns "weird" and "disturbing" and assume collectors have a sad history of child loss.
But Therese insists they are simply the latest step in collectables.
She started collecting them two years ago and her husband, Roy, has since converted half their garage for their storage.
The other half was used for his model train collection.
"When I first saw them, I was flabbergasted. They look so real." said Therese.
"Some people think they are weird, but everybody to their own.
The television programme made it look like it was a lot of weirdos and women who are trying to replace children.
But I have never come across that. People enjoy the artistic side and the work that goes into them."
In Therese's home, in an alcove at the top of the stairs, is a collection of ceramic, silicon and porcelain dolls of all shapes and sizes.
Toddler dolls loom over the landing as babies nestle in baskets.
It is obvious from this collection that the reborns are just the next step for Therese.
She has always had an interest in arts and crafts, which she says gave her an enjoyable pastime after her day job of monotonous secretarial work.
The walls of her living rooms are adorned with watercolours of flowers and landscapes and she was attracted to the reborn babies because of their hand-painted finish.
Last summer, she decided to invest in all the equipment and began making dolls.
"It is a blank canvas.
I like seeing it coming to life and all coming together. I like picking all the names," she laughed enthusiastically.
"Every single one is different.
You could never make the same one twice. I like posing them and buying clothes for them.
If I am out and about shopping and see stuff reasonably priced, I will buy them.
I also get knitted and crochet stuff off eBay.
"I enjoy taking their pictures and setting them up.
I do more girls than boys, as they have frilly stuff and most people buy them to pose them."
Her first reborn baby was sold purely by accident, when she put pictures of it on a website forum to ask other reborn collectors what they thought.
She was then contacted by a forum user, who asked her if it was for sale.
Therese said: "From January, when the fake baby programme was on, it has taken off.
I decided to put some on eBay and people have started to know my name."
Therese likes customers to come to her nursery to see them in the "flesh".
That nursery is a summer house, bought for Roy's model trains but commandeered by Therese.
It is filled with prams, cots, clothes, fake baby formula, mobiles, soft toys and bunting, like a real life nursery.
"People can come in and have a nice cuddle, if they want.
They can see the detail. Women will start rocking them and petting them."
Therese admits in the winter she put her babies into coats, but now she only changes their clothes to pose for a picture.
Buyers are happy to travel miles to visit the nursery.
"People buy them from all over the country and I have had a couple of inquiries from America."
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