I just recently found out that my daughter has been inflating her belly. This does not seem normal to me. I had notcied for the last 6 months or so, that her belly appeared differently from day to day, sometimes flat, sometimes really bloated. I had figured it was just her starting her period. But a couple months ago I found and air pump in her room cleaning, it was hidden in her jewelry box under the bed. I hadn’t thought much of it at the time, other than ‘Why would she have this here?” well a few days ago i noticed her going to the refrigerator for something to drink. I was past her bedtime, and when she turned around to walk back to her room, she looked pregnant. So yesturday i got on her computer, as I usually never do, don’t want to be a nosey mom, and i found a folder that has dozens of videos of her inflating her belly like a balloon. She always wears clothes, but this is very strange isn’t it?


I looked up online about this, thinking my daughter had some very bizarre disorder, but instead found that alot of girls do this same thing. and they seem normal enough as well.


Now what I am really worried about is safety, could this cause some kind of permanent harm, and should I have a councelor look at her. If this is actually some kind of normal thing, i don’t want to critisise or make her feel bad for doing it. But I just really don’t know what to do about this.