Can anyone recommend a good book for me to read with DD about puberty and the changes that will happen to her please?

[cece]

DD is nearly 9 and is showing a few early signs of development. I started my af early so want to get her prepared.

Has anyone used a good book on this subject?

[cece]

bump? anyone?

[castille]

Have a look at this thread

[cece]

Thank you castille. Have put a few in my basket on Amazon. Just have to wait for DH to come home for his password! LOL

[frumpygrumpy]

I was just on a thread this week about something similar. It might help to read through and someone suggested a book I have just ordered I think its called the Care and Keeping of Me It sounds exactly what you (and me!) need

[frumpygrumpy]

that was the thread, this is the book

[cece]

Lovely. Do you think mybe a couple of good books would be OK, there seem to be so many recommended ones on Amazon it is hard to chose! LOL

[Othersideofthechannel]

My parents gave us a copy of 'What's happening to me?'.
It's for boys and girls and I think it was very helpful knowing what was happening to the other sex too.

[ILovePlayingDarts]

My dd is also 9 and is definitely going through puberty. She started asking questions one eveing, after ds had gone to bed. Turns out she'd heard stuff in the playground, as there are one or two girls who are ahead of dd in developing.

She had been frightened by the mention of bleeding, so to nip any fears in the bud (I hadn't got a book yet), DP and I sat down and gently talked her through it. We told her the basic female stuff, as I don't think she's quite ready to understand about sex yet, but she does realise boys have their own changes too.

DP wanted her to know that if for any reason I'm not at home and he is, then dd can turn to him for help as and when things start to happen.

She's now a lot calmer and understanding about it. DP even suggested to her she can have a go at trying to use sanitary towels, so she's not afriad of the whole thing. Did thinkn that suggestion a bit odd, but then, he's a bloke. It might actually work.

I remember being afraid myself, as my mum had not talked with me about it. I was 11, and as she had been 14 when she started, she assumed she had loads of time and wasn't paying attention to the fact that I already had hairy armpits, breasts, etc.