Am I ready for this?

The other day the girls and I went shopping. My 9year old's sole desire was to get another bra. Now mind you, she doesn't NEED a bra. But some of her friends and classmates are starting to wear them (in 3rd grade-wow! I think I began wearing one in 7th grade! But then again, I don't have the most genetically endowed chest around lol), so of course she wants to wear one too. The other ones I've gotten her are more like mini sports bras, there are no closures, it just pulls over the head. Weelllll, she wants one with straps and a closure like a real bra, like the ones she saw at Justice when we were there with friends. Yikes, to me!

So we are at Ross and I happen to see a little one hanging there. Simple and white, (and padded-eeek!), and its only $1.99 (SOLD!) She tries it on. Loves it, of course. I tell her I'll buy it for her.
But she also tries on a cute (larger sized one that has an actual "A" size so the padding has a real indent in it) (which she can't fill yet) that has polka dots. The dots are cute, and if I was ready to wear a real bra as a kid, this is an adorable bra to wear.
Problem is she can't fill it out yet, so its pointless to wear. AND, when I made her put her tank top on over it, I was like "no, no , no, you are not wearing that bra with tank tops or slim fitting tops. I will buy it, BUT we are going to save it till it actually fits (not just empty cups on her chest), before u can wear it." I could not believe the image of my little 9 year old in a tank top with mini-BOOBS sticking out! NOT going there yet! Now this would be different if she HAD boobs and NEEDED a bra, then I would WANT her to wear a bra for discretion. But to see these fake padded boobs sticking out of her shirt, I was like, no, no , no. You aren't wearing that. I told her she could wear the white one (smaller cup size that almost fit her--remember she has no cup size so none of these molded padded ones really fit, because they are empty on her---that's why I'd wish she'd be happy with just the sports bra style...but noooo, her friends have real bras so she wants one too-ugh). But anyway, I told her she could wear the white one with baggy tshirts and such, but nothing that was snug, she would have to wear her sports style one or a tank top or none. She agreed and is still happy with her new bras.

So my question is, Am I ready for this? and more importantly is her daddy ready for this?!


*****update******
after I wrote this but before I posted it, we've had a change of heart... let me explain.
I never felt comfortable with the padded bra thing anyway, but when Dan saw it he REALLY didn't like it. It just confirmed for me that she wasn't ready for it and I should have listened to my instincts and not my daughter who just wanted one bc everyone else has one.
Soooo, I had a plain white triangle bra tucked away (got it for $1 on sale and figured she'd grow into it later(no padding!)) I pulled it out and showed it to her and she tried it on and liked it. I said how about if we pack away the padded one till you are older and really need it, and u can wear this one till then? It has straps like a real bra instead of like the sports bra things she has. She smiled and agreed. WHEW! I feel much better :) She's still happy, so that's good too. Truth is she really wasn't looking for a padded one anyway. We had seen one at Justice that the pads could be removed and I had said if we got it we'd have to remove them. So when she mentioned it at Ross and I found that one for $2 (even tho it didn't have removeable pads) I caved in and bought it. But she wasn't looking for padding, she just wanted one that 'looked' like a 'real' bra, not a sports bra. So we both win and are both happy. And daddy's happy too :)