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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you ever shower with your kids?  I never did. Nor did my husband. When they were too you g to shower themselves I gave them baths. Then I taught them how to shower themselves and let them complete that task on their own.

One time, my daughter and I took turns showering in the same stall at a campground, but we didn’t “pop in there together.”  Why would you do that?  
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For me it started when my DD was around 18 months old and we spent a week at the beach. She'd never taken a shower before and obviously couldn't take one on her own, but beach means sand everywhere, including the swim diaper, so I would take her in the outdoor shower with me. She loved it and liked that we were doing it together. She continued to mostly take baths, but after that it became and occasional thing when she was resistant to a bath or we were short on time, or when we were traveling somewhere without a bathtub (happens a lot in Europe but also sometimes domestically). She was too young to shower on her own back then, so we did it together.

I discovered it was a great way to teach her how to wash properly, and better than the bath where it can be awkward to stand up and some places are hard to get to while seated. She was still too young to shower on her own.

I remember she also joined me in one of my baths a few times when she was that age. I take them to relax but she'd come wandering in because I had music on and it smelled nice, and sometimes I'd let her get in if the water wasn't too deep or too hot. It was nice and relaxing and sweet.

Why would this be strange to you? I also breastfed her when she was a baby. Heck, I gave birth to her. I don't think we'll be showering together when she's a teenager, but there's nothing weird about it. It's just different than what you are used to.[/quote]

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