Baths - Castle Rock,CO

Our boys still bathe together and love it. Our 5 yo does a decent job washing himself, although we have to monitor and help out. (Although, if you smelled him today you'd disagree! :) ) We just recently let him start trying. I think the spongy scrubbies Deb recommended help a lot because they lather up on their own, making it easier. We are starting to have a space issue in the bath, though, and since your kids aren't much younger, I would guess you will soon, too. Have fun in the meantime!

HI S.!

My kids are 2 (boy) and 5 (girl). I've been thinking about seperating them but they both have so much fun taking baths together. Niether one of them are interested in each other's "body parts". They just play and have fun. If I tell one of them "no" then it just turns into a fight. No harm being done so way make something out of nothing? But sometimes my daughter does take her own shower and she is perfectly capable of washing herself and her hair (of course, the hair gets a better washing if I do it).

A.

Mine are the same age...and I sometimes wonder the same thing. From what I understand about 5 or 6 the older one will generally become a lot more modest and request privacy. For now, as long as they have fun in the tub together I'm going with it. Especially since my DD can't bathe herself for the life of her.

I think if they are the same sex, two for one baths help moms a lot! :) If one is a girl, it is okay to teach discretion but four isn't a biggie really in my opinon. I think my kids took baths together until my daughter was five.

I however due to having a girl and baths not being good for them and all of that, started showers for my kids last year.
I have a four and seven year old and one gets in the shower, gets their hair wet, I squirt on the shampoo, they are capable of shampooing themselves and rinsing in the shower, then I bought them both those sponge/bath thingys and put the babywash on that and they scrub themselves down and rinse. I then help them out of the shower and drying off a bit. I stand outside the shower while they are doing what they need to for added safety.

I turn the water on and off so they don't burn themselves but they do the rest and my son did great at 3 doing this and loves it. It is much quicker, less water and save me big time on the bath situation. I will still let my son jump in the tub if he is messy from school and take a bath but we for the most part stick with just showering every other night (the kids not me, I have to daily! :) ).