My daughter will be turning 8 at the end of January and is already going through puberty. She is not menstruating as yet but I know it will be soon. Just wondering if this is a common thing for girls these days?
2007-01-14 22:56:31 · 9 answers · asked by bratzwoman1971 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
We have been to a peadiatric endocrinologist and she does have precocious puberty but it wasn't advancing so fast that they wanted to slow it down.
2007-01-14 23:06:59 · update #1
My daughter was treated for precocious puberty. Girls and boys complete their growth, height wise, at the end of puberty. Therefore, those who begin puberty early, like 8, end up being much shorter. At least this was how it was explained to me. Not that I want my daughter to be tall, she will supposedly end up at 5'5" instead of 4'10"(the projected height).
She took Lupron injections for about 2 years beginning at age 8. She started her period at age 11 and is doing fine. She looks like her peers physically and is happy and healthy.
There is a lot of info. on line. I researched and found a ped. endo. and she was extremely helpful. I did have to press my local physcians for the referral. They were clueless.
2007-01-18 07:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter had a friend like this but it slowed down on it's own somewhat and it did not hit until 10. I think it is getting more common because of all the hormones in foods. I want to add that the girl I knew drank several glasses of milk a day and milk is loaded with hormones.
2007-01-14 23:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Signs of Precocious Puberty?
In girls, the telltale signs of precocious puberty include any of the following before 7 or 8 years of age:
breast development
pubic or underarm hair development
rapid height growth - a growth "spurt"
onset of menstruation
acne
"mature" body odor
The onset of puberty is normally triggered by the hypothalamus (the area of the brain that helps control pituitary gland function). It signals the pituitary gland (a pea-sized gland near the base of the brain) to release hormones that stimulate the ovaries (in girls) or testicles (in boys) to make sex hormones.
If your child's doctor suspects that your little one has precocious puberty, he or she may refer you to a pediatric endocrinologist (a doctor who specializes in growth and hormonal disorders in children) for further evaluation and treatment.
2007-01-14 23:03:39 · answer #3 · answered by Tracy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is only 4 years old and is showing signs of puberty. My family doctor sent her to a pediatrician who after doing some bloodwork said that she is displaying these early signs of puberty only because she is tall (almost four feet tall). I'm not stisfied with his explanation so I'm taking her back to our family doctor for another referal to a different doctor. If any one has any advice for me in the mean time I would appreciate it.
2007-01-17 05:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by Canadian Ali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes; it seems to be getting earlier and earlier. I have heard all kinds of theories about WHY it happens - everything from hormones in meat to better nutrition! Since we don't use the same kinds of hormones for reproduction as for meat growth, my money is on the better nutrition explanation :-) Even though my child is a son, I have seen daughters of friends starting their cycles as young as 9 or 10, so for your daughter to be showing signs of puberty isn't at all surprising to me.
2007-01-14 23:01:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started menstruating at 8. Sometimes girls just go thru it early. It's normal.
2007-01-15 03:15:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just do your best to help your daughter through this, ask your doctor for as much info as posssible, do research and do your best to stay calm, you do not want your daughter to become anxious and stressed out, how she reacts is going to depend largely on how you as parents react.
2007-01-15 00:35:35 · answer #7 · answered by Angela C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a question about this, why does it bother partents when this happens.? I can uderstand the early period part cause when your young it is just gross and if your in school no one else is on theirs, but everything else i wonder why parents want to stop.
I guess I am thinking that when it comes down to it, it is not a 'bad' thing, just something that happens early in a girl or boy.
I have just wondered.
2007-01-14 23:18:16 · answer #8 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes it's normal. My niece has bigger breast than me and she's only 12. It's normal. Some girl mature faster than others.
2007-01-15 02:17:28 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