I threw my daughter a period party

Yes she has started her period. Let me take a moment and cry…..

Ok I’m done. My daughter who is 11 started a few weeks ago. She probably started before that but I had no idea. I came home from playing basketball with a friend and I was tired. No, try tied. I hadn’t played basketball like that in a while so I thought I was gonna pass out. I took a few hours to rest then decided to do my nails because I had a photoshoot the next day. I was looking for my nail clipper and couldn’t find it. So I went into the kids bathroom to look for it, I glanced over into the pile of dirty clothes and saw her underwear and was like is that what I think it is. I called her up the stairs and asked her did she start her period. She said I don’t know I thought it was doo doo. GIRLLLLLLLL this is blood. OMG I am not ready.

I was however ready because I had her learn about it last summer and we talked about it since she was 8 or 9. I made her come in the bathroom with me as I changed mine because I’m real like that. So she knew what it looked like and how to change and dispose of her pad. So we were ready but we weren’t ready. So I decided that the following Saturday I would throw her a period party. I loved how the huxtables did it and I always wanted to do that with my daughter. See how I threw my daughter a period party, what we did, and some tips for moms who are as lost as I was.

I threw my daughter a period party

Before we get into the party let’s go over some tips and tricks that I am using.

• Get a heating pad. I love this one from Walmart
• Buy her a cute box from Ruby or make your own. You can include chocolates, tea, a diary, chocolate, a gift card, etc. in her very own personal box. Do the box up to fit your child’s personality.
• Get her the right underwear. I myself love briefs the old people kind to make sure that pad stays in place. I bought her some from amazon and I’ll keep you posted on how they turn out.
• Buy some capsules to help her period. I usually get these because they are all-natural and helps cut down on cramps. The info came from Yaya thanks girl!
• download the period tracker on her phone. I don’t know when she started because like I said I walked in randomly and saw it but I will say maybe that was her 2nd day on it.
• No always. Even though I use always (because I’m heavy and other pads just have me bleeding all over the place) I want to start her off with more natural pads (no tampons yet). I am trying out honeypot and L. Chlorine that I actually bought from Target. Honeypot is great but they sell out to fast so L. Chlorine is what I will use for the most part.

If you have any other tips let me know.

Let’s move on to her period party

So I decided to let her pick a movie and we order her favorite food (pizza) We made some homemade popcorn and watched about 3 movies. We also talked about how often she has to change her pad so she won’t mess her clothes up, she told me she hated being a woman and I said babbbyyyyyy you got about 40 more years of this mess so get used to it. We also talked about not smelling like a fish and what you need to do to wipe down there, we talked about cravings, and a lot of other stuff. It was a fun night with just her and I (my son went to his friends house and started walking before I could drive him he was ready to go lol)

Speaking of boys. I think it’s also important to teach young men about the period so they can be aware of whats going on. I don’t tell my son the nasty details but I do mention some things that I think he should know about like moods, why we go off a lot, how to act in the bathroom, not to tease a young lady if she smells, if he sees something on the booty (cause he be looking) to discreetly say something to the girl as not to embarrass her.

Overall I thought it was a great Saturday evening spent just hanging out with her. I wish my mom did it with me but she literally said nothing to me about the period. She said you will bleed one day let me know and that’s about it. She also said if I get pregnant I will die so I never knew what to believe. I started my period the summer before I went to the 7th grade and that was that. Getting your period isn’t something that should be bad it should be celebrated although I hate the shat I don’t’ want her to be like me. I am used to the period now it’s like second nature but up into my 20’s I dreaded that time of the month to wear I was down and out for days. I hope you enjoy how I threw my daughter a period party

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