AIBU to bath them together?

[Sookeh]

I bath 4YO DD and 1YO DS together every second night. MIL has recently cone to stay and told me I shouldn't be doing it, especially now DD is going to be starting school.

I thought this wasn't an unusual thing to do and I'm not precisely sure what her issue with it is but I'm now slightly worried IABU.

Yanbu

Come, not cone.

I bath my DD nearly 7 and DS 18mo together at Weekends they have great fun splashing each other

What is wrong with the world that she should even think this, never mind actually say it.

Ds 6 and dd 3 share baths

Mil is being u, you're not!

they are siblings and small children, of course it is absolutely fine... what planet is your MIL on?

No you are not being unreasonable.

All i can imagine is that she thinks its inappropriate for them to be naked together? If that's her opinion it doesn't have to be yours and you can tell her if you don't agree. (but Im sure you know that)

What on earth has going to school got to do with it?

It's not an unusual thing to do, and your MIL is being strange about it.

How odd of your MIL.

I used to bath my two together. I think I stopped when the oldest was about 7 or 8. I miss bathing them together, it was fun.

There's nothing unreasonable about it. Unless, of course, one of them has started puberty (in which case it's still okay if they are comfortable with it).

Tell your MIL to piss off.

I don't bathe my two (4 and 7) together because they just cause chaos so it's easier to do them separately.

DD 4 and DS 6 sometimes share a bath. Who cares. YAdefNBU!

YANBU. MIL is being strange.

In her sad mind she is worried your DS will tell people at school and they'll think that it's in some way sexually inappropriate. Tell her not to worry.

My 1 year old prefers to share her bath and the 6 and 7 year old argue over who gets to do it! YANBU!

Thanks all, I've always bathed them together and was hoping it was just MIL expressing her unwanted opinion and that it wasn't unusual. I know almost no one else with young children so never feel like I know what I'm doing

"sad" because somewhere in her mind maybe she thinks it's inappropriate for a little boy to see his baby sister's bits.

Oooops, sorry, got the genders the wrong way round

I have an 8 year old and a 6 year old. They have only recently stopped sharing baths.

Ds practically 8 and dd 4 have all their bathe together, dd has never had a bath on her own

Just smile and nod, and carry on regardless

All four of us used to share a bath . My big brother was 11 at the time. He wasn't at all bothered.

As a teacher, I wouldn't give a shit if a 5 year old shared a bath.

5 year old ds and 3 year old dd share a bath, they refuse to go in by themselves. Yanbu, but you mil certainly is.