Little Girls Turn into Young Women

Hi Crise,

The best thing for womanhood is good health. Exercise will decrease pain and so will good nutrition. Offer to walk with her. Do away with simple sugars, including sodas and caffiene; give her fruits and green vegetables instead. A good absorbable multi-vitamin will help as well. I can recommend one if you're interested.

If you have a chiropractor that understands the immune system, they can help. My 16 year old has been so impressed with our chiropractor that she has already applied to Chiropractic College.

Hope I helped!

M.

You can always use liquid Motrin or Tylenol. Use the same dosage they suggest for her weight. Always according to the weight...Other than that, the typical things, water consumption, heating pad for when it gets really bad, increased exercise...does she take a multi-vit? My children never eat enough of the "good stuff," so I make sure they get their vitamins. We still do the Flintstones with calcium. I use the Arbonne Hybrids, but I have to agree, the kids just taste nasty! Good luck and tell her congrats!

My daughter also started early and it is heart wrenching to watch her have to deal with the pains sometimes. I give my daughter some Tylenol and reassure her that it will end in a few days and that I too just deal with it.
One thing I do is if she for any reason doesn't want to go to school on a bad day I dont' make her. I will tell her to try and if she needs to, to call home and she usually makes it the whole day anyway.

Little girls just simply should not have to deal with it! My daughter started her's at age 9. I felt like she was barely out of diapers. I have been very straight forward with her. For the most part she tolerates everything well. She is always physically active but I'm not sure that it really helps with her discomfort at all. I did welcome her to a new stage of life when she first started. I told her that it was a good thing but not so much fun to deal with. When she really has a lot of discomfort that activity or heating pads cannot control, I give her tylenol. For the most part she has settled comfortably into woman-hood. We just try not make too much of it, so that she does not become consumed with pity. It's a natural part of life, but yes it does SUCK! Good luck, M.

Hot baths do wonders for cramps. My oldest started her monthlies just around her 11th birthday and she gets horrible ones. Exercise doesn't help make them less or cutting out sugar. Mine don't like taking pain meds either. Heating pads, warm baths and rest are good things. Just wait till you need to start buying her bras .. mine is almost as big on top as most 18 years olds and she's only 12

Hi C.,
What a wonderful time for your daughter. Also for you to be able to share this with her. I lost my mother to heart failure when I was young and we didn't have much time together, so savor these moments only a mother and daughter can share.

Coming from the medical profession. I can tell you the best for her is ibuprophen for the cramps. It is swelling, and the ibuprophen takes the swelling down. She should only get it about every six hours however. Liquid would work faster for her. I would keep her active. I'm not sure what she is using either the pads or tampons, but my oldest daughter was using the pads until she was 13 or so. I didn't let her use the tampons because often times they can make the cramping worse in the beginning, just getting used to them.

I would also get as much literature from your doctor as possible. If you call your GYN they have literature for young women there, that you can have mailed to you, that will be directed to her. Perhaps you can read it and sift through it together. It's a confusing time for her and I'm sure it is a time when she is looking to you for all the answers.

Best of luck to both of you, she will be okay! With a great mom, how could she not!