Thanks for starting this topic, Amy x
I stopped putting magnets in my dolls when I started taking them out to promote my business because I was worried about people with pacemakers. I often allow people to pick up and snuggle my babies so I thought it best to leave out the magnets, just in case.
I’ll be following this thread with interest 
Oh, absolutely, Michelle! Warnings should always be given. I was just under the impression that people with pacemakers would fall over dead if they held a doll with a magnet in it. I’m just glad that isn’t the case. The excessive warnings about magnets and pacemakers have created a bit of hysteria, though.
Ouch! My teeth hurt now. 
Oh, no!! Good think you didn’t choke on it.
Geez, @AmyR777 So nice of you to answer me and get others input. Thank you!
Even if one nurse knows of no cases of people being hurt by magnets affecting their pacemakers I would not have been comfortable not warning clients for a couple reasons. There may be cases she’s not heard of or there may be patients who come in with their pacemaker malfunctioning and not having any idea the doll they were holding caused it, and they don’t report it.
That being said, I realize the magnets are small and that they may not cause problems with pacemakers. I just don’t think I’d take the chance of not informing people of the risk unless we have real proof from a doctor that it won’t hurt them to make sure we aren’t blamed if some’s pacemaker starts malfunctioning. I doubt the AMA will make an official declaration for us artists so we don’t have to warn clients.
I do have magnets I bought but I never used them. I guess if a customer insisted I might do it but I have not done custom orders and people have never asked me to include them in my premade babies. I indicate n my listings that there are no magnets.
I never used one with my son so I guess I’m biased. Please don’t think I was a mean mom depriving her baby. He was breast fed and when he went to the hospital for 6 days at 2 months old the nurse thought he’d benefit from one for comfort. Why I don’t know, I was there 24 hours/day and he only cried once - when I was in the bathroom. So desperate to make my baby feel better, I got him one and he proceeded to spit it out. Didn’t like it, didn’t want it.
I’m not keen on how they look on real kids and don’t like them very much on reborns. I like to see their faces and mouths. I also hated to have to worry about people ruining electronics with them. Often, if I hold a reborn, the chair I sit in is close to my laptop and CD. Without magnets, no worries.
I include milk bottles for posing and use headbands and hats instead of magnetic hair bows.
I was wondering about the magnets though because I know someday a customer might really want one and sometimes I think the hair bows are cute.
Thanks again, Amy! 
A warning about magnets should ALWAYS be given! I never had to warn anyone because I didn’t use them. Like I told Michele, with all the hype about magnets, I was under the impression that a person with a pacemaker would just drop dead they held a reborn with a magnet in it. I’m just excited to be able to use them without the worry of accidentally killing someone.
LOL!! No judging here! My first was a paci baby all the way! Totally addicted until he was 10 mos old. He started playing with it more than sucking on it. When he lost his last one, that was it. With my second baby, I ended up buying one of each brand and he would immediately spit it back out. I finally got the message that he just didn’t want one. 
I think they look adorable on babies but not toddlers. I had a friend that allowed her daughter to have a pacifier until she was 5 yrs old. Turns out the dad stressed the kids out (they’re divorced now) and the 5 yr old “baby” was soothed by a paci. Guess it was cheaper than counseling.
I don’t think I’ll do the magnetic hair bows. I think they’re cute but look strange just stuck to the head.
I know we all do things differently, but I felt my babies were lacking in the paci area. I can’t tell you how excited I am to add magnets to my remaining babies. 
My kids were breastfed and my son took one for about 4 months…till he figured out finally that milk was never going to come out of it. He must have imparted that to my girls because they wouldn’t take them. None of them used a bottle either no matter how desperate they were. Until the girls were over a year old and wanted to play with them. Both of them liked to pretend suck on them mainly. As for magnetic pacis, I definitely add magnets to the dolls but add a warning about pacemakers in case. I usually added a paci as an extra but for some reason it never occured to me to warn about the dangers for kids. I feel awful now. And if I decide to sell some of the pacis I am drowning in, I will be sure to mention it.
I’m wondering if serious collectors actually use the paci’s on the doll when displaying them. I just feel like the paci covers up a beautifully sculpted and painted mouth and kinda remind me of store bought dolls for children. And seeing an e-bay listing with pic after pic of a paci covered mouth …!!! 
It seems like the doll is a model for the paci.
Still different strokes for different folks.
That is interesting info regarding magnets and pacemakers tho.
That IS frustrating!
Old topic I know - but being new I was browsing a few different topics of interest to me and didn’t think an update could be a bad thing 
I will be here forever reading everything that interests me anyhow.
I think its always a good idea for warnings no matter what the risk even if small to non existent.
I had a pacemaker inserted late Jan this year for bradycardia and complete heart block.
My reborn doll has 2 magnets placed in the head - I cuddle her often, but not extensively close to my heart - my heart is still beating and the pacemaker never drops below 60 bpm so I believe the risk is minimal and I am doing fine - the pacemaker is monitored remotely and the cardiologist would hopefully alert me to any irregularities.
Of course there are many other medical/heart issues that require a pacemaker- so better safe than sorry