Breast buds -not quite yet 9 - Page 2

[4daughters]

My dd is 10 and starting to grow breasts. I found a book for her to read and explained what was happening and told her this is a good thing and got excited about it. Although I was a little scared inside that my little girl is growing. I did read once that this is hereditary when one starts to develop. So I think that around when you and your mom got her period is when she will probably get hers. So keep up the organic and healthy eating.

[StrongBeliever]

Plastics make it possible.

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/0...insecticid.htm

You might very health conscious, maybe you avoid plastics... But did your parents? Does your daughter's school avoid plastics? What about plastics in our water, leaching into our food, breathing in the chemicals when they are burnt? Scary stuff.

[Simgriff]

Breast Buds at 8

I was doing a Google search on Breast Buds and found this page and site which I am really excited about. It is hard to find reliable information about these things so it is good to read other people's actual experiences. My wife was not very in touch with her body and changes because it wasn't something talked about in her family so she doesn't remember when her breasts started nor when her first period was.

My daughter was born by C-section 2 weeks late, had no hair for years and at 8 hasn't needed to have a hair cut yet (she has very fine blond hair). She was still having the occasional breast milk at 5+ and was still sleeping with us at 7. She has always had an organic diet including home grown veges and is a vegetarian though does eat fish with her mum once a week. She has not been vaccinated and she has never had antibiotics.

Her teeth came late, she walked late and she is quite small for her age. Anyway a few months ago when she started getting painful breast lumps I was quite shocked as I assumed she would be a late developer. Being a worrier this was my first reaction but on reading about it I am no longer concerned.

Statistics seem to show that puberty is occurring earlier around the world and this is probably for varying reasons. Some of it is to do with artificial hormones added to our food chain. Others are to do with evolutionary changes, genetic mixing etc. It is currently consider "normal" for breast buds to appear around 8-9. It is also quite normal for them to be painful when touched or bumped for a year or more

I work with children a lot and notice that everyone has different growth rates and different parts of the body grow at different times and rates. If breast buds start in a small child that hasn't grown much then they will be more noticeable and get in the way more. As the body grows they will possibly become less noticeable again.

There are also concerns about the hormone mimicking qualities of soy products and so we cut down significantly on our soy intake. The plastic thing is interesting.

[gingerstar]

Welcome to MDC!

My DD sees a ped. endocrinologist, and he said that it is not considered "Early puberty" unless they get their period by age 8. Anything other than that is normal - early, yes, but normal. My DD got her period right after turning 10; she had breast buds at 8. I was totally not ready, as I was a "late bloomer" and didn't menstruate until 13 - but she takes after my DH's family, and my MIL said she got her period in 5th grade too.

Anyway, welcome again - I hope you'll poke around. It sounds like your child-rearing choices are very similar to those Mothering espouses, and you will probably find many like-minded folk. We do love us some good discussions!

[MusicianDad]

Hope I won't get in trouble seeing as I'm a dad...

DD started wearing a bra at 9. Everything I heard tells me that breast buds at 9 are perfectly normal.

[Nautical]

I certainly understand what you feel when you say she's enjoying being a kid. I had precocious puberty where I was in a bra by age six, a C cup by the fifth grade, shaving at 8, first period at 8, full height by 10. I do feel like I missed out because I was always perceived older. However, I started puberty at age 6. I think that breast buds at age 9 are completely normal. I wouldn't expect her to need a bra for a few years. I think she'll be fine.