At what age should baths with a parent stop? UPDATE in Post 368 (1 Viewer)

[shadyridr]

Bath people

moops?

 

[belljr]

When do kids generally move from baths to showers?

my 8 year old is 50/50

 

[Fennis]

My mom is 72, I'm thinking it's time to stop.

 

[jon_mx]

All you ####### antibathmetics bastards are being reported.

 

[the moops]

do your wives bathe with your kids?

 

[jonessed]

Stopped taking baths at like2-3, still take showers with them at 5/7 because they suck at washing their hair.

Dude that's weird

Not really .

It's not weird to shower with your 7 year old????

Seven is borderline. 5/6 doesn't seem that strange .

 

[jonessed]

Still shower occasionally with our 3 year old. Usually it's me taking mine and the kid runs into the bathroom, takes off his clothes and wants in.

Lock the door or saying No not logical options?

Why? What's the big deal?

 

[shadyridr]

do your wives bathe with your kids?

no, why would they?

 

[NutterButter]

do your wives bathe with your kids?

Hell no

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Still shower occasionally with our 3 year old. Usually it's me taking mine and the kid runs into the bathroom, takes off his clothes and wants in.

Lock the door or saying No not logical options?

Why? What's the big deal?

Yeah, I don't see what the big deal is about having your junk flopping around in your kids face. Some people are just so uptight.

 

[AAABatteries]

do your wives bathe with your kids?

No but she bathes with me.

 

[matuski]

Stopped taking baths at like2-3, still take showers with them at 5/7 because they suck at washing their hair.

Dude that's weird

Not really .

7 is weird unless it's after the beach or something along those lines. I stand outside the shower and wash their hair

I do this about half the time. Not weird at all, I guess you guys must have some personal issues creating doubt?

 

[swirvenirvin]

uhh what? Dont think I know anyone who does this.

 

[AAABatteries]

I can remember well bathing with my Dad back when I was a toddler - it was the first time I was aware of us being Irish.

 

[matuski]

When I do it it is for practical reasons as much as anything else. Older son with scalp issue requires serious shampooing, and then there is time.

Me in the shower = 5 minutes in and out both combined.

Without me = 30 minutes +.

 

[gianmarco]

I've seen what small kids do in the tub. I wouldn't even start until they were old enough that I should stop.

Can't put it any better than this.

 

[bentley]

I don't want to sit in my own funk. No way I'm sitting in bath water with my filthy ### kids.

 

[jonessed]

Still shower occasionally with our 3 year old. Usually it's me taking mine and the kid runs into the bathroom, takes off his clothes and wants in.

Lock the door or saying No not logical options?

Why? What's the big deal?

Yeah, I don't see what the big deal is about having your junk flopping around in your kids face. Some people are just so uptight.

What kind of FBG showers in a bath tub? My shower could fit five people . It's not like we are jammed up next to each other.

 

[the moops]

honestly thought this would be like 75% plus that did this. Especially taking significant other in consideration.

it's a pretty good bonding experience and a fun time. maybe give it a try?

 

[Abraham]

uhh what? Dont think I know anyone who does this.

 

[belljr]

i am the least germophobe around but maybe since my kids have their own bath... dunno i can wash my kids fine out of the tub

 

[Abraham]

honestly thought this would be like 75% plus that did this. Especially taking significant other in consideration.

it's a pretty good bonding experience and a fun time. maybe give it a try?

"No"

 

[GOB]

I took a bath with a mom not too long ago. I guarantee you her kids would have a problem with it if they found out about it.

I know this has nothing to do with the thread but I couldn't find the "Post things you are proud of in here" thread.

 

[TLEF316]

i have a 2.5 year old and a 5 month old. Taking a bath with one or both of them is a highlight of my time with them. What the help are you guys afraid of?

Zero surprise you're one of these people.

I work with a guy whose nearly 4 year old daughter still comes in and sleeps in their bed every morning at like 3 AM.(along with their 1 year old and a small dog) I think its unbelievably weird and would find it PAINFULLY annoying. The fact that the one year old sleeps in there for the entire night every night is puzzling for obvious reasons.

I don't see any reason to ever get in a bath tub with my kids (if I had any). Very odd.

 

[FUBAR]

Still shower occasionally with our 3 year old. Usually it's me taking mine and the kid runs into the bathroom, takes off his clothes and wants in.

Lock the door or saying No not logical options?

Lock - not really. The usually wife gets ready while I'm in the shower and needs access to the bathroom.

I could say no, but really I don't mind. It only happens once or twice a week, and it's not a big deal. I'd feel differently if he was a girl or tried to shower with mom.

 

[FUBAR]

When do kids generally move from baths to showers?

We have 4

First - 6 or 7, he just didn't like baths.

Second - was 50/50 until this year, he's 8. This was our encouraging him to shower so his younger brothers could use the bath. He'd probably still take a bath if time and space weren't issues prompting the move to showers. Now that the bath is open, showering is his choice.

Third - moved to showers this year, he's 5

Fourth - moved to showers same time as the 5 year old, he's 3; they shower together, it's a time issue with 4 taking showers, two showers, and usually 30 minutes or less to get it done.

 

[McGarnicle]

Depends on how hot the kid is.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Still shower occasionally with our 3 year old. Usually it's me taking mine and the kid runs into the bathroom, takes off his clothes and wants in.

Lock the door or saying No not logical options?

Why? What's the big deal?

Yeah, I don't see what the big deal is about having your junk flopping around in your kids face. Some people are just so uptight.

What kind of FBG showers in a bath tub? My shower could fit five people . It's not like we are jammed up next to each other.

