when did you talk to your daughter about her period and puberty?
i dont have a daughter, but i was just thinking about this becuase my sister has two daughters and i asked her how she would do this. my mother didnt talk to me about my period. a few years before i got mine she bought me a book that is very popular in israel, tossed it at me and told me to read it and if i had any questions to ask her. i read it a few times and never went to her with my questions but i also wasnt very confused when puberty hit becuase the book was very informative. i was the only daughter she did this to. my older sister and little sister both got a while explination with diagrams on paper and everything, they were told with details how to use tampons where i was just given a box and told to "figure it out". so how do you plan on talking to your daughter? i plan to talking to my son when he comes to me or my husband with questions he has, i will also explain to him how a womans body works and why they get periods.
I remember my mom talking to my sis about it and my sis was curious and stuff, but it was never something I felt comfortable asking about, and never did. I never even told my mom when I started. I guess she just assumed I had and bought pads to compensate, lol. But man, was it awkward when she asked me if I preferred tampons or pads, lmao. I hope my kids are comfortable. As uncomfortable as I was when I was a kid... I am VERY comfortable explaining things to my kids, so I don't worry really. I think I will just wait and take cues from them on when is a good time.
Gee...I havent thought about that as of yet....she is only 3...Thank God I still have time.
my sister said the same thing. she has a 2/5 year old and a 5 months old girls. she said she plans on being very open with them about everything just like our mom was with her.
Quoting mrsjones2207:
Gee...I havent thought about that as of yet....she is only 3...Thank God I still have time.
My daughter is 10. We talk pretty open about body changes and what she will be going through very soon. She already wears bras. ugggggg. She is older than most of the kids in her class because her birthday was the day after the cut off for kindergarten. Nightmare!
So she is more advanced developmentally then the other girls. I make sure she knows she can ask me anything. She's already watched a baby be born. She understands more than most kids her age.
We've chatted about periods before. She knows it will come soon. She knows about pads and tampons. I think this all started around the age of 7.
She was also molested and went through examinations so we were able to really talk about body and changes.
Maybe I'm not the best parent to be answering this. I just talk to her like my mom DID NOT. I'm honest and open and tell her to ask me anything.
AND SHE DOES!!!!!!!! LOL-not always prepaired for it, but she does lOL
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Quoting Christy644:
My daughter is 10. We talk pretty open about body changes and what she will be going through very soon. She already wears bras. ugggggg. She is older than most of the kids in her class because her birthday was the day after the cut off for kindergarten. Nightmare!
So she is more advanced developmentally then the other girls. I make sure she knows she can ask me anything. She's already watched a baby be born. She understands more than most kids her age.
We've chatted about periods before. She knows it will come soon. She knows about pads and tampons. I think this all started around the age of 7.
She was also molested and went through examinations so we were able to really talk about body and changes.
Maybe I'm not the best parent to be answering this. I just talk to her like my mom DID NOT. I'm honest and open and tell her to ask me anything.
AND SHE DOES!!!!!!!! LOL-not always prepaired for it, but she does lOL
actually i think your a better parent for answering this. you seem to be really open and forward with your daughter which is pretty awsome in my book. im sorry your daughter had to go through such a horrible thing, but it seems like you guys were brought closer by it and are able to really talk openly which i think is very important for mothers and daughters.
Quoting Christy644:My daughter is 10. We talk pretty open about body changes and what she will be going through very soon. She already wears bras. ugggggg. She is older than most of the kids in her class because her birthday was the day after the cut off for kindergarten. Nightmare!
So she is more advanced developmentally then the other girls. I make sure she knows she can ask me anything. She's already watched a baby be born. She understands more than most kids her age.
We've chatted about periods before. She knows it will come soon. She knows about pads and tampons. I think this all started around the age of 7.
She was also molested and went through examinations so we were able to really talk about body and changes.
Maybe I'm not the best parent to be answering this. I just talk to her like my mom DID NOT. I'm honest and open and tell her to ask me anything.
AND SHE DOES!!!!!!!! LOL-not always prepaired for it, but she does lOL
My sister sounds like your dd. She asked our mom about any question that came to her mind. 6th grade she asked what a bj and a dick was lol. Dd is also alot like that
My DD is 10 & I think we first started talking about it when she was 8. That's when she started needing deodrant & we had a talk about how her body was starting to change & how this was the first signs of puberty.
We'v had a lot of talks about it, I added more info the older she got. This year we had the long drawn out discussion about everything she could expect & a little bit of a talk about sex (another ongoing conversation we have)
My daughter is 7 years old and i have already talked to her about it to an extent. I did not go into a lot of detail but the child walked in on me when i changing my tampon so i had to tell her a little bit. I will probably talk to her when she is 9 or 10.
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