When I get in the tub with my son it’s always with a bathing suit on. Always has been. No real reason why since he walks in on me changing or using the bathroom all the time. Just seemed like it was the most appropriate thing to do. However, I’ve bathed with all of my daughters. I don’t put my 6 month old in the tub with her brother because it’s hard enough making sure he is safe in the tub and not having to worry about her too. When she’s better able to sit unassisted I will probably start bathing them together. My two oldest from time to time will take a shower together. I started having them do separate showers a while ago because there’s 3 years between them and my oldest is changing. However, they share a bedroom and have seen each other naked. So if they request to shower together I allow it because it’s usually a time saver. Water saver too. My husband has always covered up when his daughters are around. That’s his comfort level. He doesn’t like our son in the bathroom with him much either though.

my sister and I bathed/showered together till I was in middle school- basically till puberty started in. We loved it and thought nothing of it.

I have always wondered the same thing. I shower with my 3 1/2 year old daughter all the time. I have a bad back and couldn’t lean over a bath tub and she prefers a shower to a bath anyway. She sometimes points at my parts and asks me what that is, I tell her and she goes about her business. She always walks in on me in the bathroom, in fact, can’t remember the last time I went with no one in the room with me! However, my husband stopped allowing her in the bathroom with him when she was about 2 1/2 and while he will walk around in his boxers, he doesn’t dress in front of her anymore and that is mostly because while she was curious about his parts, and that was ok, but she wanted to touch them, and that we felt was inappropriate, so he now covers up. As for me, I feel we are both women and as long as we feel comfortable, I think it is ok. I think she will let me know when she doesn’t like ti anymore and then we will stop. Also, with another baby girl on the way, there will be more in our shower! I really think it is up to everyone individually and what you feel comfortable with.

My seven year old son and four year old daughter bathe together. Someone once told me that we should stop bathing them together when they *ask* to bathe separately. That makes sense to me.

I see no harm in them seeing each other’s different body parts (and in fact, occasionally use their observations to launch a mini biology lesson) but I do see potential harm in hiding nakedness from each other.

I raised only boys. They have all seen me undressed. I never took bathes with them, but that was because it was “my time”. I think whatever works for you and the kids. When they get uncomfortable about it then let them chose.