So about 3 feet between your junk and your kids face?

 

[Soulfly3]

honestly thought this would be like 75% plus that did this. Especially taking significant other in consideration.

it's a pretty good bonding experience and a fun time. maybe give it a try?

not one thing in this response makes a single ounce of sense.

do your kids breastfeed into their teenage years too, or what?

 

[NutterButter]

I get the sense that about 1% of the population does this if that.

 

[Guest]

uhh what? Dont think I know anyone who does this.

 

[tikigods]

uhh what? Dont think I know anyone who does this.

GFIAFP?

 

[McGarnicle]

I was in the shower at the Y and a guy comes in with his little two year old daughter. 8 other bare assed naked dudes are like WTF?? Someone politely let him know there's a family shower down the hall. He said thanks and continued his shower while the little girl stared at all the sausages.

 

[HughHoney]

Stopped taking baths at like2-3, still take showers with them at 5/7 because they suck at washing their hair.

Dude that's weird

Not really .

7 is weird unless it's after the beach or something along those lines. I stand outside the shower and wash their hair

I do this about half the time. Not weird at all, I guess you guys must have some personal issues creating doubt?

If you don't think showering with a 7 year old will create issues for him/her in the future I feel bad for the both of you.

They can wipe their own ### they can wash their own hair.

 

[Apple Jack]

I don't have any kids, but there are some people very uncomfortable with their bodies and their impulses around here. As long as you're not trying to #### your kids, what's the big deal with making sure they clean themselves properly until they get to the point where they can handle it themselves? It's weirder to find it weird. These are your children. I think this is a uniquely American thing to be so freaked out by bodies.

 

[belljr]

I don't have any kids, but there are some people very uncomfortable with their bodies and their impulses around here. As long as you're not trying to #### your kids, what's the big deal with making sure they clean themselves properly until they get to the point where they can handle it themselves? It's weirder to find it weird. These are your children. I think this is a uniquely American thing to be so freaked out by bodies.

pretty sure i accomplished all this sitting outside the tub with them

 

[NutterButter]

I don't have any kids, but there are some people very uncomfortable with their bodies and their impulses around here. As long as you're not trying to #### your kids, what's the big deal with making sure they clean themselves properly until they get to the point where they can handle it themselves? It's weirder to find it weird. These are your children. I think this is a uniquely American thing to be so freaked out by bodies.

Report back when you have a 7 year old girl in the shower with you. And I love my body.

 

[TLEF316]

I don't have any kids, but there are some people very uncomfortable with their bodies and their impulses around here. As long as you're not trying to #### your kids, what's the big deal with making sure they clean themselves properly until they get to the point where they can handle it themselves? It's weirder to find it weird. These are your children. I think this is a uniquely American thing to be so freaked out by bodies.

pretty sure i accomplished all this sitting outside the tub with them

This. Unless you have T-rex arms, you should be fully capable of bathing your child from outside the tub.

 

[the moops]

honestly thought this would be like 75% plus that did this. Especially taking significant other in consideration.

it's a pretty good bonding experience and a fun time. maybe give it a try?

not one thing in this response makes a single ounce of sense.

do your kids breastfeed into their teenage years too, or what?

no. my oldest breast fed until he was 1. why do you associate bathing with a small child and teenage breast feeding?

 

[thegroveisdark]

Stopped taking baths at like2-3, still take showers with them at 5/7 because they suck at washing their hair.

i hope you dont share with other people that you actually do this.

 

[shadyridr]

T rex arms

 

[Steve Tasker]

The older I get, the more I realize just how weird people (collectively) are.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Haha. This thread is great. Some epiphanies going on in here.

 

[Woogie Lee]

Stopped taking baths at like2-3, still take showers with them at 5/7 because they suck at washing their hair.

Dude that's weird

Not really .

7 is weird unless it's after the beach or something along those lines. I stand outside the shower and wash their hair

I do this about half the time. Not weird at all, I guess you guys must have some personal issues creating doubt?

Look at the audience.

 

[HughHoney]

honestly thought this would be like 75% plus that did this. Especially taking significant other in consideration.

it's a pretty good bonding experience and a fun time. maybe give it a try?

not one thing in this response makes a single ounce of sense.

do your kids breastfeed into their teenage years too, or what?

no. my oldest breast fed until he was 1. why do you associate bathing with a small child and teenage breast feeding?

Because you're not cutting the umbilical cord.

Do you really have a 5 month old sleep in the bed with you?

 

[Limp Ditka]

If your kid can't wash their hair by 7, you should probably just pack it in and call it a loss.

 

[shadyridr]

honestly thought this would be like 75% plus that did this. Especially taking significant other in consideration.

it's a pretty good bonding experience and a fun time. maybe give it a try?

not one thing in this response makes a single ounce of sense.

do your kids breastfeed into their teenage years too, or what?

no. my oldest breast fed until he was 1. why do you associate bathing with a small child and teenage breast feeding?

Because you're not cutting the umbilical cord.

Do you really have a 5 month old sleep in the bed with you?

also very dangeroushttp://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/cosleeping.html

 

[EYLive]

I don't have kids, but if I did they would be extremely attractive people. And if I had a hot daughter... well, I can't make any promises about bath time.

 

[Soulfly3]

I don't have kids, but if I did they would be extremely attractive people. And if I had a hot daughter... well, I can't make any promises about bath time.

dont be surprised when you get the FBI knocking down your door at 7am tomorrow

 

[AAABatteries]

I get the sense that about 1% of the population does this if that.

I read that Mr. Brady used to bathe with Greg, Peter and Bobby.