Emotional is an understatement

[Happybee12]

Help!

My DD is 11. For the past week she has been super emotional. I mean she just cries for no reason and finds it hard to stop. There is no trigger as such, it can happen so completely randomly. One day we were watching a film and she just burst into tears. Yesterday she's had a lovely day with friends round and then in the evening over dinner just started to cry. She tells me she doesn't know why. Honestly it comes out of no where.
I appreciate hormones sometimes rage at this age, she is ticking most pre period boxes but no sign of her period yet. Is this the lead up to her periods being imminent??
She is a lovely, sweet, caring young lady and has no real worries as such. She's got a good group of friends and we have an amazing relationship. She's just amazing. I'm not worried that she's depressed, she does sometimes get anxious but honestly she's amazing. Sorry I'm going off topic.. my main worry here is how to support her. Is this all hormonal or could this be something else. I'm considering a GP visit and maybe requesting a blood test to see if anything shows up. Has anyone else had a really emotional DD of similar age? How can I support her through these crying episodes. Any help or suggestions I would be really grateful 🙏

aww little poppet. Defo hormonal. Having 4 daughters who are now grown up this is very normal. My girls started their periods at 11, 13,11 and 14 so she her little body will be going through all sorts of changes.
My girls still get teary sometimes around that time. My second daughter is nearly 23 and when that time of the month comes she soooo emotional. and when she tears up over little things I just give her a massive cuddle and say… aww it’s those flipping hormones again.
just do what you’re doing, be open with her and if she’s feeling emotional ask her if it’s anything particular. If she can’t thing of anything specific that is making her sad then it’s hormones messing. Just give her hugs and love and tell her not to worry and that its all normal and will pass 🫶🏻
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What @Crazygirlmum said. I very much doubt any need for a blood test. Don’t medicalise hormonal emotions.

I mean you know your daughter. You sound like a loving and caring mum. I think you’d know if she wasn’t telling you something.. if she says it’s nothing particular then I wouldn’t be concerned.
i was a single mum to my 4 girls for 12 years so it was a very female open home. We all discussed everything and always have. Even now they share all their worries, emotional and physical. I love that they can tell me anything.
the hormone levels here used to be insane. Imagine when I was going through menopause and the 3 younger ones were on their period and the eldest pregnant 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤣❤️

It does sound to me like it’s probably hormonal but if you’re worried about deficiencies does she take a good vitamin and mineral supplement?

Does she have a decent book on puberty too to help her understand why she might be feeling like this?

And for you I would recommend Untangled.

Is she about to start High School too?

I agree with what @Crazygirlmumsaud entirely. I only have 1 dd to base my experience on, bit she was like this for about 18 months before she got her period. That was 3 years ago, a d sge has been so much better since.