I talked about periods with DD when she was about 8 or 9.
I took her to get a bra during the Summer holidays because I noticed she needed to wear one (and she had asked for one)
We had the 'sex talk' when she was in grade 5. We talked about boys recently because she informed me shortly after she started year 7 that she was 'going out' with some guy, who dumped her a few days later lol. I haven't spoken to her about contraception.
She asked me if she could wear makeup recently, I said no because she was too young and we'd discuss it properly when she was 15. (it was quite a funny situation actually) I picked her up from her friends place this afternoon and noticed she was covering her face, she had make up on! lol I don't mind her and her friends playing with make up but I won't allow her to wear it to school and she knows that.
Shaving hasn't come up in conversation and she doesn't have hairy legs so we will have to talk about that soon.
ZF, my mum isn't overly girly either. She never wore make up and I don't because I have NFI how to put it on without making myself look like a clown. My mum was always very open with me, much to my embarrassment and I hope I am open enough with my DD that she can talk to me about anything.
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