And suddenly there are boobies.
Yes, the boobie fairy has sprinkled some kind of mammary dust on my wee little girl.
My little babycub has a chest and I’m not quite ready to see her this way! Last weekend she tossed on some sweater, walked out into the living room and said “omg, mom, my boobs look like the size of Texas in this!!!”
I had to laugh and promptly texted her older sister about this so we could harass the poor little Texan in tandem. After all, if your family doesn’t give you endless amounts of shit, what good are they?
We spent the day calling her Tex while she rolled her eyes at us in utter dismay.
When her bod first began to develop she was extremely self-conscious about the whole puberty/mother nature/hormone thing. She’s accepted the inevitable – she will get boobs, pimples, periods, body hair, and all that jazz.
My house has changed. The hub and I have adjusted to the Mancub having a deeper voice, a hint of whiskers, and littlemanuppityness. Now we are moving into the moody hormonal aspect of a teen girl. Both of them at once? Really?????
Years ago when these two were little, someone repairman was at our house and seemed rather puzzled to see the gap in the ages of our kids. The hub looked at him and said “Yeah, they are all ours. God is punishing us for something to land us with two year olds in teenagers all at the same time.”
Some days I long for those old days, but time marches on and I wouldn’t change a thing about my cubs. Okay, well, maybe she could be a wee bit less chesty – she’s being ogled by teen boys and she’s only thirteen!
Peace
Deej
January 30th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I developed early. I remember all the boys in school kept asking me to jump and I’d glower at them. :p
January 30th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
My daughter had boobies in the 6th grade! YIKES. She kept developing until about a year ago. She is 15 now. I have noticed quite a few boys want to hug her when they see her or to say goodbye. Now how do I clue her in that ya they may want to hug her because there friends but there is a couple of other reasons they enjoy hugging her?
January 30th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
My riding student is 13 as well, while she isn’t super developed she is quite a bit curvier than her year younger cousin. This summer she got a more mature hair cut, one with some style and highlights too, her mom said something along the lines of “the girl in me loves how stylish she looks but the mom side thinks ‘hoo boy, it sure made her look older’
January 31st, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Pixie – I can only imagine that caustic remark she’d make if the boys asked her to jump! She’d glower just like you!
Nikkie – Babycub had them last year as well, this year yikes stripes! That child is growing. I’m hoping she’s uh, reached her peak? Bad pun!
Nysak – I know just how that mom feels. I love that Babycub is happy with her looks and loves looking good. Yet, she’s growing up and that sometimes hits me in the heart.
January 31st, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Sorry, my browser spotted the word “boobies” and redirected me here on its own *cough*
Must be odd growing up as a girl. We boys don’t really go through any significant changes. If my body would suddenly started to change shape on its own, it would freak me out :O