Dot Girl First Period Kits | Review

Company: Dot Girl Products
Item Reviewed: Dot Girl First Period Kit

Taken from website…Our goal at Dot Girl Products is that every girl has a positive first period experience and an empowered first step to womanhood.

We are two sisters, Terri Goodwin and Kathy Pickus, who founded Dot Girl Products in December of 2006.  We bring our experience as daughters and mothers to help you honestly address an uncomfortable topic.

Our motivation to create The Dot Girl’s First Period Kit® grew from our own awkward teenage experiences. Despite the fact that our mother was a wonderful nurturer to four daughters, she was never comfortable talking to us about our bodies. We found that this is more often the rule than the exception for both moms and dads. And the reality today is that parents often find themselves in the awkward position of having avoided the subject at all costs, to the detriment of their daughters.

Our goal for the kit is to provide parents with the information and supplies you need to explain the basics of menstruation to your daughters. And for the girls, we hope that having the kit will lessen their anxiety about their first period and instead turn it into a positive experience.

Included in The Dot Girl First Period Kit

The Dot Girl Period Answer Book answers twenty common questions about menstruation including:

How many days will I bleed?
When will I get my first period?
How do I track my period?
What about cramps?
What is a period anyway?

Written in an easy-to-read and positive tone, it covers the basics of menstruation in one compact booklet.

5 Feminine Pads
5 Disposal Bags for disposing of used pads.
1 Reusable Dot Girl Warm Pad, a gel heating pad for soothing cramps
2 Hand Wipes

My Thoughts

It is getting closer to the time when my once little girl will not be little anymore. I have touched base on the basics that she needed to know when she was younger and asking lots of questions. As I began to increasingly see my tweens mood swings (usually she is very quiet, and non-verbal) I knew it was time to really sit her down and talk with her. Of course knowing I had to talk to her and actually talking to her are two different things. I really didn’t know where to start on the topic of having her first period. Sure I have read books but for me that didn’t prepare me for the emotional aspect of the talk. I had to acknowledge that my baby was growing up and that is something I wasn’t ready to face.

Then I got an email from Dot Girl and I knew that this would help me through that talk. Having the kit in hand was like having a diving board, something that would help me dive right into the conversation. And help me it did! I won’t go into the details of my talk with my daughter but I felt at ease and we really used the kit; for me it help explain things and for my daughter it helped her understand things . I feel comfortable with her knowledge of what will happen when it happens and for now I will relish the time I get to spend with my baby.

I recommend the Dot Girl First Period Kit to everyone needing to have “The Talk” with their daughters.