Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 21:11     Subject: Sharing baths?
My kids love bathing together. It’s more convenient too. Why do 2-3 separate baths (would take hours) when they can all just hop in for 30 mins together? My oldest (7) fills the tub and sets out the towels. They often wash each other’s hair. Each washes their own body. They love to play car wash and doll wash. They mix colors with color dropz. It’s fun for all. Younger kids are 5 and 3.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 20:52     Subject: Sharing baths?
5yo DD and 2yo DS love to bathe together. They play with toys, splash, etc. Dd knows she has a vagina and her brother has a penis. They wash their own bodies or we help. Is there more to it at this age?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 16:23     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:NP- what age did you start? Mine are 5 and 20 months, trying to figure out when to start.

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With that age gap probably wouldn't start. the older one won't want to share for long.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 15:26     Subject: Sharing baths?
Mine are 2 and 4. We'll stop bathing them together when one of them asks to stop.

Like one of the PPs, we are European. Little kids are often nude at the beach/pool where I'm from, and no one puts bikini tops on girls until they sprout breast buds. So we're probably more liberal with nudity than some others, no judgment.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 15:15     Subject: Re:Sharing baths?
My 5 and 7 year old still love to take baths together. I am starting to find it more annoying though as they get older, only because they splash so much more and showers are just easier and faster. But they love playing and relaxing in the bathtub, so I'll keep letting them. Nothing weird or disgusting about that!
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 15:14     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:Not quite the same thing, but my son's best friend is a girl he's known since they were 2 (they're both 10 now). When they were much younger and Larla would sleep over at our house, we'd let them take a bath together, but this stopped after K.


Why did you bump this to offer that info?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 15:12     Subject: Sharing baths?
My kids are 6, 4 and 2; 2 boys, 1 girl. They still like to take baths together, so they do. Sometimes the 6 year old wants to shower alone, so she does. Anyone who thinks this is "disgusting" is all sorts of warped.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 15:00     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:Those of you with both a boy and a girl, when did you have them stop taking baths together? DD is currently 7 and a half, DS just turned 6.


I have 2 DDs and I stopped early and always monitored when they did. They are now 8 and 6 and both sometimes want to take baths together still but I won't allow it. I just instinctively knew to cut it off at a certain point. You also just want them to be more independent and aware that it's their body that they have to wash and that they are entitled to their privacy. Ya know?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2021 13:04     Subject: Re:Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:Mine are 6 and 2 (boy girl) and loved bathing together until about a month ago. Suddenly, my 6 year old wants privacy. She also will say "I don't want to see his penis!" if I am changing the toddlers diaper in front of her. I am trying to balance encouraging and respecting body boundaries while also teaching my kids that bodies are beautiful and there is no need to be ashamed.

OP- I really think it depends on your kids, how they behave in the bath, and what kinds of conversations you are having around nudity.


+1 yes. Secrets and privacy are different. It’s no secret that boy and girl bodies are different, but perhaps the older kids would like privacy? My oldest DD didn’t want to bathe with her brothers after she went to pre-school.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2021 09:24     Subject: Re:Sharing baths?
Mine are 6 and 2 (boy girl) and loved bathing together until about a month ago. Suddenly, my 6 year old wants privacy. She also will say "I don't want to see his penis!" if I am changing the toddlers diaper in front of her. I am trying to balance encouraging and respecting body boundaries while also teaching my kids that bodies are beautiful and there is no need to be ashamed.

OP- I really think it depends on your kids, how they behave in the bath, and what kinds of conversations you are having around nudity.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2021 08:00     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:2 or 3 years tops. Preschoolers know body differences.


So what if they know body differences?

This thread has really brought out the DCUM wackos.


Like you PP?


Errr.... no. I am not the one sexualizing nudity in little kids.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 16:25     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:2 or 3 years tops. Preschoolers know body differences.


So what if they know body differences?

This thread has really brought out the DCUM wackos.


Like you PP?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 16:24     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:Thats way to old and not appropriate.


It is indeed.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 16:16     Subject: Sharing baths?
Anonymous wrote:2 or 3 years tops. Preschoolers know body differences.


So what if they know body differences?

This thread has really brought out the DCUM wackos.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 12:47     Subject: Sharing baths?
2 or 3 years tops. Preschoolers know body differences.