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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter developed early and got her period at 9, about a month before she turned 10.  I was pretty freaked out too since she had been developing and was by far the first. Everyone is different but it was about a year from the first development to her period.  She handled it all very well and I tried to remain calm.   I got her this book about puberty, which I think was recommended here and was about changes and could be appropriate for younger girls.  Celebrate your Body.  https://www.amazon.com/dp/164152166X/ref=tsm_1_tp_tc

As for mood swings, yes, I definitely noticed them but they went way way way up when she was in 6th-7th grade.  She had her period for a  long time by then but that’s when the hormones fully kicked in.  DH and I had to constantly remember to not take it personal, sometimes we had to walk away and give her space and then have conversations later when she was calm about better ways situations could be handled.

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OP here. Oh goodness, only a year between first signs and her period? We're still waiting on test results, but I hope she has more time than that. Almost 9 feels a LOT younger than almost 10, which still feels way too young. And darn, I was sort of hoping we'd just be through the worst of the hormones by middle school. Sounds like those hormonal/emotional changes were just prolonged, not advanced like her physical development?

Sigh, this is so much to process.[/quote]

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