This is a Woman’s World, so Let’s Talk about IT!

Oh no no no no no.

These were the words that came out of my child’s mouth after having the “woman talk.” But she absorbed. Had a few questions. And I survived.

We mostly talked about being a woman and changes. Her cousin came to visit, and had just had the changes. There were so many questions from my daughter. What’s in the special bag in the bathroom? Why does she look so different.

Finally the night before my daughter’s 9th birthday, we talked. There’s really no glorious book out there or way to say it. You just rip it off like a bandaid. But it’s nothing to be ashamed about, and it’s ok to be scared. When she found out eggs were the start of babies, she freaked a little. She doesn’t want to have a baby or get married. I told her it was her choice to have one. She felt ok after that.

We didn’t go into the whole how to make a baby. She’s still young, and has a lot of growing to do. She hasn’t even really got to boys yet. One boy she met at camp I did notice a little note and bracket she made for him. She would also ask me if what she wore was ok, and what his opinion would be about it. I told my baby girl not to worry about what any boy or girl might think about what she wore. The only person that mattered was her. If she liked it, that’s all that mattered.

Looking forward to seeing what other chronicles and daughterisms that might pop up in the future!