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How young is too young now for puberty?

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avoschmado · 21/12/2018 07:43

I've posted on another thread about my dd. She's 8y7m, year 4 and with very noticeable breast buds requiring crop tops. She uses deodorant daily too. We've been referred to a paediatric endocrinologist though different literature conflicts between 8 and 9 being the cutoff of "normal".

I was 11.5, year 7, when I started my period and naively thought dd would follow me. Now I'm expecting it within the next 12months which is terrifying. She's just a little girl.

She's very tall, 91st centile, but really skinny, 9th centile. In readiness for the consultants referral, the GP told us about the puberty blockers which ironically can cause vaginal bleeding.

So what I'm asking really I suppose is from breastbuds, how long did your dd have before periods starting?

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Elizaevans9 · 09/01/2019 14:17

I started my periods in year 6 and i was not the first to start.

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