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Do your 5 yos take showers?

meghans30meghans30 member
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My boys are 2.5 years apart and I usually bath them together. I'm home alone at night all week. My 5 yo now wants to take showers on his own. We said fine, and make sure he washes his hair and body. What a bittersweet milestone!
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  • MominatorMominator
    I don't have a 5 y/o, but my 3.5 y/o showers by herself. She started showering, wiping her butt and dressing herself all in the same week. My baby is growing up right in front of my eyes Crying
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  • meghans30meghans30 member

    imageMominator:
    I don't have a 5 y/o, but my 3.5 y/o showers by herself. She started showering, wiping her butt and dressing herself all in the same week. My baby is growing up right in front of my eyes Crying

    They are huge, but awkward milestones. Made me lol reading your response. He also proudly announces when he has wiped his own butt and washed his hands all on his own! 

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  • katie277skatie277s
    He just started.  He likes to wash himself, but I always stay in there to make sure.  His idea of clean and mine are very different. 
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  • GinandTonicGinandTonic

    He doesn't like them so much, but will do it in a pinch.

    He has decided that they're taking separate baths from now on though...

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  • knmommyknmommy
    yes, my 6 yo old now wants to do it herself.  She gets really mad when I go in to help her with her hair.
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  • wildfloweragainwildfloweragain member
    Not by herself.  She has me switch the shower head to the softer setting and I use it on her, so it doesn't go in her face.
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  • goodheartedmommygoodheartedmommy member
    Ethan has been showering alone for awhile now. I don't help him every time, as he is showering every day, but I help him make sure his hair gets washed and his body gets washed well a couple of times per week.
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  • shopgirl78shopgirl78 member

    For DD, the only thing I do is turn on the water.

    She used to bathe with DS1 but now I bathe the boys together and DD showers on her own.   


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  • StarryNight39StarryNight39
    Ava showers on her own. I usually check before she is done to make sure she got all the soap out of her hair and rinsed completely off, but she does it all by herself. Makes life much easier! 
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  • kickypantskickypants
    My 4 y/o started showering by himself about a month ago. I check on him to make sure he's washing everything ok, but he's doing great with it so far. And yes, it's a bittersweet milestone ;)
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  • cristianacristiana member
    Yes, but I still help her with her hair. It's too long and thick for her to wash and rinse by herself.
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  • Marce921Marce921 member
    DS will be 4 in November and I couldn't tell you the last time he had a bath. He showers with us. I don't let him do it on his own or he would never wash his hair. He hates it!
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  • AngelaSueAngelaSue
    DD takes a shower most of the time, occasionally a bath. I help her wash her hair and then I give her a wash cloth w/ body wash on it and she washes herself. DS has started to take showers now too, he'll be 4 in November, same for him, I wash his hair and he washes up.
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