Holy cow! I can imagine being smacked!
I was embarrassed to tell my mom and used paper towel for the first day or so.
My dd is 10.5 and just barely showing signs, but we have already started collecting pads so she can try different kinds. She's *very* sensoryish about clothes, so I'm glad we started early.
She is excited about the idea of a party, but I have been talking about her red party since she was, oh, 5. She's grown up with a birth worker for a mom and having diagrams, photos, and videos around, plus she just didn't recognize a closed bathroom door until a few years ago. She had her first period lesson at 2 in response to seeing my pad, pointing her chubby little finger at it and asking "Mommy boo-boo?" all worried and so sweet. So we talked about baby cushions. I am so excited about having my daughter grow up with a positive view of her body and how it works. I am realizing I need to start fostering this in my son!!!
So for her party we plan on doing the red theme, having whomever she wants - probably my friend Rachel, who cares for my kids one day a week - she's studying to be a Dianic priestess so she can help with the spiritual stuff, my mil, maybe a few other birth buddies or close friends that she feels comfy with, as well as any girlfriends she wants to invite.
I think we will likely do it similar to a motherblessing, bring a poem or story, a small gift, share our favorite self-comforting tips, any other wisdoms and wishes that go with becoming a woman. Serve foods and drinks that are nourishing for moon time, like red raspberry tea, liver pate, greens & beans stew etc.
fawn over her and make her feel special and gorgeous, do her hair, rub her feet, paint her nails.
My dd is very much the ultra feminine sort, so these are the things hse thrives on.
