How do you prepare your daughter for her first period.?

Question

I need to start preparing my girl for her first period. My wife is Developementally challenged, and she cannot help in that department. I need some pointers on how to make this transition as smooth as possible, with as least stress possible.
since I am her father, this could get really awkward. HELP!!

Answer 1

That ones a hard one for a man because you can not explain the physical & emotional changes she will experience.

If I were you, I would start by sitting her down and explaining that in life, our bodies have many changes and that soon she will be experiencing some. That the coming changes are the beginning of womanhood.

That will intregue her enought to listen, don't go into all the details about what exactly is happening because you can't possibly know the level of pain she will be experiencing because your a man.

Do you have a sister or one of her Aunts that would be willing to explain it to her. That part of it can only be explained properly by someone that has experinced it.

Once she has had that explained to her you can pick it up from there and give her the clinical details.

Like the fact that the changes will prepare her body to be able to have babies in the future and that now she needs to make sure she protects herself and doesn't get caught off guard by boys that just want to have sex with her.

You have one advantage that a mom doesn't, you can explain how boys act and think and you can use that to help her understand the games boys play to get what they want so she doesn't get sucked in.

Don't make the mistake my Father did, he explained sex but didn't explain menstration or how one leads to the other.

What happened was when I had my first period it scared the daylights out of me because I didn't know what it was or why it was happening. One leads into the other!

Good Luck, my father had to teach 3 girls by himself because my mom left us when we were very young!

Answer 2

How old is your daughter? There are books that can help with this. One good one is called THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU, it's an American Girls book. If you look it up on Amazon, then more recommendations will also come up. Don't just hand her a book though, you have to sit down with her and explain to her that her body is going to go through changes. Let the book and your information supplement each other. It's good that you are preparing for this. You could also enlist the assistance of a female friend or family member to help you understand it yourself and to be there if your daughter wants to talk to a woman. Also go out and get your daughter the supplies she will need, it would also be good if you could get a woman's opinion on that. Good Luck to you!

Answer 3

Buy her a book. the name is The care and keeping of you, I think my sister had it. But you're welcome look it up on amazon. Take it slow.

Remember they do have sex education at school. She may back into a corner if you start explaining , you know how kids are these days. They know everything.
Haven't you got a sister or a cousin that can help you out?
Let them take her for a bit of shopping, new bra, tampons, pads... Just slip it in there gently, new knickers.
Remember dads don't always get it right. So take baby steps. First the shopping then the book; I'm sure if she has any questions there's that female relative to back you up.
Good luck mate

Answer 4

I would buy her a book on the changes a girl goes through to become a woman, give her time to read it and ask if she has any questions... then answer them honestly and do NOT act embarrassed.

Then, I would get her a little basket of items including deodorant, a razor and shaving cream, tampons, pads, etc. Maybe you can stop by planned parenthood and get a bunch of pamphlets on safe sex and such. It might not hurt to take her to the doctor either.

Answer 5

There is nothing more better than honesty just tell her your understanding of it then answer whatever questions she may have and for those questions that you do not know the answers to the two of you can research them together.I am so glad that you are willing to do this there should be more dads out there like you.

Answer 6

well she's likely to get in 6th grade sometime so if she's there than she probably had a sex education class in the 5th grade and all ready now's a thing or to just by some maxi pad's {regular} and stick theam under the bathroom sink and wait and buy her some deodorat to and when she ask u why you bought it just say i got it 4 you and leave it alone.

Answer 7

i used to be precisely the comparable as you era-clever....i could fill a pad in 10 minutes and had crippling cramps. i used to be placed on start up cope with at 14 after going via using a year of those poor periods, and it made my life lots much less complicated. I completely understand you on that. yet, i think you will might desire to attend till at last your daughter gets her era and look into the impediment then. And if her periods are adequate, then shield the lines of communication open for on a similar time as she does substitute into sexually lively purely so she would be waiting to provide help to comprehend and you will placed her on the pill then. i does no longer be preemptive with the pill. i think somebody who thinks that their youthful adults (male or female) are unlikely to have intercourse at some element are deluded. EDIT: or placed her on it on a similar time as you *suspect* she is likewise sexually lively for people who have faith she won't provide help to comprehend. EDIT2: i think it particularly is a good decision. My daughter is superb sixteen months, yet while the time comes, if her periods are despite like mine were i will have not got any impediment dazzling her on start up be in a position to regulate them. As a procedures as intercourse is going, they're going to do it no rely if or no longer they're on start up cope with or now no longer. The boy will purely use a condom or they are going to do despite boring purely like the "pull out" gadget. i could lots instead be probability-unfastened than sorry, especially using fact the mummy or father of the female. i do no longer comprehend approximately you, although I specific as hell do no longer desire to alter into on teenager mom *shudders* ;)

Answer 8

well I would say is that u buy her a couple of pads...unscented ones and tell her to mark the calender so she know when it comes and also the doctors will ask!!!

Answer 9

Go to Sam's Club and buy the really big bottle of Advil.

Answer 10

I support Nimo's answer.