Yup, been there, done that... twice.
I know it's usually a mother-daughter thing, but my two were always so used to coming to me when things went awry that they did the same thing when United started playing at home!
Part of the trauma was dealt with long before it ever happened. Long talks, discussions about how it's dealt with, what it feels likes etc etc. It helped that right from the word go my daughters were always brought up to have no shame about their own (or other's) bodies. Not just seeing them, but talking about their bits either. Not necessarily during 'lectures' but everyday comments and jokes.
When it finally happened the eldest was rather blase and quite unconcerned. The youngest, being a bit more sensitive of the two was initially reluctant to discuss it and only told me 2 or 3 days after it happened and thought her knickers would magically clean themselves in the laundry bin! But once I broached it to her she dealt with it as if it was nothing. I suppose I'm pretty lucky in that regard.
I still think that refusal to discuss things early on with kids (for whatever reason) is an occasion when you will end up reaping what you (the royal "you" that is) sow.
I think you handled that beautifully. I can't imagine what it could feel like to have a father as caring as you or lost for that matter.
It was a lot and unusual, I know mine was minimal and patchy the first few times.
It might interest you to know that the body has to be around 7 stone to trigger off a period as that is when the body is deemed strong enough to be able to carry a baby. The added eating may have triggered off the first period, although wouldn't account for the severity of it.
Have I had anything like that to deal with? Having a son so far no, but not having any male influence in my sons life I was more than grateful to my brother who bought him a razor for his 14th birthday. It would have never occurred to me and I would have been clueless as to what to buy.
All i can say is.....think yourself lucky i've got 3 daughters :shock: lol
Well done to that man.
Now just make sure if you haven't already that she has a nice make up type bag to take to school with her, with the necessary inside, to save her any problems if she starts during the school day.
Lucky girl to have a Dad like you.
It's hugely attractive ;)
well if its any consolation my mum was crap at dealing with it
i started my periods the day after she re married it was a biker wedding and rather a lot of them stayed over at our house after the party i was 15 so a late starter but that made me even more sensitive about it and i descretly asked her to come to my aid as i had no towels to deal with the situation
in her wonderfull nurturing way she then went to the bottom of the stairs and shouted up to my new step sister for all to hear
carol you got any towels our karen has started her periods at last
omfg i could of died
all those biker types i thought were the bees knees knew i had had my first period
i wanted to run n hide was the worst moment of my life
wish i had had some one as caring as flower
I have no children but I can remember my sister having her first period. We both reached puberty rather early. She 's a couple of years younger than me.
We'd got home from school and mum and dad were still at work.
My sister came to my room and said " I think I've started my periods. Can you have a look." I did and luckily I knew were mum kept her towels.
I made my sister a warm hot water bottle. We sat on the sofa together. She didn't want to be left alone. When mum came home my sister asked me to tell her. She didn't want to do it herself. Mum took her into the bathroom and made sure she was feeling ok. I still find it moving all these years later.
i nearly broke down in tears with her :-) sort of gave us a weirdly special time though - lots of huggs! Lots of respect flower! 
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Spent rather a long time in the bathroom trying to work out what to do when step dad walks in demanding to know what the :fuckinghell: is taking so long - so i gets frog marched to the local shop and told to ask for "ladies things" highly embarrassing for a 10 year old gal i tell thee 
