As I have said or most of you know, I have 4 daughters. I don't get to have the period talk just once......it's 4 times! My mother did NOT give me the talk and I see why! I will never forget the horrific day I got my period. I was 15, riding the school bus, wearing white pants! WHY DOES A PERIOD ONLY COME ON WHITE PANTS DAY :'( At any rate, the only good thing to come from this story is that I was riding the bus home for the day. However, the maximum occupancy of a school bus is like 87 people or so and on that day I wish I rode the short bus! I only sat in the back of the bus....which meant I had to walk to the front of the bus with what once were bright white now spotted pants on. This I tell you is devastating to a 15 year old child. I ran in the house, called my mother at work and said "thanks a freaking lot, you've ruined my life!" I'm pretty sure that is not the 1st nor the last time I told her that. (Suddenly, I am starting to understand my teenager)
So, to prevent ruining my own kids lives I sat my oldest daughter down at the age of 9 (because I had no idea what the appropriate age was to do this) and honestly I really thought this talk would be a whole lot easier than it was.I was so embarrassed. My face was beat red, I was sweating, and I couldn't help but breathe like I was hyperventilating. I will never forget this day, or how I worded it.
"Ok, sweetie.....we need to have a talk. What I am about to tell you is going to be shocking and cause you to have a lot of questions. As you know, you're getting older. You're body is going to go through some changes.....very drastic changes. You will start getting skeeter bites. Wait, wait......not skeeter bites like you're not gonna get bit please don't freak out. It's just my way of saying booooo.....um brea....ummmmm....how do you scare a bee? BOO-BEE! Yep, you're gonna get boo-bee's. Ummmm also, you will start getting really emotional. You will probably cry a lot. Throw things. Slam your door, Yell at everyone you see, cry some more and, just keep crying. But, this is all for a reason. You're gonna get a period" Mom?What? Ok, please let me finish this is hard enough without you interrupting me! You can ask questions later. "It's called a period. It means you will bleed from the area of privacy.....oh God, I don't mean like bleed, bleed like gush, gush I mean like a coffee pot drip. You will have to wear something to catch the drip ya know. They are called pads. This will happen every month for about 5-7 days and basically, this is all part of a change your body goes through to prepare itself to have children. OK? Do you have any question? and came the awkward silence...................................................ok, I am gonna go then. Talk to ya later! Maddy- "Wait mom!" "So you mean to tell me that once a month for like one week straight, for the rest of my life, I am gonna bleed?" yes, honey....that is the case. And, if that isn't the case, you and me will be having a whole other conversation and it wont be anything as nice as this one is! Her response to this 30 minute conversation was this "We can not tell my sisters this.......they are so not ready to hear this!" Deal! I won't say a word!
At that moment I researched a better way to tell my other children about this in the future and discovered the #1 book from American Girl Doll "The Care and Keeping of You" I bought it, read it, gave it to my oldest, told her to read it and pass it down the line and if she had any questions that they will have a "period class" in 5th grade and she could ask anything she wanted to.
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3 talks down.........1 to go and I really hope we don't lose this book!
I wonder if anyone else had any problems explaining this to their kids. Next up, I have to have the aaarrrrgggghhhhh "sex" talk with the kids. Not once but X's 4. I wonder if there is a book out there for that? hmmm???
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