Mine are 4 and 6 and still like to take a bath together sometimes. My younger one certainly enjoys is more. I follow the older one's lead and if she asks to do it alone, I respect that.

However my kids are TALL so they don't fit very well and won't fit at all really soon.

We also sometimes do showers for both of them, which is usually quicker. Sometimes they do that together and sometimes not.

Anonymous wrote:My DD and DS (2 years apart) have never shared a bath. Partially it just never occurred to us, but partially I want to give them a reasonable amount of privacy when it comes to bathroom stuff — just like we all want. DCUM and IRL trolls love to claim that giving them a separate space for baths is somehow “sexualizing,” which always smacks of projection when it’s nothing more than privacy.

+1

My DD and DS (2 years apart) have never shared a bath. Partially it just never occurred to us, but partially I want to give them a reasonable amount of privacy when it comes to bathroom stuff — just like we all want. DCUM and IRL trolls love to claim that giving them a separate space for baths is somehow “sexualizing,” which always smacks of projection when it’s nothing more than privacy.

Anonymous wrote:Either if they ask or bath behavior starts getting inappropriate. Whichever comes first. For us it was 5 and 7 or maybe 6 and 8

This is a good guideline. My 3yo would almost certainly think it was hilarious to grab her brother’s penis if they bathed together, so they don’t. But I sometimes let him roll up his sleeves and splash around with her while she is bathing (while he remains outside the tub, fully clothed).

Mine never did

My 10 yo son is an only child. But his best friend since they were 2 is a girl who lives across the street from us. When they were younger we'd let our son take a bath with Larla at sleepovers, the same would happen at her house. They still have sleepover but they stopped taking a bath together after 1st grade.

He took a bath with his cousin once when they were 5 and 3 when she stayed at our house when my brother and his wife were on a business trip. As he was about to get out the bath, his cousin bit him really hard leaving a huge bruise on his butt. She has behavioural issues so looking back it may not have been the best idea. They still get along, but he never took a bath with her again.

Anonymous wrote:When do y’all stop showering in front of your kids?

When they were too big to nap in the baby bouncer in the bathroom.

My 5 and 3 year old LOVE bathing together, opposite sexes. Not sure when we'll stop. I don't have the ability to run two baths. One bath is already sooo much work. They started bathing together when the youngest was 4 months or so.

When do y’all stop showering in front of your kids?