STM or anyone- showering/changing with baby

pink flamingo · March 2014

Hey just wondering when you stopped showering or changing your clothes in front of or with your LO? My LO is 4 months in a week so I think I have a little bit if time left . And did it matter if you had a boy vs a girl? I was thinking maybe no more than a year ? I just don't want her to be scared for life lol

KFED103 · March 2014

Uh yea you have some time. Like years

bjhafner04 · March 2014

I still take baths and showers with dd1, she's 2...will keep doing so for a while

n8swife · March 2014

DS1 is 2 years old and I change in front of him. He showers with us sometimes too.

pink flamingo · March 2014

Lol @KFED103‌ !! Ok because I was getting out of the bath and she gave me a weird look like " what the hell " !! So it got me wondering

camedowncrushing · March 2014

bjhafner04 said:

I still take baths and showers with dd1, she's 2...will keep doing so for a while

Me too!

blainethetrain · March 2014

With DD I'll probably never stop. With DS i'm pretty sure at some point I'll start to feel weird about it, or he will and then I'll stop.

amberpro · March 2014

DS1 is almost 3 and I still change in front of him and both DH and I shower with him occasionally. I figured I'd know when it was time to stop.

ETA: holy typos!

bjhafner04 · March 2014

If you act ashamed or uncomfortable with your body, the kids will catch on! Momma's gonna shake it and they're gonna like it. Lol

MissyC979 · March 2014

I have a four year old. For the last year or so, I've turned around when I get dressed (e.g., I usually dress in my closet and he's often sitting on my bed talking in the morning, so my back is to him until I have my bra and undies on). He started noticing body parts about a year ago, so I'm more comfortable turning away from him or covering up with no clothes on.

utlawgirl · March 2014

I think you have to stop when it makes you or them uncomfortable. We haven't gotten there yet and DD1 is 3. She sometimes showers with me or DH.

pink flamingo · March 2014

MissyC979 said:
I have a four year old. For the last year or so, I've turned around when I get dressed (e.g., I usually dress in my closet and he's often sitting on my bed talking in the morning, so my back is to him until I have my bra and undies on). He started noticing body parts about a year ago, so I'm more comfortable turning away from him or covering up with no clothes on.
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This was also whAt I was wondering when do they start to ask questions . Did he ask you? That's pretty long though I thought it would of happened sooner but that's cool. The longer the better because it is just easier to bathe them with you and just have them near you so there not always in the play pin or crib while you get ready .

pink flamingo · March 2014

bjhafner04 said:
If you act ashamed or uncomfortable with your body, the kids will catch on! Momma's gonna shake it and they're gonna like it. Lol

Yeah I definitely try to do this ! Be comfortable . Also I read somewhere that you should be careful how you look at yourself in the mirror while in front of your baby . You should have a positive attitude ( even though it's hard right now ). I'm guessing to not have body image issues later .

KateVA · March 2014

They will let you know. My almost seven year old doesn't want to see me naked. But it's not like I cover up in front of him, it's more that he knows not to come into my bathroom if he doesn't want to see me naked. But my five year old still hops in the shower with me. I grew up seeing my parents naked all the time. I'm not a modest person and don't think a big deal needs to be made of this.

KFED103 · March 2014

pink flamingo said:

Lol @KFED103‌ !! Ok because I was getting out of the bath and she gave me a weird look like " what the hell " !! So it got me wondering

It was probably gas

pink flamingo · March 2014

KFED103 said:

pink flamingo said:

Lol @KFED103‌ !! Ok because I was getting out of the bath and she gave me a weird look like " what the hell " !! So it got me wondering

It was probably gas

Probably right !

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chemily8 · March 2014

My DD freaked out in the shower one day and told me not to hit her with my boobies. Lol. I am breastfeeding DD2 though so there are lots of boobies flying around.

Mrbatesisinnocent · March 2014

Probably about the time she enters kindergarten for baths, but changing clothes probably never. It never mattered in our family with my mom walking through the house changing or going clothes shopping. I assume we'll be the same.

notkateanymore · March 2014

Ummm...my DD still needs me naked. I mean, we have the same parts and all that, what's going to scare her?

