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Question

Is it wrong to take a bath/shower with your 4-year old daughter? Someone told me its nasty but I don't see anything wrong with it. What do you think? Thanks alot.

Answer 1

Ther is nothing wrong with your daughter having a bath with you. My 3 year old sometimes has a bath with me. My two eldest girls stop wanting to have a bath with me when they were about 5 years old.

Answer 2

There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with bathing with your child at age 4 no matter the gender of the child. I think the more open you are, the more informed and less curious your child will be in later years. If anyone told me that I was nasty for showering with my daughter, I would seriously question their sanity. These are the children we carried, suckled and coddled for their formative years, and especially a girl, they need to know what a female figure looks like so they are not worried when theirs starts to change. I was freaked when I started to "blossom", because I was never exposed...I thought I had cancer lol. You are a wonderful mother, and through example you are teaching your daughter, openess, reality and acceptance. Don't listen to close-minded fools, you are fine just they way you are parenting.

Answer 3

I am a mother of 4 children, 3 of whom are girls. I do not believe there is anything nasty about taking a bath or shower with your 4 year old daughter. My girls are now 27, 21, and 9 so I no longer take showers or baths with them, but I did with all 3 of them when they were younger. We like to camp and it was easy to just get in the shower with the girls to help them get washed up before putting them to bed. It was a strange shower and usually hard to regulate the temp or spray plus I would get soaking wet standing outside the shower anyway. My husband used to do the same with our son. At home, I would often shower with them to save time. Also, when they were moving from taking baths to taking showers, showing them how to use the shower while we were both in there gave them a better idea of how to regulate the temperature and rinse their hair after a hair wash. Eventually the girls began to like their privacy and to take their shower by themselves. When that happened, I felt confident that I had taught them proper hygiene in the shower and they would do a good job keeping clean.

Answer 4

That is at your discretion. There's nothing wrong with taking a bath with your child... usually the dad doesn't but mother and child seems kinda natural. But as long as you keep it as taking a bath and that's it... that's no more nasty than giving your baby a bath or changing their diaper or taking them into the bathroom with you. I did once, but how her schedule is, I haven't lately. But I didn't feel wierd or anything like that. And I like taking more showers than baths so that's why I don't. But a lot of people thing things are wierd or nasty to them, but that isn't something that's BAD. Plus it saves water. Lol. Now if she says mommy I wanna bathe on my own, then just respect her wishes.

Answer 5

NO
I see nothing wrong with it. People always try to make things into something there not. I bath with my 3 year old sometimes and have bathed with my older daughters when they were 4 at times too.

I usually shower, but when i go to take a bath, it seem my youngest always senses it and wants to join me. I have no problem with it.

Answer 6

We have a huge tub, I have two little girls, 4 and 1 1/2, who both love baths. I am also 5 months pregnant, so for me it is easier to let them take a bath with me, so I can wash their hair with out having to bend over the whole time. I rarely get to take a bath by myself, as soon as they notice momma is in the bathroom they both come running, taking their clothes off along the way.
I think there is nothing wrong with it. They take baths together too. If you feel comfortable with it, and your daughter likes you to take baths with her, then keep doing it. Does the person who said it was nasty have kids? If so some people are too cautious. Too worried about what others will think of them. My girls and I have a bond that I hope will continue throughout life. I think that the baths for them is a positive experience. Its not like you will keep doing it through out life. Its something that little kids think is funny. My 4 year old is also scared of having her hair washed, so it helps her to know that mom is there to help her if something goes wrong.
They do take baths by their selves too, but I don't see anything wrong with it.

Answer 7

Taking a shower or a bath with your 4yr old child is not a nasty act at all.Who ever told you that must not have very good parenting skills.Although if the child was like 6-7-8,,and up well then you might have some issues you need to address.
It is absolutely normal for a parent to bath with their child at the age of 4.

Answer 8

I don't see how there is anything wrong with it. I am assuming from the name that you are a female, so no there isn't anything wrong with a mom taking a bath with their young daughter or even a father taking a bath with their young son. My sons take a shower with their daddy every now and then, they are 3 and 4. There's nothing wrong with it.

Answer 9

I think its normal to take a bath/shower with your child the same sex as you at the age of four.

I think it also teaches her to be more content with her body, and more open about it.

Someone who says its nasty either doesn't understand the situation or is narrow minded.

When parenting do what you think is right, for you and your family, and really try to ignore comments that aren't invited from others.

Answer 10

No it's not nasty at all. My daughter is 3 and she thinks its great. I do that sometimes because when else am I supposed to shower? I do not want her to be alone in the house while I am showering so I take her along.