Puberty Already!!!

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Registered: 11-05-2007
Puberty Already!!!
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Wed, 11-07-2007 - 7:58pm

My DD was walking by and I suddenly realized her sweater had little bumps.....I noticed a while ago that she suddenly developed hips and now this.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 11-07-2007 - 8:27pm
Perfectly normal. :-) My DD started her period in February. She didn't turn 12 until the end of May. So its quite in line with the norm, young girls are starting earlier, much of it because of improved nutrition. At 10.5 my DD had underarm hair and others and started wearing a bra under lighter clothes so I think your Dd is pretty much right on track with her peers. Although of course some will develop later and some may have already, but they say between 9-14 is "normal".

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Registered: 09-10-2007
Wed, 11-07-2007 - 10:19pm

I have to agree with Tam, it is totally normal, but awful. My dd started her period at 10½, so consider yourself lucky! Kids develop at such different rates it is insane.


Good luck, and get ready cause here it comes!




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Registered: 09-26-2003
Wed, 11-07-2007 - 10:34pm
Crazy isn't it!

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Registered: 11-05-2007
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 7:48am

Do you know any good books that maybe you used for your daughter?

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Registered: 11-05-2007
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 7:51am
OMG I guess I didn't realize they could get their periods that young!
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Registered: 06-01-1999
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 8:14am

Actually, she's just about right. 10.5 is the average age to start puberty. Menstration almost always starts 2 years after they get breast buds making her 12.5.... yep, totally average. Of course, that doesn't make it easier on mom! My own DD is a few months from 11 and she's not even close. I

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Registered: 06-01-1999
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 8:21am
I think most schools still do a puberty unit. Our district doesn't do sex-ed until middle school but they give the puberty talk to the girls in 4th and then 5th. The 4th grade one is an overview of what happens and the 5th grade is a little more in-depth. They don't give the boys talk until 6th grade because they don't typically start until later.
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Registered: 11-05-2007
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 8:36am

THANKS!

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Registered: 09-10-2007
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 10:35am

Alexis didn't have a big time span, but they are 'suppose' to. The biggest difference in her was a huge change in her body structure. She was a chubby girl and she shot up and slimmed down some. The difference from her 10th birthday to 10½ was amazing.


She also had underarm and pubic hair failry early, probably as early as 9 or a little older

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Registered: 08-29-2003
Thu, 11-08-2007 - 11:56am

Our school gave the kids the information in 5th grade which, for some, was after the fact. I explained all of this to my daughter in the summer between third and fourth grade because I knew there'd be a chance that one of her friends may be an early bloomer.


I'm curious....what sort of homosexual education did your children receive? My daughter asked me what 'gay' meant at a few years ago when a prominent government figure (I think it was a Vermont senator?) was outed, but she never mentioned being taught about homosexuality in school.

 

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