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Ninji's picture

It's been a loooong three weeks with the Skids (and we only have them Fri-Sun)

Ever since SD11 started her period for the first time three weeks ago, she is turning into a different person.

I'm not so naïve that I didn't know that the terrible teen years were fast approaching, but I figured it would be a more gradual slide into teen hell.

SD is usually a very sweet, good natured kid. She goes with the flow and is super easy to get along with. The complete opposite of SS.

The week she "become a woman" (as she has been calling it) we went to Disney.

SD whined because she scratched her leg and SS didn't care and brothers should care for their sisters (her words, and I couldn't find a scratch on her leg)
SO messed up the fast pass for a ride she wanted and she had a meltdown. Would not stop whining the entire night...I have never seen her behave like this.
She was upset because "SS doesn't show her enough affection. He hugs and kisses on everyone but her"....Not true, SS only hangs on SO to show his ownership of SO
She wanted to have a friend over. SO agreed and told her to call the friend. SD, of course, doesn't have her number and she cried and cried because SO won't let the friend come over???

The biggest one yet was last weekend. We decided to take the kids roller skating. They had never been and SO and I were both really into roller skating as kids.
Well, SD kept telling me that she went ice skating. This is my fail, I have known the kid for 6yrs and we have never taken her and I know that BM NEVER takes them anywhere, but in my mind I was thinking ok, she can ice skate shouldn't be too hard for her to learn to roller skate.
Boy was I wrong, turns out SD "ice skated" one time when BM and SO took her when she was around 2. So she has never ice skated.

On the way to the rink, SO is telling me how SD told him now that she is a "woman" she can be sassy. SD, from the back seat all proud of herself, confirms this. SO says, being sassy is just another way to say being disrespectful. I add, "And there will be consequences for bad behavior, I don't care if you think you’re a "woman" or not.

She tried to roller skate for about 15 minutes. I was sitting on a bench talking to SO and SD plops down next to SO with a face full of attitude.

She has her arms crossed over her chest and is pouting because she can't skate. I tell her to take her debit card and follow SS and get herself a slushy. Miss Attitude, runs her mouth, takes the card and walks away. I should have stopped her right their but we are in public and TRYING to have a good time. A minute or two later she comes back crying. She keeps saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" SO is yelling at her to stop acting like a baby. I tell both of them to shut up. I tell SD, "Stop crying! What is wrong" She says she left her debit card with some lady at the food counter. I tell her to go get it.

She comes back and is still crying. SO is super pissed by this time and says we are leaving....Roller Skating adventure last all of 30 minutes. SD was grounded from video games and has to pay SO back the amount he was charged for us to enter and rent roller skates.

When we get into the car I asked SD "So how is being sassy working out for you"

Did you girls turn this quick or is she just trying us now that she thinks she is a "woman"

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TheAccidentalSM's picture

What I want to know is who was the fool who told her she could be "sassy" now she's a "woman"? They completely set her up for a fall.

Good luck with her.

Her hormones may be going wild but there is no reason she can't be polite.

Ninji's picture

I have no idea. She went to a sleep over with a bunch of girls a few weeks ago. Maybe they thought it up. Smile

momandmore's picture

Oh no.. I wasn't like that, My ODD wasn't like that... I have a feeling my MSD will be like that.. She has been starting the puberty process since she was 6. I know, crazy. She is 8 now and her pediatrician said it could start any time. She has the attitude all right.

She is now refusing to go to a public pool or wear shorts until I teach her how to shave. She has thick black hair on her legs, underarm hair and a full lady bush. :jawdrop:

I guess I am going to have to break down and teach her how to shave. I don't want her being made fun of. She is almost as tall as I am and looks way older than 8.

Your blog scares me! I know she is only going to get worse once it actually starts. I am not ready for this!!!!

JustAgirl42's picture

Oh that poor girl! To have to start with all that shit sooo young.

What kind of food and milk have her parents been raising her on???

Ninji's picture

We buy organic soy milk and regular food.

BM feeds them pizza and bar food from where she works.

JustAgirl42's picture

It's sad when you know they're being fed shit but there's nothing you can do about it. My SD11 has actually become pretty good with watching what I eat and wanting to try it too!

Tuff Noogies's picture

whew girl good luck with that one.... Sad

i was like this as a teen, probably from 12-14 (3 years after i 'started'). my family HATED to be around me and walked on eggshells cuz pretty much anything set me off. my sm told me "you are horrible to be around - you are going to the doctor." he put me on birth control and i leveled out after that. (which was good anyway, as i was never regular and was developing cysts).

i sincerely hope your dh stays on top of her attitude and calls her on it each and every time. i know my parents did! but keep in the back of your mind for future reference that it may be worth a trip to the gyno if she gets worse.