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I guess I never saw anything wrong with bathing or showering with my children, it just seemed like the right or easiest thing to do. I mean, it is part of being a parent… right? (Sorry if my assumption is wrong!)
But I guess some people have huge problems with bathing with their children, or even letting their husband/partner bathe with their children. Now, I am sure there are a lot of cultural backgrounds, or maybe even religious backgrounds that frown on it, but I just don’t get the big deal.
Since the day my children were born, both my husband and I have always shared the responsibility of bathing our kids, and the simplest thing to do most of the time is get in there with them… not only because it really kills two birds with one stone, but it is a lot easier than leaning over the side of the bath tub (especially in my current condition) or making a big project out of it.
I never really thought it would be an issue, but with the deep seeded nature of sexual thoughts when it comes to any type of nudity in our country, I can’t say I am really surprised. People think women shouldn’t breastfeed because boobs are only for pleasing men, when in reality they were put there by nature to feed babies. Of course it can go both ways, but the train of thought which has been burned into our heads since birth says otherwise.
Billboards with models wearing essentially no clothing, and the pop stars on TV with their sex tapes floating around the internet have simply become normal to our society, yet taking a bath with your child is something that will get your criticism or a funny look. I guess it just boggles my mind that our thought process when it comes to nudity can be so backwards that we are quicker to cast stones at the mother or father bathing with their child, or being naked in front of their own child… than the model, essentially a perfect stranger our child may oogle over in public some day.
My mind if officially blown…
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you are not alone, i almost always shower with our son. it’s so much faster! it just made sense, i’ve never even thought twice about it. if he were 8 it might be an issue, but 18 months? no way.
the grumbles´s last [type] ..the armies of night that would do such injustice to you have determined my future for me
We usually have a bath all together. I think people are way too irked by normal naked bodies in North America.Bodies then become something shameful and this causes a lot of psychological damage to kids, Just look at the number of kids who think there is something wrong with their body… Way too many kids end up with eating disorders because we don’t ackowledge bodies for what they are. Nudity should not be portrayed as shameful to young kids. I’m not a nudist mind you, but both my husbad an I try to convey to our kid that it’s ok to look the way we do and help him feel comfortable in his own skin.
The first time we bathed our son, he cried. The second time, I just bathed him with me and he was calm, didn’t cry at all. Now that he is older, well it makes even more since to get in there with him because I’m going to be soaked anyway, so might as well bathe while he bathes 
I bathed with mine. I even had a shower sling for when they were tiny. I stopped when the oldest was about 6 or 7 and could shower by himself and I will probably do the same with the little one. So much easier IMO
We haven’t bathed with out 14 month old. I don’t see anything wrong with it though. Its the norm in my extended family. He’s in the bathroom in his seat while I shower, so I can keep an eye on him, talk to him. We probably will at some point if it means I couldn’t shower without doing that.he will only sit in that seat for a little while longer.
I shower with my three year old daughter just about every day. My husband has never felt comfortable being naked in front of her, which I can kind of understand. I would imagine when the time comes for my 10 month old son to take a shower things will change a bit but I dont see anything wrong showering with your children.
My daughter understands now that boys have a penis and a girl has a vagina due to being present whenever I change my sons diaper. The body is a natural thing and I think that they should be exposed early, maybe if the people who are criticizing were exposed early they wouldnt pass such foolish judgement.
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I showered with both my kids all the time. I have no problem with nudity whatsoever. In fact, I prefer it.
We have 3 children 13, 8 and 7 all my kids have bathed or showered me from birth, we have never closed the bathroom room to shower either my son is now 13 an obviously doesn’t shower with us now and closes the door but our girls are still always jumping in and I will miss that when they out grow it, nudity is natural and nothing to hide at home our kids know that their bodies are their own and all the safety messages but showering with mum or dad is just easier and let’s face it a lot more fun lol
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