Puberty & Self-Care fɔ Girls, wit spɛshal kɔnsidareshɔn fɔ Ɔtizm

Mi gyal pikin, yu de bi big gyal pikin smɔl smɔl. Yu no se as wi de gro, wi bɔdi kin bigin chenj wan bay wan. Sɔntɛm yusɛf dɔn bigin fɔ fil dɛn tin ya. Dɛn chenj ya na rili nɔmal tin, dɛn kin apin to ɔlman. So natin nɔ de fɔ fred ɔ shem. Insay dis atikul, wi go tɔk bɔt dɛn chenj ya, ɛn aw fɔ mek yu bɔdi fayn ɛn klin. Ɛspɛshali bikɔs wi gyal pikin dɛm we gɛt ɔtistik kin nid smɔl ɛkstra atɛnshɔn ɛn ɛp insay dis tɛm, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dat bak.

Wetin i min fɔ gro ɔp? Wetin mek wi bɔdi kin chenj lɛk dis? (Puberty in a nutshell)

Yu dɔn de lɔng ɛn lɔng frɔm we yu smɔl, nɔto so? Semweso, as yu de ol, bɔku tɛm na bitwin 8 ɛn 13 ia, yu bɔdi de rɛdi fɔ bi yɔŋ uman. Dis na wetin wi de kɔl ``Puberty'' pan mɛrɛsin. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dɛn chenj ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm smɔl smɔl kεmikכl mεsej dεm (wi kin kכl dεm ``Hכmon'') we de kכmכt insay yu bכdi. I tan lɛk smɔl faktri insay yu bɔdi we de mek nyu tin dɛn. Dɛn chenj ya nɔ kin apin wan tɛm. Dɛn kin apin smɔl smɔl, smɔl smɔl. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin bigin dɛn chenj ya bifo tɛm, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn kin bigin smɔl. I kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. So nɔ wɔri if yu padi bigin dɛn chenj ya bifo yu, okay? Na ɔltin nɔmal tin.

Us chenj kin de apin to yu bɔdi dis tɛm ya?

Naw lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin chenj yu bɔdi kin go tru we yu de yɔŋ. Sɔm pan dɛn chenj ya yu go dɔn gɛt, ɛn sɔm go apin tumara bambay.

1. I de mek di skin ɛn di ia gɛt ɔyl mɔ ɛn mɔ

Yu mɛmba aw yu fes bin smol we yu bin smɔl? Naw we yu dɔn ol smɔl, di skin na yu fes ɛn yu ed kin gɛt ɔyl smɔl. Na dat mek sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt smɔl smɔl pimples na yu fes (Acne) . Yu ia kin fil ɔyl bak kwik kwik wan. di rizin fכ dis na di wan dεm we wi bin dכn tכk bכt (Hכmon dεm).

2. Nyu ia we de gro (am, leg, prayvet eria) .

yu armpit, leg, εn di εria we yu de wear yu כndawea (wi kכl am di ``private area'' ) na de nyu ia (dεn kכl am bak pubic hair) de bigin fכ gro. I kin bigin fayn fayn wan fɔs, bɔt i kin tik smɔl leta. Dis na nɔmal tin bak as yu de ol.

3. Swet ɛn chenj na di bɔdi smel

Yu kin fil lɛk se yu de swet pas aw yu bin de swet. Ɛspɛshali we yu de ple ɔ ɛksesaiz. Apat frɔm dat, yu swet kin gɛt smɔl smel bak. I difrɛn, i rɔtin smɔl pas aw i bin de bifo. Dis kin notis mɔ ɔnda di armpit dɛn . Nɔ shem bikɔs dis na nɔmal tin bak we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de bɔn.

4. divεlכpmεnt fכ di brεst

Yu go bigin fɔ fil smɔl chenj na yu chɛst eria. Dis min se yu bɔdi go big smɔl smɔl.I kin bigin. Fɔs, yu kin fil lɛk se na smɔl smɔl tin na yu bɔdi, ɛn wan say kin big pas di ɔda say. Dis na tin bak we rili nɔmal. I kin tek tɛm fɔ mek yu bɔdi ful-ɔp.

5. Di biginin fכ mεnstral (yu `Pεriכd`) .

Dis na sɔntin we bɔku gyal pikin dɛn kin si se kin mɔna dɛn smɔl. Bɔt i rili nɔmal bak. yu vagina (di opin we de na yu prayvet eria, jכs dכn usay yu de pis) de bigin fכ blכd fכ fכ de dεm wan tεm insay di mכnt. Wi kin kɔl dis mɔnt . Ɔ, as yu kɔl am , yu prɛgnɛshɔn .

Dis nɔto sayn fɔ se pɔsin sik ɔ wund, nɔto so? I min se yu bɔdi de wok fayn ɛn yu dɔn rɛdi fɔ bi big uman.

Na mɛmba se nɔto ɔl dɛn chenj ya go apin wan tɛm. Ɛn dɛn nɔ go apin to ɔlman di sem we ɔ di sem tɛm.

