well first off I would like to say this is my first time on this website and I am so glad that I found this website. I need some advise anything anyone can give me please. I have an 8 year old little girl just turned 8, 3 months ago and she is going through early puberty. She started developing breats about 6 months ago and when this began her pediatrician sent her through a series of tests to rule out anything negative, such as a tumor on her pituitary gland, she went through ultrasound, ct scans, blood work you name it! It was a very hard time and after all that it was ruled early puberty, now she is growing pubic hair, this has just came up in the past few weeks. Now i am having a hard time dealing with this...aaahhh! The doctor also informed me she will most likely start her menstral cycle in the next year or two. That will make her 9 or 10 and dealing with her period. She has started having mood swings, depression and anger mostly the doctor said this is very normal. So I guess my first question is please give me some advise on how to cope with everything that is going on it is so hard to see my 8 year old having mood swings of a teenager (I thought I wouldn't have to deal with this yet) I have had to have the sex talk with her already which was hard, but I tried to be as open and honest as I could because I want her to be very open with me about this. Another question I have is a very difficult one for me. Should I start her on birth control as soon as she starts her period? I ask this because I was only 16 when I got pregnant with her, so this puts me in a very difficult position, one that is "do as I say, not as I do" how do I explain to my daughter year old to wait to have sex and not to get pregnant when I did? Please anyone who has advise for me I would really appreciate it. I need all I can get right now. She is my angel and she is growing up so fast. She asks me everyday why she is different than the other kids in her class, which breaks my heart, I tell her it is because she is special. She is too young to have to deal with this and I have to be strong for her and be "okay" with this in front of her so that she doesn't get discouraged. I can't talk to my husband because he is having a harder time with this than I am because of course she is daddy's little girl and he can't grasp that she is going through this right now.....HELP