To think this is weird

[Laurenmclovely]

Basically my mum sent a video to the family WhatsApp of them both in the bath. I just think that it's highly inappropriate for them to still be bathed together! I mean surely there's an age where it just becomes creepy? I wouldn't bathe my 8 month old with a sibling at that age. I might just be over reacting but it's just really creeped me out !

[MotherofaSurvivor]

Nix32 That s beyond WRONG!!!! The eldest is TEN YEARS OLD! Meaning he is going to remember what his sister looks like naked when he's a teenager?

[Herewegoagainagain]

It's also up to the children, OP. They become aware of these things at different ages. So stop worrying, be guided by them and try not to let your views affect them negatively

[upsideup]

If my childrens Auntie saw a photo of my small children in the bath together and was uncomfortable and saw it as inappropriate in all honestly I dont know if I would want her around my children at all, having the ability to think like that about child siblings (and then blaming it on anxiety) is whats inappropriate.

[arethereanyleftatall]

Every child is different op, you'll see for yourself as yours get older. For some, they might want privacy at 7, others might be blissfully unaware at 11. You don't need to set an age limit, this is a child led thing. When they want privacy, they get privacy.

[Eminybob]

Yes you need to explain why you feel uncomfortable about it. If you think some posters are being mean it’s because they can’t understand your logic. For me it’s the bit about it being ok if they were same sex but not if they are opposite sex. Because then your argument about “bath times being private” makes no sense.

[myusernameisnotmyusername]

I agree- I have anxiety but you can't use that as an excuse for every single weird thing you say! I also thought she meant her parents at first

[OldPony]

The 10 year old boy should not be bathing with his sister. He's at a very impressionable age sexually speaking.

[QueenOfGaviscon]

@Aeroflotgirl it's 2 kids bathing together. Grandma was not in the bath

[doesthislookoddtoyou]

I just think that it's inappropriate for them to be sharing a bath when he is 8!

You're the creepy and weird one, OP.

[Bumbumtaloo]

Aeroflotgirl it’s children being bathed together not grandparents.

[InsomniacAnonymous]

Eminybob It's not a photo is it? It's a video that has been sent round the family. I think it's very odd to video them in the bath. It would never have crossed my mind to video my daughter in the bath and send it to all the family.

[arethereanyleftatall]

Re the ten yr old. My dc aren't there yet, but I am hoping they are still fine to bathe with each other at ten. I want them to hold on to their innocence as long as possible.

[Bumbumtaloo]

I assumed - rightly or wrongly - that the grandparents were looking after the children and sent a video to the parents who are part of the WhatsApp message. Obviously I could be way off the mark

[arethereanyleftatall]

I think people do photos/videos of their dc in the bath together because they tend to be happy times, playing nicely, having fun.

[Nanny0gg]

Why is it odd to video it? Presumably they're playing in the water?

Would it be odd to film them playing in a paddling pool?

Or is it because they're, you know, naked?

Even though I bet they're sitting down.

[Bumbumtaloo]

*group

[happypoobum]

I am so disappointed it wasn't a video of your parents in the bath together......

Re the DC - not weird in the slightest. You sound pretty creepy.

[Thedogsmells]

My nearly 8 yr old girl and 6 yr old boy bathe together still when they feel like it, the 4 month old boy sometimes joins them

[PinkyBlunder]

OP YOU are the one sexualising it and making it inappropriate not anybody else. Therefore, YOU are the one that has a problem here.

Whats you having anxiety got to do with it? What exactly makes you anxious about the two children having a bath together?

[Aeroflotgirl]

Oh right thank you for clarifying. I think it it's absolutely fine, the sibling is a baby.

[Oldraver]

The only weird thing is you thinking it creepy.

I wouldn't personally of filmed or shared it but know some do

[upsideup]

MotherofaSurvivor

Its beyond wrong that you are worried about that. My adult dsd22 has helped bath her younger siblings since my eldest was born when she was 12. I can't imagine worrying that she remembers what her small siblings look like naked whilst she was a teenager.

[ColourfulOrangex]

My DS7 and DD7 months have the odd bath together, I don't see any harm in it, obviously as he gets older it won't happen as he won't want it to but right now they are both innocent children

[ColourfulOrangex]

Innocent in the way of not being interested in their bodies if that makes sense

[sallyandherarmy]

Wonders if the OP is now going to drip feed about sexual abuse and MH issues regarding herself......