Aw wi kin kip wi bɔdi klin wit dɛn nyu chenj ya? (Rɔtin fɔ Kia fɔ Yusɛf) .

Okay, naw wi don sabi wetin de hapun fo wi bodi. So aw wi go mek wi bɔdi fayn, klin, ɛn smɛl fayn wit dɛn chenj ya? Wi gɛt fɔ ad sɔm nyu abit dɛn to dat.

Skin ɛn ia kia

• Wash yu fes: Mek yu bi yu abit fɔ was yu fes at le tu tɛm insay di de (mɔnin ɛn nɛt) yuz wan sop we nɔ gɛt wan bɔt (`(Klinza)`). We dɛn pul di ɔyl ɛn dɔti, di akni bak go stɔp.
• Fɔ was: I rili impɔtant fɔ was yu bɔdi ɛvride, mɔ di de dɛn we yu de swet.
• Wash yu ia: Dipen pan aw yu ia gɛt ɔyl, was yu ia wit shampoo we fit yu, lɛk ɛvri tu dez.

Aw fɔ kɔntrol di swet we de smɛl

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, i impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol di smel we de kɔmɔt we yu de swet.

• Fɔ was: Waf ɛvride wit sop, mɔ ɔnda di armpit ɛn klin di prayvet eria fayn fayn wan.
• Ɔndawea: Wear klin ɔndawea ɛvride.
• Diodorant ɔ Antiperspirant: Yu kin yuz diodorant ɔnda yu armpit afta yu dɔn shaw. Diodorant de kil di baktri dɛm we de mek pɔsin swet ɛn stɔp fɔ smɛl. Antiperspirant de ridyus bak di swet. Yu kin pik di wan we yu lɛk. Aks yu mama ɔ papa fɔ ɛp yu we yu de pik dɛn tin ya.

Fɔ pik ɛn yuz bras fɔ di bɔdi

As yu brɔst bigin fɔ gro, yu kin fil sɔm kayn prɔblɛm ɛn pen. I kin at bak fɔ mek yu bɔdi muv rawnd we yu de rɔn ɔ jomp. Dis tɛm ya, yu kin bigin fɔ wɛr bra .

• Brest we yu wɛr braYu kin gɛt gud sɔpɔt ɛn nɔ kin fil fayn.
• I kin fil strenj smɔl we yu fɔs wɛr am, bɔt afta sɔm tɛm i go bi nɔmal.
• Gɛt yu mama in ɛp fɔ pik bra we gɛt di rayt saiz fɔ yu, we nɔ tu tayt, ɛn we dɛn mek wit tin lɛk kɔtɔn. I bɛtɛ fɔ go na di stoa ɛn tray am.

Aw fɔ klin we yu de gɛt mɔnt

Wi nid fɔ tek tɛm mɔ bɔt aw wi go klin insay di smɔl dez bifo wi prɛgnɛshɔn.

• Sanitary pads : Dis tɛm ya yu fɔ yuz sanitary pads. Dɛn mek dɛn tin ya fɔ mek dɛn stɔp na yu ɔndawea. Dɔn di blɔd we de kɔmɔt de go insay dɛn.
• Chenj pad: Yu fɔ rili chenj yu pad at le ɛvri 4 to 6 awa. If nɔto dat, di jem dɛn kin bɔku ɛn mek pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn. Dipen pan di blɔd we yu gɛt, yu kin nid fɔ chenj dɛn bifo tɛm.
• Klin: Ɛnitɛm we yu chenj yu pad, was di prayvet ples fayn fayn wan wit wata, dray am, dɔn put nyu pad. If yu de yuz sop, yuz sop we nɔ gɛt wan sɛnt.
• Aw fɔ trowe pad we yu dɔn yuz: Rap di pad we yu dɔn yuz tayt tayt wan wit pepa ɛn put am na di dɔti. Nɔ ɛva put am na di tɔylɛt bol, bikɔs i kin mek i klos.
• Ridyus pen: Sɔm gyal pikin dɛn kin gɛt smɔl bɛlɛ pen we dɛn de gɛt prɛgnɛshɔn. Da tɛm de, tin dɛn lɛk fɔ put ɔt wata bɔtul na dɛn bɛlɛ, fɔ du layt ɛksesaiz, ɛn fɔ drink bɔku wata kin ɛp. If yu nɔ ebul fɔ bia di pen, tɛl yu mama fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Mɛmba se yu prɛgnɛshɔn nɔto natin fɔ shem. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt am, nɔ fred fɔ aks yu mama, papa, big sista, ɔ ticha na skul.

Ekstra sɔpɔt fɔ wi pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔtizm dis tɛm

Wi gyal pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔtizm (we dɛn kin kɔl bak ``Autism Spectrum Disorder``) kin gɛt di chenj dɛm wae de kam pan dis ``(Puberty)`` tɛm difrɛn smɔl. I nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn fɔ ɔndastand sɔm tin dɛn ɛn fɔ ajɔst to nyu abit dɛn. So, wi ekstra lɔv, ɔndastandin, ɛn sɔpɔt rili impɔtant fɔ dɛn insay dis tɛm.

