does your child bathe alone ?

[binker]

at what age did your child want to bathe on his/her own ?
Ds is nearly 10 and likes to bathe alone,though I still insist on doing his hair with a nitcomb once a week when I give him a good scrub down (just in case !). How do you instruct boys in the cleaning of their privates ?

10?!! You wash your 10yo? Seriously? Blimey.

I wash my 3yo's bits cos otherwise it doesn't happen. I occasionally check for evidence of actual soap use when 7yo ds is in the bath, but that's it. He'd be mortified if I tried to wash his willy. 11yo dd1 shuts herself in the bathroom, so have no idea what she does or doesn't do, though she will occasionally request help rinsing conditioner out of her hair.

Dd is just 6, and has started to sometimes ask to bath on her own. I was probably about the same age when I started having a bath alone and wouldn't have thanked anyone for coming in and scrubbing me down when I was ten!

He'll know how to look after his own willy by now.

washing a 10 year old seems rather odd to me

my 8 yr old baths or showers alone I dont wash him at all

At 10 i'd let him get on with it definately, if he hasn't learnt how to do it himself by now, then really 10 years is long enough to have tried to teach him, surely?

I think you should let him have his privacy and do his hair when he is out of the bath and at least has a towel or underwear/ pjs on.

My dd1 is 7 (almost 8) and she has bathed on her own for a while now, i don't even wash her hair anymore or remind her to clean her teeth (maybe once or twice a month i shout up, you have brushed your teeth havent you? she always say "yes mum, of course!" The one thing i still remind her to put deodrant on because thats a fairly new thing and sometimes she forgets if not reminded.

Dp is usually up there doing his hair, keeping an eye on the time etc but we dont bath her anymore, at the moment shes not bothered about us seeing her naked but by 10 or 11 i'd expect her to want to be more private esp infront of dp so i'd be expecting your son to not want his mum seeing him naked iyswim?

I'm sure someone with older children will come along soon i'm just saying from my pov but i dont have boys so i dont know if they need more reminders - but i definately wouldn't be doing it for him at that age.

my 8yo ds bathes on his own. I occasionally put shampoo into his hair and scrub it, but he rinses. I just leave him alone in the bathroom. I would probably leave dd(6) on her own now too, but she usually has 1 or 2 siblings in with her

7yr old ds baths with brotehrs aged 5 and 3 so she doesn't get to wash properly alone but we have a deal where I apply soap and she rubs in!

Ds who is 4 will probably bath alone in a year or two.

ds (9) is just starting to but I have to scrub his neck and wash his ehair or he would n't ! He decided yesterday that he was too big to bathe with his sister anymore.

blimey ! am I infringing my child's privacy then ? ! he doesn't object to my doing his hair - will leave him to wash tho'

I rather think he's on the cusp of privacy .. he seems a little late to me .. yes I'd leave him alone .. and I'd let him learn to wash his own hair too .. its not a difficult process after all

does a 10 year old need a nit-comb still? I thought nits were prevalent in the younger ages because they hold their heads so close to each other

he's quite a young nearly ten, but will take your good advice. They still send nit letters home even in his yr group - he's never had them though, thanks to combing regularly.

he does wash his own hair and wash himself each day,apart from the combing day by the way -

Jeez how things have changed over the years lol. I remember hot summers days when my dad or mum would stand and shower us kids down just to make sure we were cool lol. There wasn't such a hoo haa about being seen naked in our home. Mind you my 8 almost 9 yr old ds washes my hair and back for me often and since i have fallen pregnant often hops in the bath with me. I dont live in a home where doors are closed etc and although he likes his privacy he will ask me to wash his back, or his hair. I personally think it depends on the child and the attitude of the home.

Do you mean 'alone' without you in the room or 'alone' without you helping with the washing bit?

Both mine , 10 and 7 bath alone. I will supervise the 7 year old if he is particularly grubby. Other than that they cope on their own.