Anonymous
02/05/2018 09:28
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
its not that she does not care but it could be a possibly that her flow is very heavy...
also do not get upset about this she is only 10 be her mom buy her more undies that she will use when her monthly arrives
we all have the ugly period undies stashed away and teach her this
also do not get upset about this she is only 10 be her mom buy her more undies that she will use when her monthly arrives
we all have the ugly period undies stashed away and teach her this
Anonymous
02/05/2018 08:56
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
I am a grown adult and still occasionally get leaks onto my underwear. It might not be that she's lazy. In any event, I now wear black underwear on my heaviest days so there's no more issue with stains.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 23:38
Subject: Re:10 year old just doesn’t care about period
It doesn't matter if she is an outlier or not. At 10, she has period and needs to learn to deal with it whether she is ready or not.
However...OP - buy her some black period underwear. For some reason, my mom wouldn't buy me colored underwear until I got to high school. However, I had nearly 3 years of having a period under my belt by that point. Scrubbing stains out of underwear is just not something a 10 or 11 year old wants to do.
I ruined countless pairs of underwear. Not sure why my mom didn't just buy me 5 or 6 pair of black underwear and clue me into the period underwear thing.
However...OP - buy her some black period underwear. For some reason, my mom wouldn't buy me colored underwear until I got to high school. However, I had nearly 3 years of having a period under my belt by that point. Scrubbing stains out of underwear is just not something a 10 or 11 year old wants to do.
I ruined countless pairs of underwear. Not sure why my mom didn't just buy me 5 or 6 pair of black underwear and clue me into the period underwear thing.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 20:12
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow 10 is so young! I'm not surprised she isn't mature about it, she got it incredibly early.
What? 10 is very normal. On the early end of very normal, yes, but not “incredibly early.”
10 is an outlier. Sorry.
+1
If 9% of the population does x, it's not an outlier.
Plus how is it relevant to OP's question anyway?
Anonymous
02/04/2018 19:56
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Is it from pads leaking or from her period starting before she puts a pad on? I agree with PP that absorbency is really good on the thins now and with wings, a young girl should not be having leakage.
My girls are not super regular and have problems seeing signs their periods are coming. I beg them to wear pantyliners or dark underwear when the timing gets close!
My girls are not super regular and have problems seeing signs their periods are coming. I beg them to wear pantyliners or dark underwear when the timing gets close!
Anonymous
02/04/2018 19:47
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
I'm completely amazed at how different the pads are these days from when I was a middle/high schooler. Back then, they were like paperback books, and I was always leaking all over everything. Nowadays, they're so, so thin - you'd think they would be even less absorbent, but they're SO much better! My 13 yo has never had any stains on her underwear or pants, even though she says she has a really heavy period. Oh, how I wish I had had these pads as a teen.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 19:45
Subject: Re:10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Anonymous wrote:Also teach her to rinse them in the sink in cold water as soon as she takes them off. Then wring out and put in laundry (obvs not for days).
I’m old but my iud almost got rid of my period. Almost. Also I’m gross.
Hopefully not the kitchen sink...
Anonymous
02/04/2018 19:44
Subject: Re:10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Anonymous wrote:10 year olds should still be playing Polly pockets and Barbies, not getting ready to birth babies. American Girl dolls?
10 is incredibly early, poor thing.
Agree. I was 13. 7th grade. I can’t imagine it at 10/4th grade. I would not have been ready. I used to hate taking baths then.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 18:03
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Buy darker colored underwear OP. 10 is young, almost too young to deal with this. Unfortunately it's up to you, and up to you to work with her. They do still thin "super" pads that might be better and work better.
I started at 11 and my mom had prepared me (because she started then too), but I was still too embarrassed to tell even good friends because they started so much later. I think it made me really disinterested in sex and boys though, so much pain and work so early.
I started at 11 and my mom had prepared me (because she started then too), but I was still too embarrassed to tell even good friends because they started so much later. I think it made me really disinterested in sex and boys though, so much pain and work so early.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 17:59
Subject: Re:10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Also teach her to rinse them in the sink in cold water as soon as she takes them off. Then wring out and put in laundry (obvs not for days).
I’m old but my iud almost got rid of my period. Almost. Also I’m gross.
I’m old but my iud almost got rid of my period. Almost. Also I’m gross.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 17:32
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow 10 is so young! I'm not surprised she isn't mature about it, she got it incredibly early.
What? 10 is very normal. On the early end of very normal, yes, but not “incredibly early.”
10 is an outlier. Sorry.
+1
Anonymous
02/04/2018 17:14
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Please buy the poor girl some good, cotton black underpants. Jesus, be her friend here and her mother.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 17:11
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
All my underwear are black because my flow can be unpredictable
Anonymous
02/04/2018 17:07
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow 10 is so young! I'm not surprised she isn't mature about it, she got it incredibly early.
What? 10 is very normal. On the early end of very normal, yes, but not “incredibly early.”
10 is an outlier. Sorry.
-said no legitimate scientific study ever
Fewer than 10% of US girls start menstruating before age 11. See Chumlea WC, Schubert CM, Roche AF, et al. (January 2003). "Age at menarche and racial comparisons in US girls". Pediatrics. 111 (1): 110–3.
She is definitely an outlier. That is not an insult, just a fact. She is very young and no surprise she does not want to deal with this or think about it.
Anonymous
02/04/2018 12:24
Subject: 10 year old just doesn’t care about period
Anonymous wrote:Thinx!!!! They really do work, and take the whole mess issue off the table. It took me many years to deal responsibly with my period, and I didn’t start till 14.
I've never heard of Thinx before.
Do you wear them in addition to pads?
They come in child sizes?