Aw fɔ dil wit di prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de fil

Gɛl pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔtizm kin gɛt sɔm sɛns dɛm (fɔ si, yɛri, smɛl, test, tɔch) pasmak pas ɔda pipul dɛm.

• Nyu sɛnt: Di swɛt we nyu sop, shampoo, ɛn diɔdɔrant kin mek nɔ kin fayn fɔ dɛn. So tray fɔ pik tin dɛn we nɔ gɛt sɛnt.
• Ɔndawea ɛn pad: Dɛn kin fil bad we dɛn wɛr nyu bra ɔ pad bikɔs dɛn nɔ yus to di fil we di bra gɛt. Pik di wan dɛn we dɛn mek wit tin dɛn we saf, lɛk kɔtɔn, as yu ebul. Yuz to dɛn smɔl smɔl.
• di ia we de gro: Di it ɛn nɔ fil fayn we di nyu ia de gro kin at fɔ mek dɛn bia.
• Menstrual hygiene : Di filin we blɔd de kɔmɔt ɛn di filin we di pad de wet kin mek pɔsin fred ɛn nɔ kin fil fayn bikɔs na nyu ɛkspiriɛns fɔ dɛn.

Sɔntɛnde lɛk dis , peshɛnt fɔ ɛksplen tin to dɛn, lɛ dɛn tɔk bɔt wetin dɛn de fil, ɛn aks dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn dɛn advays if nid de.

Fɔ ɛp yu fɔ yus to nyu abit dɛn

Nyu abit fɔ klin (lɛk fɔ was ɛn chenj pad ɛvride) kin at fɔ mek dɛn ɔndastand ɛn mɛmba wantɛm wantɛm.

• Klia instrɔkshɔn dɛn: Gi simpul, stɛp-by-stɛp instrɔkshɔn dɛn.
• Di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin si: Yuz pikchɔ, dayagram, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn fɔ ɛksplen dɛn tin ya we yu kin du. Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin sho stɛp-by-stɛp pikchɔ dɛn bɔt aw fɔ chenj pad.
• Wan tin we dɛn kin du ɔltɛm: Dɛn kin yus to am izi wan if dɛn yus fɔ du dɛn tin ya di sem tɛm ɛn di sem we ɛvride.
• Peshɛnt ɛn ɛnkɔrej dɛn: Prez ɛn ɛnkɔrej dɛn we dɛn du sɔntin we smɔl ɛn we rayt.

Sɔpɔt fɔ sho wetin yu tink

Sɔm pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔtistik kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ tɔk bɔt wetin dɛn de fil ɛn wetin dɛn nid.

• Di we aw dɛn de tɔk to dɛnsɛf: Ɛnkɔrej dɛn fɔ tɔk bɔt dis bay we dɛn de yuz di we aw dɛn lɛk fɔ tɔk to dɛnsɛf (pikchɔ, sayn langwej , raytin).
• Wan say we sef: Mek say we sef ɛn ɔndastand na os usay dɛn go ebul fɔ aks dɛn kwɛstyɔn ɛn tɔk bɔt aw dɛn de fil ɛn nɔ fred ɔ shem.
• Wach fɔ chenj: If ɛni chenj de na dɛn bihayvya (lɛk fɔ vɛks ɔltɛm, fɔ vɛks, fɔ nɔ want fɔ it), i kin bi sayn fɔ se dɛn nɔ kin fil fayn bikɔs dɛn nyu chenj ya na dɛn bɔdi. Kip yu yay pan dɛn.

As mama ɔ papa ɔ pɔsin we de kia fɔ gyal pikin we gɛt ɔtizm, yu kin tɔk to dɛn dɔktɔ ɔr tritmɛnt pɔsin bɔt dis ɛn gi dɛn di sɔpɔt we dɛn nid fɔ pas dis tɛm izi wan.

Wan impɔtant mɛsej fɔ yu (Take-Home Message)

Daughter, wen yu bi big gyal, yu bodi go tru plenti chenj. Bɔt ɔl dis na tin we rili nɔmal ɛn na nɔmal tin .

• Yu fɔ no yu bɔdi ɛn lɛk am.
• Fɔ de klin rili impɔtant fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi ɛn fɔ mek yu gladi.
• Nɔ kip dɛn chenj ya ɛn yu filin bɔtul insay. Tɔk to big pɔsin we yu kin abop pan . I nɔ mata udat i bi, yu mama, papa, ticha, anti, ɔnkul.
• Sɔm tin dɛn kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek yu yus to dɛn. Yu fɔ peshɛnt wit yusɛf .
• Yu nɔ nid fɔ bi ɔltin to yu padi dɛn. Ɔlman difrɛn, ɔlman spɛshal.

Yu na pɔsin we gɛt valyu na dis wɔl. Tek kia of yu bodi laik se na yu own. Gud lɔk!

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