When did you stock up in preparation?

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Anonymous wrote:I bought pads and tampons well in advance. We discussed how to use a tampon and I told my daughter she could practice if she wanted so she would be ready. I put them in a drawer under her sink and didn't say anything else. By the time she got her period she knew how to use tampons and now only wears them (thinks the idea of a pad is gross) and period underwear to sleep in.

Why on earth would you allow your teenager to use tampon?? Wtf?! That shouldn’t be the first thing you give her.

Swimmer. Dancer. Gymnast. Skater.

Those are the top 4 that CAN'T use pads.

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She’ll use the large variety of hygiene products that are ALREADY in the house, because I have them on hand for my own needs?

I don’t understand why this is an issue.

+1. Unless OP is a single dad (which I suppose is possible), don't you already have pads and tampons on hand? And if not, you buy some and toss them in the bathroom cabinet until the time comes. It's not like they expire. Hell, my 90 year old grandma still has feminine products on hand in the guest bathroom (she's got a passel of daughters and granddaughters) just in case.

NP here but I didn’t have anything around because I got a Mirena after my youngest was born and hadn’t had a period in ten years. But also I wouldn’t have wanted to start my DD with what I did use to have on hand - super tampax.

Really?? You don’t have pads, liners, or less absorbent (smaller) tampons for lighter days or nights? Super Tampax exclusively seems unhealthy, especially several hours overnight

I use Super on my lighter days... I haven't used pads or liners in years, and there is no way I'm handing a super or ultra tampon to a preteen or teen unless they really need it.

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Anonymous wrote:I bought pads and tampons well in advance. We discussed how to use a tampon and I told my daughter she could practice if she wanted so she would be ready. I put them in a drawer under her sink and didn't say anything else. By the time she got her period she knew how to use tampons and now only wears them (thinks the idea of a pad is gross) and period underwear to sleep in.

Why on earth would you allow your teenager to use tampon?? Wtf?! That shouldn’t be the first thing you give her.

When dd started her period (12.5) she used a pad for less than 5 minutes and then switched to tampons. Little bit of a learning curve (watched a YouTube tampax video) and coached a bit.