my 12yr old has "started"

covlass

Here is a good page which you can print off explains things very well.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/puberty/Documents/fpa-periods-PDF.pdf

This is a great book for children with special needs
http://www.gettextbooks.co.uk/search/?isbn=9781901242515+

My eldest daughter started aged 11 she breezed through it, now at 15 she has very heavy periods, poor thing she uses one of those heat up bean bag things to help with the discomfort. She found she had problems at school, as she needed to go to the ladies on a regular basis and some teachers would not allow her too go during lessons. A quick phone call to the school explaining the situation and they gave her a toilet pass, so she now feels better at school.

My youngest was 9 she has Autism & learning difficulties we had a few episodes of in appropriate behavior at the start but she copes very well now.

uolypool

My 13 yr dd satrted hers about 5/6 months ago.She has no older sis to talk to but we are very open with each other.As I was 11 when mine started I had bought a few packs of different ones and popped them in her undies draw and had the convo about the inevatable she was so cool about it and said "mum we have discussed this in sex ed at school"well her first couple were pretty heavy and quite painful for her but she coped very well we had a couple of leaks at night but no big deal, last month she said that she wanted to try using tampons so I bought some mini and regular ones and had the convo about these and she was fine with them .She uses tesco nighttime at night and tampons during the day now.We have a girly night once a month now with choccys popcorn and a dvd all cuddled up on the sofa under a blanket with candles lit and its lovely.Her friend started her periods a month or two ago and my daughter brought her home to me as her mum felt to embarressed to have the talk with her poor thing.

elfen

If you want to get her something so she feels clean, why not some moist toilet tissue or a small pack of baby wipes so she can carry them around just in case?

lilian1977

gabycat wrote: »

Thank you, that's what we got tonight from Tesco. {TBH that was all there was}

She is still a wee bit worried everyone will know, but ive said you don't know when i have my period, so why would anyone else know when you have yours

I cannot believe there is not a range for young girls, because we are all young when we start and anything to make it easier must be good.

Might have a wee rant to bodyform, always etc by email tonight.

At work so I haven't read the whole thread but I remember a few months after I first started, I was in gymnastics class and was convinced everyone could smell the blood on the pad (I thought I could) as I had quite heavy periods at first (looking back, they may not have been but as it was all new to me I didn't have a frame of reference!).I was the same at sleepovers - always convinced I would leak in the night and never managed to sleep through. I see she said she wanted to try tampons eventually, maybe have some in the house so she can get used to them for times like this - wear them with a panty liner at first until you know what her flow is like.

Good luck with it x

Rebekah24

I get the ASDA Teen towels for stepdaughter and myself -find they fit much better - they do normal absorbancies, super etc and with wings or without

Stepdaughter still dosent use tampons at nearly 19, depends whats most comfy

Deffo recommend the Mr A Teen range towels,they are ace

Nara

Wow they do say girls start their periods sooner now days! 12 seems young to me and 9 omg thats so young i couldn't have imagined getting periods at that age. I was 14 when i started mine. Hopefully my daughter will be around the same time.

I know you can get bikini towels, but it really depends how heavy it is, i would get a small selection, even after having periods for 17 years i still make mistakes! I find i always have to have ones with wings or it leaks over the side!:o

But i didnt use towels for very long because mine are quite heavy and i find tampons more comfy and i feel more 'safe' some days i have to use both as its so bad It took me a while to puck up courage to use a tampon for the first time at about 16 !

Mado

Jinx wrote: »

I also got my daughter a great book about periods, written by a 15 year old and her aunt and I know she read it a few times. Its 'The Period Book' by Karen and Jennifer Gravelle.

HTH

I also highly recommend this book; the only objection is that it's written by an american and some aspects re school is not relevant here.

I bought DD an assortment of sanitary product (and a large bar of chocolate) and told her to experiment and tell me which she likes best.
She isn't brilliant at telling me she needs stuff, but I keep topping it up.