I know deep in my heart that the Mommie-Doll is very important for young people growing up in our sometimes confusing and disconnected world. Like you, I believe that children need to understand about life, their bodies and where babies come from. The timing and way this understanding comes about is unique to each child, and key in the parent child relationship. I believe that a sensitive adult with a Mommie-Doll on hand is in a good position to provide guidance that will help form healthy foundational understanding.

Thank you for supporting my mission to educate children by empowering adults to do so in sensitive, meaningful and conscious ways.

Leslie Montana
leslie@mommiedoll.com

Dear Leslie,

I am so glad to know that you are still making those Mommie dolls.  I love the one you gave me years ago and so do my girls.  Jennifer, at 17 still loves her Rosie. I remember you were 17 when you first created them.

The concept is so simple.  A true inspiration from life itself!  I want every little girl to have one of these dolls!!

As you know my daughters are only 16 months apart.  When I became pregnant with Jennifer, Nicole was only 7 months old.  As soon as she was walking, I provided different dolls and stuffed animals so she could have a baby to hold when the second baby came along.  Then Jennifer was born and they have never known life without each other.

Because I did not have any more children after Jennifer, there were no prompts for the question "Where do babies come from?" during their curiosity and inquisitive stage.  Having the Mommie doll with the baby inside gave them the opportunity to always know where babies came from so they could ask "Do you have a baby in your stomach like Rosie?" or "How did the baby get inside Rosie?"  or "How come you don't have a baby in your stomach?"

This allowed me to explain to my daughters about the creation of life as soon as they were ready to handle the information, as soon as they asked.  There is a lot of comfort knowing your daughters are correctly informed.  It is so important for parents to explain to our children the facts of life and the doll makes it so easy to communicate in a casual way.

Jennifer always played with Rosie like any other doll with affection and having her do normal things like drink tea, cook dinner, go visiting.  This further reinforces that pregnant ladies are people too and can do (and must do) normal everyday life things.  The creation and formation of life itself is a beautiful and natural process, not a strange mystery to approach with halting suspicion.  My girls have always been secure in the knowledge about motherhood and child birth because of the doll.

We all know children learn through play. Girls play at learning how to be mothers from an early age. They treat their doll like their baby.  Your Mommie doll allowed my girls to play out the roles of mothering further because the doll is the mother not the baby.  Learning how to parent and for girls to become mothers is a constant education and an ongoing process.  It might as well begin as soon as possible.

I wish you every success.

Your fan always,

Sheila Chong
June 2008