|
My baby is becoming a woman
Hi Ladies: Today I took my 9-year old daughter to the doctor for a med check-up. She needs this appointment every six months to re-evaluate a dosage for a daily medication she is on but I also wanted to talk to the doctor about some stomach and chest pains she has been complaining about recently. The verdict: PUBERTY. I am flipping out. She's only 9 and I was 14 before I slowly began puberty and I just naturally figured a girl follows after the other females in her family. She has small breast buds, hair growth between her legs, and is starting to discharge. The doctor said her period could come in as little as a year. In September she weighed 77 lbs, today she weighs 94 lbs and has grown 2 inches since then.
My questions to you are; when did you begin to menstruate? How is that comparable to your daughters or your mother? How do you teach a 9 year old to care for her developing body without freaking her out? I mean my daughter still doesn't know where babies come from. Do you have any theories as to why young girls are developing so early? Any advice you can give to a young mother who is trying to let go of her baby will help.
__________________
* I do not believe that struggles are a sign of life falling apart, but rather a step of life falling into place. *
|