Just that really. I loathe the term “puppy fat” and would like to start a campaign to re- name it!
9 year old DD has a body going through significant change. She’s got hips; thighs; enlarged nipples; developing breasts and a prominent tummy. All of which she hates. It is a struggle to find clothes to fit her
She gets lots of comments at school - particularly about her nipples sticking out. She’s very tearful about it and finding it incredibly difficult.
She has lunch at school but everything else I buy / cook and I know she has a really balanced and varied diet.
She does a huge amount of sport and is very active.
Yet she hates her body and her size and finds it so unfair that she has all these other girls at school that are waif thin yet seem to eat more than her.
I’m doing all the ‘obvious’ things that I can think of. Talking to her about how and why her body is changing; trying to celebrate and say that change is exciting; that the other girls will change too; that whilst she doesn’t want to be first - being last would be hard too.
But she’s developing a really unhealthy emotional relationship with food and I don’t know how to stop it. Or how to help her through it.
She’s the oldest in her year, and both dp and I are very tall so I’ve no doubt she’ll shoot up at some point and her body will change significantly.
I would really appreciate some words of wisdom from people who have been through this and come out the other side?