Dd is a big girl. She turned 9 a few weeks ago and is a size 5 shoe already. Shes extremely tall for her age and towers over her friends. She is also chunky, but is very active. Has her own pony so rides a lot, is taking up hockey and just generally an active child.
the thing is, myself and my eldest daughter have lipoedema and it’s already clear that dd9 will have it to.
she’s already hit puberty, has breast development and hairy armpits And with lipoedema it starts during puberty sadly.
my eldest isn’t big and didn’t starts showing until around 12-13.
her brother is 6ft2 at 15, we are just a big family.
today we went shopping for school stuff but while there dd wanted to try on clothes, and every pair of jeans she tried didn’t fit over her legs/bum. She was trying on age 14.
she was extremely upset, she’s very body conscious already and I don’t know what to do to help her. She eats healthy and there isn’t much I can do extra in exercise. I feel so sorry for her and know how difficult my life has been with lipoedema.
my eldest couldn’t care less about hers, she likes her thick thighs.