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What age do girls start getting shy about their bodies?

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Kendodd · 03/04/2011 19:41

I think dd1 might be getting a bit shy, she's 5.6. She still shares a bath with her younger brother age 4 and sister age 2.6 and seem ok with this but sometimes wants to get dressed alone.

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chicaguapa · 03/04/2011 19:46

DS(6) is like that. We're not allowed in the bathroom when he's in the bath/on the toilet and he gets dressed in private. I've no idea where he gets it from but he's been like it for over a year. We have to get DD(9) to cover up, especially now she's starting puberty, but she has no modesty whatsoever.

nokissymum · 03/04/2011 19:46

i think this is quite normal at her age to start showing some more awareness of body, girls do develop faster than boys as you probably know, ds starting shutting the bathroom door when having a shower at 7, even though he would then run out naked afterwards!

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Kendodd · 03/04/2011 19:55

Maybe I will ask her if she would prefer to bath alone.

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Hulababy · 03/04/2011 19:58

DD turns 9y on Tuesday. She is alreaqdy starting to develop and it is increasingly noticeable.

She still show no signs at home of being shy about er body though. It is DH who would rather she shut the doors to the bathroom, got changed upstairs, etc. rather than her.

She is more shy regarding her changing figure at school when changing, esp as most of her friends haven't really begun to develop as yet. There are only girls in her school so no real issues, but many Y4s still have girls and boys changing together and this would really bother her.

thinkingkindly · 03/04/2011 21:14

DD wants to get dressed in private now. She is 6. I wouldn't offer DD a bath on her own, though. It's more faff, and if you give her the option then she is bound to say yes!

bibbitybobbityhat · 03/04/2011 21:19

My dd is still happy to be entirely naked in front of all of us and she is 10.3.
She is just starting to develop breast buds. I love it that she is so free and easy with her body.

One morning this week dh and I were having a talk about the onset of dd's puberty and dh said "soon she's not going to be my little girl any more and she won't let me be in the bathroom when she's having a bath or a shower and she won't prance around in the nude" and he had a little weep!

brimfull · 03/04/2011 21:20

My dd began to be shy around 4 yrs

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