Teenage girls and menstrual products

I actually bought my daughter a set of Freshies for her 11th birthday. She is going to be 12 in 2 months and still has not had to use them. I let her pick out all the colors and she thought it was cool.

Of course lately she is tired of this "organic" kick as it is ruining her life. She said that once she moves out she is going to eat a McDonalds every day so I might as well just let her have "insert whatever here." :LOL

I personally didn't start using tampons until I was 14. I stoped using them when I got my period back when dd was 10 months old because they hurt. I dont know, maybe it was the oranic ones or something but after that I went to cloth. I have been meaning to buy the diva cup to try it out but i just haven't gotten around to it yet.

IMO I would wait until my daughter was older to get her the diva cup. If you must use disposable pads get the organic ones. Maybe she can use the disposable at school, and cloth at home. Just a thought.

I have 11-year-old twin girls, one of whom has started her cycles. She started out using disposables but has now switched to Luna Pads. She said the disposables were "too itchy." I agree! She hasn't had to tote the pads around yet since we homeschool, but I know the time is coming when a sleepover will occur during her period or she'll go to a party or something. Her problem is that she is in total denial that her body is changing, so she doesn't change the pad often enough. When she was using the disposables, she would actually sometimes just not put one on because she didn't like how it felt. It's like she thought if she didn't acknowledge it, the blood would stop flowing. Of course it didn't, it flowed all over her clothes and the furniture. It's going to be a hard sell to get her to carry pads in her purse, especially since all the room in her purse is taken up by her Gameboy and games. :LOL