Did you or do you take a bath with your toddler?

Question

One of my coworkers asked me today if I let my daughter take a bath with me. My daughter is 2 1/2. I said yeah, why. She said that she had never even thought about that. Not that she thought anything was wrong with it, just that she had never even considered it. Is this really so unheard of? I don't see anything wrong with a mom and toddler taking a bath together.

Answer 1

Depends on if I'm in a hurry to get the job done, and how dirty they are these days lol. I don't take baths myself, I just prefer the shower. But I've always showered with my kids, all four of them. My oldest is a girl and we just stopped taking them together about a year ago because she is learning to take them solo, I stand on the side of the curtain and wait to make sure her shampoo is all out with the detachable shower head. (She was 7 when we had our last shower together, and before then it had been almost a year also - those were our last two showers together @ 6 and 7 before then we did it all the time). My son is 5 and a half and we haven't showered together in almost a year also just because I'm uncomfortable with how tall he is. However my youngest son is 2 1/2 yrs old and we still shower together or he gets a bath in the kitchen sink - easier on my back. And my youngest is 3 months and she loves the shower so much that she's in it every day with me lol.

I don't see a thing wrong with showering with your kids - especially if you're in a hurry and have 3-4 kids to bath plus yourself and spouse. My hubby stopped showering with my oldest when she was just about 5 though, same as me with my oldest son. He still showers with both boys though, it's funny when the three of them get in altogether.

Answer 2

My daughter is almost 4 and my son is almost 2, I took a bath with both of them just yesterday. I take showers with them all the time. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. There is obviously an age where it becomes a little weird, as least when it comes to my son. But when I visit my mom I still go into the bathroom while she is in the shower or something. I'm not ashamed or emberassed and I can't understand why I should be. My best friend growing up, his mom walked around in her underwear all the time, at night and stuff, even when I was there. She didn't do it when people she didn't know were around but.. you should be comfortable around your family.

Answer 3

I took baths with my children from the time they were old enough to have a bath until they were about 5. In the beginning it was just a way for a nervous new mom to give a baby a bath without the worry I'd drown them- then it was just the simplest way to get it done. You get wet anyway, bathing a toddler- and it was the easiest way to get the hair shampooed. As they got older, they liked to join in my bubble baths, and we'd just have a grand old time singing our lungs out. Once they got big enough to do the job reliably on their own, though, it stopped- there wasn't enough room in the tub anymore, and they got to a point they prefered bathing on their own. They had showers with dad as well, as babies, and the boys did as toddlers. With the girls he tended to be more comfortable in his swim trunks- but I think that was more because of he worried about what other folks would say if they found out somehow. Folks with dirty minds, but all the same- trouble he didn't want. I didn't worry about it. I say enjoy it while it lasts, because when it's gone, it's gone.

Answer 4

No there is nothing wrong with that... I have a 3 year old daughter and I have never took a bath with her because I like to spend time alone in the bath or shower this is my only break...

Answer 5

I think the last time I took a bath with my son he was about 2. Pretty much when he started noticing that girls and boys had different parts.
I took baths with my mom till I was 6 or 7! Same with same sex cousins and best friends. Me and my best friend Elisa took baths together till we were 11 or so. Baths are more fun with company. Now I take a bath with my soon to be hubby!

Answer 6

I took baths with my girls when they were babies. Close contact for babies is healthy but after my first daughter turned a year old I started doing it less and less. By the time my oldest was two it was more fun for her to be in the bath tub alone and I got my shower back. My girls are 11 months and three years and they take baths together now. My three year old is way too curious and it's more comfortable for me to have her take her own baths. I don't think there is anything wrong with it but have you tried putting her in the tub alone and giving her some bath tub crayons, she might like having her own space to play and splash. And then mommy can take a bath alone for some mommy time. ^.~

Answer 7

I used to let my daughter take showers or baths with me also, theres nothing wrong with that but like someone else said, don't do it too long i think 3 3 1/2 is old enough or else you may get some questions you don't want or you kid telling ppl all about mommy in the shower. My husband takes showers and baths with our son too, he is 20 months old. he likes having him in there to splash with .

Answer 8

yes. and my daughter is 3.
We started with baths, then she wanted to join me in the shower once - I can't get her to take baths any more.

I don't see anything wrong with mother/daughter bathing.

It might be weird if she were 12 or 13.
But 2 or 3....that's still little in my mind!

Answer 9

I don't only because my son takes his baths at night, and we take ours in the mornings. But my hubby takes him into the shower with him after swimming all the time. I don't like to personally b/c I don't see well w/o my glasses in the shower, otherwise I would. I get pretty wet as it is anyway when he takes a shower! If he takes a bath the whole bathroom is soaked... so we don't do that to often.

Answer 10

My daughters almost 4 and she still takes a bath with me...i hate it shes abath hog and usually just runs me out of there...cause i cant wash my hair or nothing because she wants to do it....i dont see anything wrong with it when there younger ijust think shes too big for it ...(my daughter is)