6 year dd seen my menstrual blood. What to Explain to her?

[notsosure]

I have an unusual problem that I am not proud of.

I have a very clingy 6 year old daughter who follows me around the house like a limpit.

Unfortunately, she has seen menstrual blood when I have gone to the toilet (when it is my the time of the month). I really, really tried to prevent her seeing this. But it has happened a couple of times now.

DD is very intelligent and I feel I can't fob her off, but want to pitch an explanation to her at the right level.

I have just one child and I am far too old (and I also have complicated health problems) to have any more, so I don't want to get her excited about the possibility of having a sibling.

Any ideas gratefully received.

BTT my family is getting help about DD's clinginess, it's just the explanation I need help with. I have also stressed to DD I need privacy when I go to the toilet, but this approach doesn't always work, and anyway the damage is already done.

Thanks so much for listening.

Notsosure

I'm astounded that anyone could have a child that hasn't seen menstrual blood and such like! Or maybe it's just our hippy household. The notion of privacy is alien here! Mind you, DD (nearly nine) still wants to share my baths, which is fine (save water bill) except she's getting so tall that it's now a real squash.

DD's known about periods forever! She's seen me insert and take out tampons (and mooncups when I endeavoured to use one - unsuccessfully and it's sat in the bathroom cabinet ever since). I've always wandered around naked and have no issues at all about telling her any information she wants to know about.

She knows anatomical names (vagina, vulva, what the cervix is and how a baby comes through it)...she has a quite good grasp of the basics of contraception....

Maybe I'm just odd, but I've never really been anything but completely open and honest with her about these things...

Agree with rasputin that it's better to be honest. My ds saw my menstrual blood when he was 3 and was quite concerned. I made sure I was calm and matter of fact and told him it happens to ladies once a month and is completely normal and that it's nothing like a cut. He accepted this explanation straight away.

Oh my gosh OP what is the problem???

Just explain periods to her in a simple way.

I have always been honest with DS about these things, he's been trailing me into the bathroon since beofre he could talk and watched me take tampons out and out them in and all sorts.

He doesn't bat an eyelid now, nothing wrong with being honest and nothing to be ashamed of.

oooh thanks thell never heard of one just thought it was another name for fanjo lol