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On the 21st of January Emily turned 10 years old. I’ll post more about her birthday later today, I have a couple pictures I need to take of our finished pottery.
But the older she gets, the more I dread "the talk" dread it like crazy. Dread it like I dread that time of the month. My face turns red just thinking about it. It’s red right now. Ugh!
For probably the past year I have thought about how to handle it, when to tell her, what to to tell her, if I could possibly pass this on to someone else.
Yesterday I took the girls to the library and while we were there I looked for a book or two geared to young girls and the changes that their bodies take the older they get.
oh.my.word.
The first book was for 6 – 8 year old girls. I think it may have had one page on puberty, the other pages were full of what mommy & daddy do behind closed doors. With pictures! of both male & female. Nothing graphic, they were drawings, but enough to turn my face 10 shades of red, make me drop to the floor in the fetal position, suck my thumb and cry mommy.
And I’m sure if the girls saw it, every time David and I are an inch apart, goodness, I don’t even want to think about what would go through their minds.
And I know Audrey well enough to know, that she would ask questions every time she thought "something" was going on, just to make me blush and run away screaming.
Most all the books were like that! Who writes these books? And for young girls!! I had no clue that books went into such detail for kids this young. And the books geared toward boys, don’t get me started, I’m sure a man wrote them, based on the titles alone.
I was just looking for a book about shaving, wearing a bra & that dreaded time of the month. Instead I get a refresher course on how babies are made.
ugh! If I’m this stressed over talking about the "menstrual cycle" I’m gonna be ready for the funny farm when it comes time to talk about the birds and the bees!
I did end up checking out the American Girl one (they sell it at Bath & Body) so I could read over it before buying it. From what I have looked at so far this is just what I was wanting. A nice book on taking care of the female body and what to expect to happen the older you get.
Any tips? book recommendations? Any of you aunts wanna handle this for me?
I am me plain & simple
This made me laugh out loud because I am SO the same way…but with boys!
SAME WAY!
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WOW…you do have a tough one there. I remember this so well. Yep had that talk with Jessica then asked her to have the talk with Julie…haha no just kidding…It did go well and you will do fine when the time comes.
This is something that I am dreading too. All I can think is this is my baby I shouldnt be having to worry about having this conversation yet. Let me know how the book is.
yes, very scary. my oldest daughter is 5 so I’ve got a little time. so let us know how it all goes. i found a series of books i’d like to use that seemed to be very well done when i just skimmed through them. They are by Carolyn Nystrom and I know they are available at amazon.com titles=before i was born, the story of me, etc.
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When I had to talk to my daughter, I had 2 goals: 2 have my daughter know she could talk to me about it (any questions) and to not be embarrassed about it. You see, my mom made me feel awkward and she really never talk about it much, I learned from my friends.
1 thing is for sure, YOU want to be the one to talk to her, not her friends at school. And I can guarantee that they will talk much earlier than you think.
Family Life has a great set of books. But I just got a book on the body and started with the menst. cycle. I decided that I would go as far as my daughter asked questions…..and she asked a lot!! ie how did all those eggs get in that ovary? When we got to the part about why we menst. she asked “how does the body know it is not pregnant?” so we kept going…and going…and going….till her final answer was GROSS!
It is never an easy time, but neither was potty training. But if you are open with your daughter and answer her questions, you open the door for further dialogue in the future…..and you most definitely want her to talk to you in the future!!!
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I do have some really great books but I can’t think of the name of the small company right now. Ugh. I’m so sorry.
Oh wait. I just found the books – here is the website:
http://www.queenhomeschool.com/alphapage/alphaframe.html
The book is from a great godly point of you and there is one about babies too. They may be a little older for your girls but I would HIGHLY say recommend them for your library
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Hehee! I was giggling through this entire post and Titus came over to me and asked me what was so funny.
You are sooooo funny! And I sympathize with you entirely. Ugh. I have actually never ever even *thought* of having to pass on any info like that yet. I definitely have a few years though. Oooo! And better yet, I think since I have a little boy we will let the man of the house do the job. 
And if you were wondering, you are not the only person who dreads that time of the month. I just looked at the calender and it’s gonna be right around the time of Ti’s BD. I’m thinking, great, I’m gonna be a BEAR!! Hopefully I won’t attack any birthday guests. 
d-man turns 10 in a few days. i hear ya. and i am also proud to hear you are pro active. being in the kids ministry, it is sad how many parents are still in the dark on what their kids are already hearing, learning, understanding. even if they seem “too young”, it is a TOTALLY different world now and they don’t have sex ed. in the 9th grade like they used to!!! hmm, glad i have boys! can’t wait to hear how it goes!
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Check out Generations of Virtue. We just got a 3 book set from them called Beautifully Made – I’m going to post about them on my blog someday soon – but they are great and don’t have anything gross in them (or inappropriate).
i’ve got to do this too. my oldest is 11 and we’ve had a lot of talk about having babies, birthing them, but not the stuff i need to talk about. i keep putting it off thinking once we talk about it she’ll have it hanging over her head wondering when it’s going to start and taking away a piece of her childhood. but still, it’s time.
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