Nudity has never been an issue in my home and I hope it never will be. My 14 yr old DD1 often showers with the 3 little ones, to help me out. DS1 (almost 18) finds showering with them strange but does it whilst wearing underpants. Both DH & I shower with the 3 little ones. I do not see a time in the near future where DS2 will feel uncomfortable bathing with his sisters. They're all more than happy to bathe together and it is great for me as it saves loads of time & water. My niece & nephew bathe with my kids when they're all together too. Niece is 3 & nephew is 2.
my husband was worried about bathing with our 1 year old I found it funny, so he doesn't really do it. I think it's ok personally until perhaps 5 years old, but it depends on the parents really!
DH won't be nude around DD anymore, she's 14 months.
He's noticed that she stares at his privates and if he turns she'll crawl around so she can see them again.
I think it's fine, but he's adamant against it.
I still shower when DD is in teh bathroom or bath with her.
I guess he'd find it confronting if he knew that my kids, boy and girl, watch me use my mooncup
DS and DD look at each others' bits and are used to seeing us walk around naked, so they're not going to be shocked or intrigued by their first sighting of an adult form of genitalia when their time comes. Overexposure cures the curiosity that leads kids to show each other their bits in secret when they get to tween age! My dad was in an all girl household and was so ridiculous about shielding us from his nudity that it created for me a stigma about nudity (I would feel ashamed and horrible, as a young child, to see any kind of nudity), reinforced by my mum's attitude about nudity, so I had no intention of recreating that with my own family. I teach the kids that bodies are bodies and they do what they have to do for us. My mum would argue (if I bothered with such a conversation) that it takes away the mystery of adult relationships (well, in the case she would argue, the sex after marriage), whereas I would counter that with saying that there is far more mystery in discovering another person's heart than there ever will be in not knowing what's in their undies.
We have no issues with nudity in our house. DD obviously is curious and has pointed at us both when we all shower/bath together (usually i will have a shower and they have a bath) and say "whats that" and we tell her and she does this cute little giggle and covers her mouth.
As for siblings they can tell us when they don't want to. I showered while my sister bathed right up until we started high school. We always got changed infront of each other. Our brother was a different story we often got told off for walking around topless when he was little. I didn't care lol
My boys are nearly 11 and 13 and they still share a shower with their sisters who are 3 and 5. They don't really care and they have fun playing with the water toys
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