Tweens and periods

[Meenah]

All good advice!! I also used tampons the first time I got my period (I had three older sisters).

[civilspouse]

Me too. So when you go to the bathroom, it's just like a mess of blood in your underwear? How does that not wick into your clothes if it shifts?


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I haven't tried them but my sister and her daughter use them and they like them. She told me that they just don't absorb clots and you wipe them off when you go to the bathroom. My sister is pretty crunchy though and when my niece got her period she started to worry about what exactly is in a tampon.


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[rufflesanddots]

I'd use Thinxs as a backup to tampons, personally. I remember being SO STRESSED in middle school and high school about getting to the bathroom in time to change pads/tampons. There is zero time between passing periods and some teachers can be real jerks about letting students go to the bathroom. The Thinx can give her a lot of reassurance.

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[houseelf]

This may be an odd suggestion, but it worked for me and my mother before me. For the very first coaching session on tampons, it might not hurt to dab a bit of KY jelly on the tip of the tiny plastic applicator. Awkward first attempts at tampon insertion tend to go very slowly and inevitably stop where the passage is more narrow and ergo more painful.

Obviously, KY Jelly makes a tampon less absorbent and less useful, BUT the goal is for a less dramatic first use and more confidence and success. Make sure you coach her to insert up higher than the tighter opening towards the bottom. A first successful attempt could go a long way to defray drama. Believe you me, I'm ALL ABOUT LESS DRAMA with middle school girls. When one unnamed middle school girl lamented how bad it hurt from the other side of the bathroom door, I could barely refrain from saying "Just wait until a baby's ten centimeter head passes through there!". But no my gentle friends, I didn't. I parented with grace and calm while deep while swallowing my frustration and exhaustion and incurred another micro fracture in my twisted, tired soul. I gently cajoled her through the bathroom door into success with the aforementioned KY jelly on the tip telling her that it would hurt less once it is up a bit higher. (Maybe even show her a diagram of the anatomy).

As an aside, why are guys so insecure about the size of their members when most inexperienced females are like "OMG A TAMPON IS SOOO BIG!!!" Apparently, there is a disconnect of galactic proportions.

Anyhoo, all the medical professionals on here can probably jump in here and tell why this may not be the safest, best method, but my mom taught me this way and I taught my daughter this way. Godspeed and good luck.

I will now step away from the computer and contemplate the fact that I just spent five minutes of my life offering advice on tampon insertion. Yeah me! A life well lived!

[PrincessFiona]

Ugh. Today was the first day of school. Zoe got her period unexpectedly and bled through her clothes. She was too embarrassed to go to her teacher. Several kids in her class made comments about her bloody pants. 🙁


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[alotofyarn]

Oh no, poor thing! I'm still traumatized by the time I got mine when I was staying with my cousin for a few days. We went to Six Flags, and I bled all over my shorts. My aunt was great, and she helped me wash them and bought me some pads , but I don't think my cousin had gotten her period yet, and I don't think she 100% knew what to do with me.

[PrincessFiona]

Fortunately she was wearing black leggings. They were soaking wet though with some redness and a few kids asked her if she had peed her pants. I feel so bad for her!


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[Thirteen]

Fortunately she was wearing black leggings. They were soaking wet though with some redness and a few kids asked her if she had peed her pants. I feel so bad for her!


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The teacher needs to have this on his or her radar -- kids start early, and may need some discreet guidance or help. :/ Poor Z!


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[PrincessFiona]

The teacher needs to have this on his or her radar -- kids start early, and may need some discreet guidance or help. :/ Poor Z!


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I agree. This is a great teacher. Her mother was hospitalized last night and she didn't want to miss the first day. I think she was distracted.


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[MrsK]

Ugh. Today was the first day of school. Zoe got her period unexpectedly and bled through her clothes. She was too embarrassed to go to her teacher. Several kids in her class made comments about her bloody pants. 🙁


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Oh no! Poor girl.

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[Ladybug]

She can always go to the nurse without telling the teacher why, especially if the teacher is aware that she's started menstrating. She can keep an emergency packet in her backpack if she's not comfortable going to the nurse. So sorry for Zoe!!!

[Meenah]

I'm so sorry Zoe!

[PrincessFiona]

She has a bag for pads. The night before school I suggested filling it "just in case" but forgot 🙁. On the way to school, Zoe said "wouldn't it be my luck to get my period today?" We both felt it. Damn. She has a good attitude. She quickly moved on.


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[Thirteen]

She can always go to the nurse without telling the teacher why, especially if the teacher is aware that she's started menstrating. She can keep an emergency packet in her backpack if she's not comfortable going to the nurse. So sorry for Zoe!!!

Absolutely! ❤️


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[peggyfromwastate]

Oh wow!! So sorry that happened to her.



My 9 year old is home with a stomach bug and asked me loudly as we were walking home from school yesterday (bc she had a stomach ache even then) if she was getting cramps and going to start her period soon.

Um... Interesting looks from parents and kids alike all around us! Haha.

Oh it's so fun to have girls.