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 8, DS is 5.5 and DD2 is 2.5 - they all still regularly shower and bathe together. They take in turns and swap eg tonight DD1 and DS had a shower while DD2 had a bath. It's not an issue in our house, I suppose when DD1 expresses that she is uncomfortable then we will stop it but why fix what aint broken?
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