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Mumsnet Discussions: Behaviour / development : OMG DD age 10 (nearly 11) has HAIR! (12 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By wangle99 on Tue 13-May-08 19:35:16
I mean growing in her armpits argh when did she start growing up????

In the whole puberty thing is armpit hair the start? I cannot remember my own and appear to have lost the only book I had on the subject.

This is scarrryyyy lol
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By ChocolateEclair on Tue 13-May-08 19:45:43
Don't worry. It's really fairly common to start puberty at the age of 10-11. Some girls begin having periods as early as 8. If you are struggling to explain things to her there are some great books. I'm sure someone will be along soon to recommend one!

I'm a science teacher btw, and cover puberty in year 7 (age 11), even though most girls will have had 'the talk' in Year 5 or 6 at primary school.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By wangle99 on Tue 13-May-08 19:52:06
We are very open and have done the sex talk and period talk, it just totally threw me when I saw hair under her arms!

She is doing sex ed at school in a couple of weeks.

I feel a right numpty but I guess its quite scary when your DD starts growing up!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By frogs on Tue 13-May-08 19:53:38
I think the order in which they develop is variable, as dd1 is 13 and has the beginnings of v. small boobs, but no underarm hair at all.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By cruisemum1 on Wed 14-May-08 14:49:25
my dd has little boobs appearing but no hair yet! she gets a bit whiffy if she doesn't wash properly and her hair is getting greasy. I guess they must all develop differently. Are there any other signs?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By cruisemum1 on Wed 14-May-08 14:49:56
she was 10 in January btw smile
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By smartiejake on Wed 14-May-08 15:53:41
Hormonal tantrums/ mood swings!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By wangle99 on Fri 16-May-08 21:47:43
No other signs yet really, her hair always looks lank (its very fine) so god knows who it will look when it gets greasy!

Bit of a scary interest in boys though hmm
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By christywhisty on Sat 17-May-08 14:17:24
My 10 year old Dd has greasy, hair , boobs and some fine punic hair, but none under the arms yet. She has also had a huge growth spurt.
She has just gone out with her best friend to the local gym (10 minutes walk), by themselves for the first time.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By CrackerOfNuts on Sat 17-May-08 14:20:02
Dd1 also 10 has a tiny bit of underarm hair and is starting to develop breasts, oh and her hair has gone greasy.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By CrackerOfNuts on Sat 17-May-08 14:20:50
Dd also has the attitude and mood swings, but has had those since about age 2 lol.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By suedonim on Sat 17-May-08 15:20:37
My dd started developing when she was younger than 10 but she hasn't been fast-forwarded into full adolescence yet even though she's now 12. It's a very slow process for her, for which I'm smile. Because she's the youngest of four dc, she's very aware of her position as the baby of the family and wants to take full advanatge of that for as long as possible!


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