# Where do they get newborn babies for movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 8, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208 "2008-06-08T07:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/21 "2008-06-09T16:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=SanVito] And the point noted earlier about twins is a good one - if you’ve got one screaming baby, it helps if you can swop in the nice quiet smiling one. [/QUOTE] You spent much time with Kids? You’re gonna need _atleast_ triplets for that kind reliability. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/22 "2008-06-09T17:44:57Z")
[Babies “R” Us.](http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=2255957) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/23 "2008-06-09T21:50:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Where do they get newborn babies for movies? They send an Assistant Producer down to the hospital, where they have a room with a big glass window, called a “nursery”. Then they grab one that looks good, leave $5 to cover the inconvenience, & when they’re done…they just throw it away. In other words, the same way Hollywood treats most people. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/24 "2008-06-12T01:14:29Z")
The stork room? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/25 "2008-06-12T01:39:15Z")
The scenes I can’t wrap my head around are the ones where the baby/toddler are crying. Who could stand there watching their baby cry for no good reason and to make money? I was watching _Steel Magnolias_ on TV (guilty pleasure…) and there is this scene where the 1-year old is screaming his head off, pointing and reaching (probably for his off stage mommy). It kills me. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/26 "2008-06-12T01:50:47Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] No Leela jokes? [/QUOTE] Y’know, I read **muldoonthief** ’s post entirely wrong. Nevermind… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/27 "2008-06-12T05:43:07Z")
[How to make a baby in an oven](http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=38635) (2minute video, SFW, has leading ads). These are using in films and TV, as well as to give comfort in nursing homes and so on. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208/28 "2008-06-12T06:49:24Z")
I find it interesting that in a show like Lost, where Turniphead/Aaron has to be a baby of 0-3 months age, but over a period of three years shooting time, meant that he would’ve been played by probably as many as 20 babies, of either gender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-newborn-babies-for-movies/452208.md?page=1)