Whitterpow · March 2014

Ok I have to ask. How exactly do you shower with LO? I am trying to picture it, but I'm struggling to see an effective way to do this.

FutureMrsCaesar · March 2014

My 3 & 5 year olds still think nothing of seeing me naked, although I'm probably at a point where I would feel a little uncomfortable showering with the 5 yr old. He's been showering himself for the last 6 mo or more so there's really no need. I would actually love it if they decided they didn't want to see me naked anymore so I could shower or poop in peace, but no such luck yet! I breast feed so they see my boobs on the regular and think nothing of it, which I am actually quite proud of, I feel like we are raising a new generation of men who think breast feeding is natural and beautiful and not 'ewww gross!'

pink flamingo · March 2014

Whitterpow said:
Ok I have to ask. How exactly do you shower with LO? I am trying to picture it, but I'm struggling to see an effective way to do this.

Its a bath actually ( sorry I said shower) . After I shower I fill the bath with clean water and I just have her in my lap . It's super easy and faster than using my tub.

Ltpugs · March 2014

Whitterpow said:
Ok I have to ask. How exactly do you shower with LO? I am trying to picture it, but I'm struggling to see an effective way to do this.

I shower with my LO. I find if a lot faster to bring him in with me. I have him in a diaper on the bouncer (covered with a towel) outside the shower. I take my shower then grab him. When we're done I put him back on the bouncer and wrap him in his towel so I can dry off.

MissyC979 · March 2014

pink flamingo said:

I have a four year old. For the last year or so, I've turned around when I get dressed (e.g., I usually dress in my closet and he's often sitting on my bed talking in the morning, so my back is to him until I have my bra and undies on). He started noticing body parts about a year ago, so I'm more comfortable turning away from him or covering up with no clothes on.

We don't shower/bath together, but we never did that anyway. When I was pregnant, at one point he thought the baby was in my boobs, since they were bigger than my stomach for a while, he said something like "Whoa, that's a big baby". That made me pretty uncomfortable and I mostly covered up from then on.

lp0 · March 2014

DH stopped showering with DS around 16 months when he started trying to grab at him. I thought it was pretty funny, DH did not.

This was also around the time I stopped changing around him.

lollipoppoop · March 2014

superspecialsnowflake said:

Okay, stupid question from someone who doesn't shower with LO...

How do you keep LO from slipping out of your arms? I'm a nervous wreck taking her out of her bathtub, because she's so slippery/wiggly.

I hand her to DH and he wraps her in a towel. I don't usually take baths with her unless he is home.

KFiori1 · March 2014

I've never bathed with my kids, but DS just turned 5 and I still change in front of him.

swirl25 · March 2014

We shower with DD1, mostly in the summer after the pool/beach, and now that she's 3 we're thinking it's time for her to stop showering with DH. She knows the correct names for private parts, etc, but it's not a bad idea to start building those boundaries now. I have no issue changing in front of her or showering since we have the same parts, though.

notkateanymore · March 2014

DH took baths with DD when she was a toddler...until she tried to wash his junk.

pink flamingo · March 2014

KateMW said:
DH took baths with DD when she was a toddler...until she tried to wash his junk.

Too funny !

airsica · March 2014

My twins are almost 3 and I still shower with them on occasion, (both girls)and change in front of them. They are potty training, so they burst into the bathroom all the time when we are going too. I don't remember the last time I went to the bathroom alone, at home. I don't know when we will stop. my hubby doesn't shower with them, I don't think he's comfortable with it, but he will change in front of them on a rare occasion. I also BF in front of them all the time. I plan on just playing it by ear, seeing how it goes.

thebobloblaw · March 2014

superspecialsnowflake said:
Okay, stupid question from someone who doesn't shower with LO...

How do you keep LO from slipping out of your arms? I'm a nervous wreck taking her out of her bathtub, because she's so slippery/wiggly.

I showered with LO up until she was a couple months old. Did the washcloth trick too, but she just started getting too big and when wiggly it was too scary for me. She didn't seem to loveit either, definitely prefers baths.

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