Bathing with kids, how old is too old?

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Hello ladies! 
So, DD is 3.5 years old. And everyone I run a bath she will ask to get in with me. It saves time and effort plus she is a little mummy’s girl so always wants to be near me. 
However, DH the other day made a comment that she’s too old to be having baths with me now? 
Do you think this is true? What age would you stop? It’s not even planned, I run a bath and she just jumps in, you know what it’s like mummas!

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I took random showers with my mom until I was like 7. She has everything I do. It's only awkward if you let it be. I'll let my son take showers or baths with me until one of us is uncomfortable

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Ok. Maybe im in the minority, but i grew up in a household that NEVER bathed together. At. All. I find it strange. The only times i remember bathing with my brother was when my grandmother had to watch us when my mom had my little sister, otherwise my mom never bathed us together.

I also did not grow up in a naked household. Changing in a locker room in college was very awkward for me as a result.

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I’ve always heard when they start asking questions about your parts or when you feel strange about it, then it’s time to cover up. My oldest is 4 and hasn’t asked any questions yet or made me feel weird so I’m still ok with it. When he does, I’ll start covering up! It’s a preference thing, I think. Do whatever you’re comfortable with!

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I hope you and your daughter never establish a "now you can't see me" rule. I hope that you do spa days in her pre-teen years and beyond. I hope the night before she's married you get dual massages, manis, and pedis.
It's completely normal for girls to see other girls undressed (exhibit a: any gym or girls locker room) where you're expected to be both comfortable and indifferent. 
It's Great for her body positivity and self-esteem. How can we expect our daughter to love and appreciate her maturing body if the only bodies she sees are tv stars and other people who she will never look like while trying to compare herself. 
If it were your son I'd say draw a fuzzy line... my 2.5 year old boy might be present for his sisters birth and will definitely watch me breastfeed his sister for 2 years. I stay more discrete with him than I expect to be with my daughter... then again I don't want to give my daughter spa days and not my son if he wants to... the dressing rooms are separate right? I haven't figured it all out yet.

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i think its perfectly fine, it does save time, my daughter is 2.6 years and she is already noticing, she said uh oh what's that, i just told her what it was she never asked again. she also feels more safer taking a shower with me then taking a bath with me on the outside of the tub.

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I think mothers and daughters bathing together is perfectly fine until she doesn’t want to do it anymore. There’s no harm at all in her seeing you naked - it actually helps her to view her own body positively as she grows up and changes. 
 
Also, someone mentioned stopping when they ask questions about your body - I disagree 100%. That’s actually a great opportunity to educate them. 
Treating her seeing your body as if it’s a bad thing can actually have the wrong effect and give her a negative “taboo” view of her own body.

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I think it's perfectly fine she's def not too old, I'm not sure there's is really a "too old" to bathe w mom as a kid esp when it's ur daughter

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I would say when they’re old enough to bathe alone.

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You both girls, there’s nothing wrong with it.

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Well my daughter is four and she jumps in the shower or tub with me as well most times. Plus my body parts are the same as hers no big deal she's not even out of preschool yet so she's not to old.

Bathing with kids, how old is too old?

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