Care for Me Baby Experience: More Than a Doll

About This Project

Meet the Care for Me Baby Experience There is something special about holding a baby doll in your arms. Choosing a little outfit. Wrapping them in a blanket. Slowing down for a moment and letting yourself enjoy something sweet. We created the Care for Me Baby Experience to make those little moments accessible to more people. Our silicone baby combines realistic details, a drink-and-wet feature, and the joy of nurturing play, with packaging designed to make welcoming your baby feel special. Designed in the USA and manufactured and painted by hand in China, this collection brings our family’s vision to life with the support of our manufacturing partner. The heart behind the baby Over the years, we have watched people light up when they hold one of our babies. Customers have told us their dolls bring them comfort, give them something to look forward to, and help them find little moments of peace. Some have shared personal stories about how their dolls have helped them cope with depression, anxiety, grief, or loneliness. Others simply love collecting, dressing their babies, and being part of a community where that joy is understood. Those stories have stayed with us. We also know that a handmade silicone baby can be a significant purchase. We wanted to create another way for people to experience that magic, at a more affordable price. That is the heart behind Care for Me Baby. Growing without leaving our beginnings behind To keep creating and make room for new dreams, we needed help beyond what our family could make with our own hands. Adding a manufacturing partner allows us to reach more people while giving our family room to continue developing the ideas and experiences that make DreamShyre ours. Our handmade dolls will always have a place in DreamShyre. We’re still creating them, and we’re not stopping! Care for Me Baby gives us another way to share what we love, with a more affordable option for people who have dreamed of welcoming one of our babies. As our world grows, we want more people to feel that there’s a place in it for them. What we’re creating The Care for Me Baby Experience includes a silicone baby designed around the little routines that make nurturing play so special. Our planned features include: • An original sculpture with realistic details. • A full body silicone doll (17in). • Details painted by hand. • A drink-and-wet feature. • Thoughtfully designed packaging for a special welcome-home experience. Our reward tiers offer different ways to participate, from supporting the dream to welcoming a baby or choosing a collection to share. Please see each reward description for the exact dolls, accessories, and experiences included with your pledge. Meet the family behind DreamShyre DreamShyre is our family’s creative home in Spring Hill, Florida. Each of us brings something different to the work. Joshua brings his sculpting talents, I bring my love of painting and storytelling, and our family contributes the artistry, care, and everyday work that keep this dream moving. What people see online is only part of the story. Behind the scenes, we’re learning, creating, solving problems, and celebrating the little milestones together. Care for Me Baby is a project we’re building as a family, with the hope that something we create can bring a little joy into yours. Where we are now We have been developing the doll, packaging concept, manufacturing arrangements, and the experience we want to create for our supporters. We are currently in the sample and production-planning stage. Before moving into the full production run, we need to review the sample, confirm the final details, and coordinate the remaining work with our manufacturing partner. This campaign will help us move from development into production. Along the way, we will share updates so you can follow the journey with us. What your support makes possible Your pledge helps fund the first Care for Me Baby production run and the work needed to deliver the rewards to our backers. Our production and fulfillment budget includes manufacturing, painting by hand, packaging, freight, shipping, and applicable campaign and payment-processing fees. Working with a manufacturing partner means committing to a production run. Your support helps us take that step and introduce this more affordable option while continuing our handmade work. Whether you choose a support-only reward or welcome a baby of your own, you become part of how this next chapter begins. Our production and delivery timeline Our planned steps are: Complete the campaign and receive funding. Finalize sample approval and production details. Begin manufacturing and hand-painting with our partner in China. Complete production checks and prepare the dolls and packaging for shipment. Receive and review the finished products, then prepare the reward bundles. Pack and ship rewards to our backers. Estimated shipping: March 2027 We will share updates at important milestones and let backers know if anything changes along the way. Our hopes for future research Our vision also includes learning more about the experiences our customers have shared with us. Doll therapy has been studied in people living with dementia. Through our own work, we have also heard from customers who feel their dolls have helped them cope with depression and anxiety and have improved their quality of life. We believe those experiences deserve thoughtful research. We are in the process of seeking a university partner, defining the scope of a potential study, and securing the funding needed to move it forward. Our goal is to explore whether nurturing interactions with dolls, including the Care for Me Baby Experience, may support emotional well-being and quality of life, particularly for adults experiencing depression and anxiety. Our $5,000 research-support tier offers a way to help us pursue that goal, with recognition for the supporting individual or company in our own project materials. The university partnership, study scope, timing, and required approvals are still being developed. Supporting this goal does not guarantee a completed study or any particular findings. Our customers’ experiences are the inspiration for this work, not proof of a medical benefit. Care for Me Baby is not presented as a treatment for depression or anxiety. Be part of our next chapter DreamShyre began with our family’s creativity, faith, and a belief that there is room for a little more wonder in everyday life. Our handmade dolls are still part of that story. Care for Me Baby opens another door, inviting more people to experience what we love. Thank you for believing in our family and helping us build what comes next. We’re starting with a baby... but there’s a whole world of wonder waiting to grow. With love, Mama Coly & the DreamShyre Family Risks and challenges Our family brings six years of doll-making experience to this project. Introducing a manufactured collection also involves new production and coordination challenges. Our Care for Me Baby dolls are manufactured and painted by hand in China. Potential delays include sample revisions, manufacturing schedules, material availability, international freight, and customs. We plan to approve the final sample before authorizing full production, stay in communication with our manufacturing partner, and review the finished products before shipping them to backers. If a sample or production batch needs additional work, that may affect our delivery schedule. Small variations in hand-painted details are expected. Delivery dates are estimates. If our schedule changes, we will explain what happened, what we are doing about it, and how it affects the expected delivery timeline. Our research initiative has additional uncertainties. We are working toward securing a university partner, defining the study scope, and obtaining the funding and approvals needed to proceed. Research-support pledges help us pursue that work but do not guarantee university participation, a completed study, or a particular outcome. We will keep our backers informed as production and research planning progress. Learn about accountability on Kickstarter Use of AI We used AI tools to assist with drafting, planning, and research for this campaign. Our family reviews the final materials and makes all creative and project decisions. For images, AI was used only to clean up photography, not to redraw or enhance the dolls or their features. 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Our family brings six years of doll-making experience to this project. Introducing a manufactured collection also involves new production and coordination challenges.

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