Talkable Moments = Teachable Moments!
I have learned this over and over again being a mom. When you talk to your kids open and honestly, they end up learning. My daughter is now 12 and her body is changing, along with her hormones. I have spent time reading with her about what is happening within her body. I want her to embrace growing up and not to be scared of it.
As a Kotex Mom Ambassador, I have been given some of the greatest tools on how to talk to our daughters. Each one of us, as mother, a step mom, a grandmother, an aunt, all have had different experiences growing up. These experiences are valuable when sharing with the tween in your life.
My daughter and I spend every night chatting for a short period of time. The conversations range from school to vacations to asking me what a word means that she heard at school. These are the doors I want wide open between us. We have had the bird’s and the bee’s talk because I wanted her to hear it from me and not the the crazy 6th graders who like to share too much information.
We are going on two years of talking about when she may start her period. One thing we did last year and will do again is pack a cosmetic bag with a Kotex Tween Liner, Pad and an extra set of underwear. It also holds her deodorant, brush, band-aids, hair ties etc. It helps with the “if it happens while at school.”
Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a Brand Ambassador Campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of U by Kotex Tween and received products to facilitate my post and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.
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i been thinking about how im going to talk about this with my daughter when she get her period but thats a long time way lol
I can remember the process of thinking how I would approach Emily when she was old enough. Just remember that the Kotex now has some awesome tween products. I am sold on them and would be if I wasn’t an ambassador!
I took my daughter away for the night and had the talk with her. I taught her how to use a panty liner and explained what will be happening with her body. I told her where I keep the stuff and that I wanted her to be prepared. I wasn’t and I was scared when it happened. We had some great mom/daughter time and I will treasure it!
What a great mother/daughter time you had. I love that! The best part is she will remember that forever and pass on your love to her daughter.
This is such a fabulous idea to have a little bag, takes a lot of the stress out of it!
I think so too. It is tucked in her gym basket…a great little “safety” bag for “just in case!”
My daughter and I have always had an easy way with conversation, so it was over many, many casual chats that we worked through all this stuff. I’m so glad there are terrific resources available to help us as we do it too!
I love hearing mother daughter stories like this. I want both kids to be able to come to me and I believe they know that!