I take baths with my son
By kieusurvey
@kieusurvey (132)
United States
March 16, 2007 8:02pm CST
It sucks though because we do it in a shower! I fill up his tub and I sit outside of it. I get myself cleaned, but we aren't in the tub together. He is almost 2 though and getting curious. I know some people who've stopped bathing with their kids because of this. I'm his mom though. Isn't curiosity what makes us learn? Am I not to tell him his body parts and mine? My husband and I use anatomically corrrect terms for body parts with our son. We will see how we deal with it when he is older and can feel uncomfortable discussing this with us!
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5 responses
@daedel2006 (147)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I think it is okay. My son is almost 3 and my dd is almost 2 and they take a bath together. There is no way possible that I can give one a bath and not put the other in. I also put them in the shower with me if I have to take one in the morning, b/c I am not going to leave them unattended while I take a shower. I think in this day in age some people have gotten stupid. It is okay for a child to see his mom. It is not like he is thinking wrong thoughts of you or anything. He is curious and it is our job as parents to educate our children and teach them right from wrong.
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@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I don't think there is anything wrong with it! My kids (a boy & a girl) both see me naked and I don't think it will confuse them, it will just let them know what things look like...and not be so curious as to what tings are when they get older.
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@kieusurvey (132)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I agree with you. I was pretty sheltered as a kid and when I met my husband, we had to work a lot of things out. Good thing he stuck it out with me or I wouldn't have a son at all!
@madmax2crazy (1569)
• United States
17 Mar 07
time to have your husband do it a few times with the kid to show the kid how its done and let him know what to expect when he gets older, then start letting the kid shower on his own with one of you standing outside clothed to help if needed, if you keep doing it uncomfort will be the least of your son's issues. Gender confusion is a dicey game, best to let the husband, the male handle the son and the wife/female handle the daughters when it comes to bathing issues.
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@kieusurvey (132)
• United States
17 Mar 07
What? Are you saying if I continue to do this, he might think he is a woman? I don't want that for sure. I mean, if he feels it just because, it's fine, but I don't want to be the one who did it to him.
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@k1tten (2318)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I see no problem with it. I believe my mum did that with me for a bit even though it was a tub. I see no problem in bathing with your son until maybe about 4 or 5 when you send him to school. All you have to do later is explain why he can't bath with you or your husband after that age. That and he'll probably want to try it himself.
@kieusurvey (132)
• United States
18 Mar 07
Me too. I think I took baths with my dad for awhile. I remember him in the tub with me wearing underwear though. I think he just had to give me a bath, but was thinking it was kind of wrong. I don't know. As long as my son isn't screwed up.
