Today marked a real rite of passage for Megan!! She was both petrified and excited at the same time - the look on her face as she gingerly holds a razor for the first time with shaving gel smeared all over her legs – haaahaaha well she knew I was going to take a photo!
The “once you’ve started, you can’t ever stop” journey into shaving your body hair has now begun! Megan has been unhappy about her leg hair for a while … and although I think ten years old is a little too young to start shaving or waxing or whatever – I DO understand the need inside a young girl to be happy with her body.
I remember going through the exact same thing, and my mum turning around to me and telling me it would only grow back twice as thick and that she’d never shaved her legs and …. well to be honest I never was going to listen. She was my mother telling me not to do something, so of course I went ahead and did it anyway! I was around 14 or 15 though!! Anyway, I sneaked my dad’s razor and ended up making a huge bloody (literally) mess of my knees.
Eventually they bought me an electric lady shave thingy … and … well, the point of that lil story was because I’d rather my daughter NOT end up with knees like mine! She wants to shave her legs – then okay, I’ll show her how!! I gave her a lesson in softening the skin with water before putting the foam on, about the different angles you have to use to get all the hairs, about rinsing the razor off and banging it on the sink to get the hairs out, about the delicate parts of the skin at the behind the knee and the back of the foot … and the whole navigation involved in successfully shaving a knee without bleeding! I did most of it for her, but I did also tell her that I wouldn’t be shaving her legs for her forever! She did have a go herself on an “easy” bit … but next time she’ll be doing the majority of it herself!
Ack, yet another sign that my little girl (who will ALWAYS be my little girl) aint so little anymore!!!
My 11 year old starting shaving her legs and under her arms a few months ago, and even though I would have preferred her not to I can understand why she was so keen.
My 8 year old daughter has hairy armpits already! What is going on?
Btw, I hope you don’t mind but I’ve ‘tagged’ you on my latest post.
it was creapy and exciting at the same time.
It was my first leg shave I was very scared because I thought i might end up with a HUGE bloody stain on my trousers And i like my skin with out a bloody mess .