My 4.5 and 2yo girls share a bath with ds 18mth we talk about the differences in their bodies and they happily play. I think it will more be a case of running out of room that will mean us stopping.
I don't have both sex's but I have 2 brothers and we bathed together till probably age of 7 or 8, nudity was never seen as a bad thing growing up and I don't want my kids to think it is either (of course within reason and private, not public). I shower with boys regularly but most nights it is DH in shower with them.
My kids are almost exactly the same ages as yours and they all bathe together. They have no issues with it, and neither do I or DH. Until they want to be alone, they will bathe together! Similar to what a pp said, I also shower/bath with the kids, as does DH, and I have no issues with that either. DD and DS1 also bathe with their older cousin (a girl if it makes any difference!) who is 8 without issues too.
I think when they want to stop. My dd is 9and an only child. We have her friends over and they want to jump in the spa bath but in their bathers whereas a few years ago they would have been naked. Some undress in front of each other but some insist on going into another room.
thanks everyone. yeah, I guess DD will tell me when she doesn't want her brothers in the bath with her, but I guess she will move onto having showers too. x
my brother and I bathed together until we were around 8 and 4 and we only stopped because my brother thought it was funny to pretend he was a water fountain and wee in my mouth. I refused to enter the bathroom if he was in it for years!
I only have 1 child (almost 5) and she now asks for "private space" for going to the toilet, bathing, getting dressed etc. We have no issue with this and give her the space she requests. She closes her door to get changed. Now if I could just get her to stop barging in on me when I'm in the loo! Although we don't prohibit her from entering the bathroom/bedroom if we are showering/changing - we do insist that she knock first though.
DD1 is 10 soon & DS is 4 next month, they still shower together. DD3 often gets in too.
Or 6yo DD & DS.
I mix them up, but there's always an older one in with a little in the shower, so they can watch them. DD1 is the only one I leave alone in the bath with DD3.
5.5yo boy and 2yo girl, not just bathing together, but regularly stripping to nothing to play. I didn't care when we lived in a built up area and I certainly don't care now that we're on a farm!
I love how my BiL's family are with nudity - 16yo still showers with the little kids present in the bathroom, 14yo sister bathes with the little ones, who are 3 and 5 and boy and girl. They've always been so normal and unrepentant about nudity
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