Hi,
I'm (a bit) worried about my 7.5 year old daughter. She recently complained about pain in her breast. I touched it and felt small rubbery buds in both, under the nipples.
My mother told me sometimes girls have breast development early on but the growth stops and they eventually "resend" before growing back later, when puberty really starts.
I googled it and she's apparently right about that so I was relieved but then, 2 days ago, I found stretch marks on my daughter's thighs and buttocks. Not just one or two but a lot of lines.
My sisters and I developed a lot of stretch marks during puberty and pregnancies. So I knew she would probably get some too and was prepared to help her damage control starting around 10. I never thought they could appear at that age.
I must add that she's not overweight at all. She's 26 kg for 131 cm and she grew 3 cm in the last 5 months.
I was a bit early myself since I started my periods at 11. So again, I was expecting DD to hit puberty on the earlier range too but 7 year old ?
From what I read this could mean her starting her period at 9 and not growing past 150 cm.
Have you ever seen stretch marks on children that young ? Have you had to deal with early puberty ?
Any advice on how to handle this situation ?