My 8 Yr Old Daughter Is Perspiring and Has Hair Growth Under armpits.....is This

I know you've already had 26 suggestions, but I'm in El Cajon too and I thought I would reply. That's a normal thing. I would just teach her good hygeine,get her some deorderant and what not. Definitely teach her how to shave them without hurting herself in the process. I was never taught that and it took a while before I didn't cut my arm pits shaving.

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S., I was about that age when I started wearing deodorant, and shaving under my arms.

Don't quote me on this, but I've heard that high carb diets can start girls developing at a younger age. You might want to clarify that with your physician.

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Hi S.,

If your daughter is overweight for her age and height this will tell the body to go in to puberty early. I would speak with her physican. The best thing to apply the brakes might be to have her get more exercise and cut out empty calories. You can find out what her BMI is on line by looking for childrens BMI on MSN which will take you to a web site designed to tell you what your childs BMI is. If it is high that could give you a clue without taking her to the doctor. You could then make some changes accordingly.

Kids are going through pubery early now because they are getting less healthy.

Good luck!

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My sister's 9 year old step daughter is already growing boobies. Some girls develop at different rates.

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I would consult your daughters doctor or maybe an advice nurse before acting. But if it were I would shave her armpits for her as needed and buy some deoderant (sp) sounds like shes hitting puberty early as I did around that age its embarassing but sitting down with her explaining it all and tell her why shaving and using the deoderant will help so she isnt made fun of since kids can be cruel and may react badly if they smell her and or see her hair under her armpits. They may also make fun of her that she shaves and uses deoderant so you cant win for losing sometimes especially with kids that age. I hope this helps some your doctor may have a better answer but its best to get a few opinions and then decide what you think is best for your daughter.
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Many little girls start early puperity these days. I don't think it is anything to be concerned about, but maybe mention it to your peds doc.

She's probably starting puberty early. I read the other day that puberty in girls starts as early as 8 and as late as 13. Does she have hair anywhere else? My daughter had hair in her pelvic region at age 8 and then hair under the earms at 9. I got her deoderant and had her start shaving. She also needs to bath more frequently. She doesn't have to shave a lot, but just when she notices it getting hairy. Its helped the smell a lot. It took her a bit to become comfortable wiht it. I haven't let her shave her legs yet. She has to wait til she's in 6th grade for that. She is now 10. Good luck.

Sounds like she is just maturing a little early. I think the average is around 9 or 10 - I just remember when I was teaching 5th grade I had to have a talk with the kids at the beginning of the school year about hygiene, deoderant, etc. I don't think you have anything to be concerned about. Get her some deoderant and talk to her about bathing every day (if she doesn't already) and see if that clears up the smell. They grow up so fast! :)

no reason for concern yet. I was around the same age when that happened to me as are a lot of kids. There are some foods that can cause early puberty, or genetics can cause early hair growth. Just check with her doctor.

I am SO glad to see this topic come up! I have a 6yr old daughter that has black hair under her armpits but no odor. We took her to the Peds Dr. and was told that it is not uncommon at this age, and not to be too concerned about it. She ran a few basic neurological tests (like a physical) and told us that if things got worse (more rapid growth, bad odor, growing in other places), then we can bring her back in to be seen, or she can run some other tests. Well, now she has black hair growing "downstairs!" All this is very alarming to begin with! And it is very hard to hear that it is normal for your little one to be going through SO EARLY! But, now that it is growing "downstairs," I'm not sure how normal THAT is! Has anyone else experienced that in a 6 yr old?

my cousin was like that when she was younger.. she started that stuff at like 10 so i guess u just gotta tell her bout being a woman now..

She may be starting puberty a little early. My sister was like that, and my mom just gave her some anti perspirant and if the underarms got too hairy, she was allowed to shave it. I know, kids are growing at record speed now!

Girls are growing at a much faster rate than we did at their age. Ihave a 10 year old, almost 11, and if I reacall correctly the dame thing started about the same age. Time to preach "personal hygiene" and be sure she is well educated on all those lady-like topics!! Good Luck! C.

teach her how to shave under armpits and get her some deodorant my 11 and 8 years old are the same way i show they how to do all that

I noticed my son had BO last month... he just turned 8 two weeks ago! No hair growth that I know of. I looked on the internet for answers and couldn't find anything specific for him... I just went out and bought him deodorant (just deodorant... no anti perspirant.) It works well. I make him wash under his arms on the days he doesn't shower. But, it sounds like puberty is around our corner!