Hi, am posting for my brother who has just called me with concerns about his 9 year old step daughter. He says she has been unbelievably emotional in the last few weeks, not just stroppy but really up and down. He said he remembered a girl in his class who had started her periods when she was, he thinks, 9. I also remember a girl in the last year of my primary who started her periods but i also remember that she was quite heavy set and was the one who was already wearing a bra.
My bro's step daughter is so slight in build it is hard to believe she is 9, i am guessing she would fit into size 6 to 7 clothes. Do girls just generally start their periods earlier these days? 9 does seem to be a bit early. Any ideas? I did suggest that it might be problems with her stepdad but apparantely it isn't that, although there are issues there at the moment. Sorry so long.
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Experience of periods starting at 9 years old
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saramoon · 14/02/2009 22:19
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