Up to what age is it acceptable to be nude around your children?

[emkana]

The dd's are nearly four and 18 months at the moment, and at the moment I don't have any problem. But when does it change? And is there a difference between the girls seeing me naked or my dh naked?

HM, must be a boy thing. Hope they're a bit more gentle when they get girlfriends.

PMSL! But not thinking about DS having a girlfriend yet - too scary (only a short step from that to me being a MIL in my own right and then I have to turn into an evil old bitch )

DS2 is fascinated by DS1's willy. He loves it when DS1 is standing at the washbasin, he crawls up and tries to grab the dangly thing.

SO DS1 is the one covering up in this house!

I went through a few years in my teens when I found naked parents cringeworthy and embarrassing, but I'm well over it now. I genuinely didn't realised that everyone's parents didn't walk to the bathroom starkers in the middle of the night, until I was at university. A girl who had never seen either parent naked had the worst body image and numerous eating disorders (not scientific at all - but made me think).

I think it's useful for both boys and girls to grow up seeing bodies in a normal and natural way. My son will point out all his bits at the swimming pool and I try to respond as if he had pointed out his foot or his hand.

As an aside - my ds was in the bath and showed us his nipples. My mum used this as an excuse to wind me up about still bfing him at 2, by asking "where are mummies nipples?" Ds announced they were "put away". I asked him where Grannies nipples were and he said

"next to her stomach". Oh, revenge is sweet!

Westcountrylass, the "funnies" must be "Fannies". No?

lol bobbybob. ds sees dp & i naked every day as neither of us wear anything to bed (a scary prospect for all as i'm 21 weeks pregnant ). he's 3. no plans to stop anytime soon. he did say yesterday "mummy, daddy's got a very big willy hasn't he" but i have an inkling dp won't have an issue with that....

I agree with namechangingnortherner. Dh is dd's stepdad and they never wander around each other naked (although sometimes dd has to be reminded that her underwear leaves very little to the imagination - she is 15.) It simply seems appropriate that dh & dd have always had this reserve whilst dd, ds and I all share our nakedness as do dh, ds and I (ds 4). I am not sure if/when I will stop feeling comfortable about this with ds.

Hi, my DD is 5 and she still has baths with Daddy (he has them deeper than I let her on her own lol) I think we had the initial "what's that?" when she was 2 1/2 or 3 and we just explained and now she just ignores.
We have no problem being naked around her and I also wont with the next one (due on the third of April) even if it's a boy but my 18 stepson lives with us and he has never seen me in anything less then pj's, it just doesn't sit right!!! He moved in with us when he was 15.

other than when breastfeeding, i have always kept at least underwear onin front of kids. as has dh, always kept private parts covered.
i will chaneg in front of them, but prefer privacy. the kids run around naked, but i would prefer it if ds1 who is almost eight didnt.
i think my opinion seems to be the minority here. i guess i am oldfashioned.

My ds is six and we still wander around naked at times in between getting bathed and dressed. He has a bit of a giggle about it and sometimes flashes his willy at us, but on the whole I have no concerns about it. I'd rather he grew up comfortable with his body than having hangups about it, which can lead to relationship problems later. I still have a bath with him occasionally but I'm very firm on boundaries of touching and personal space. He's aware that bodies are personal and it's up to us who we choose to touch us. I agree with what someone else said that nakedness can raise opportunities to discuss issues that you wouldn't get the chance to otherwise.

All my boys still see me naked. I don't wander around the house with no clothes on, but they often come into my bedroom when I'm changing or in the bathroom. DS1 (11) tends to say "Oh sorry" and leave the room if he sees me with no clothes on, but that is something he has chosen to do. The other 2 aren't fazed by anything, least of all me being on the loo......

All the way through secondary (I think right up to sixth form!) I had to use the bathroom while my mum had her bath as that would have been the only way to be ready to get to school on time and it didn't bother me or her!! Once though my mum was so used to leaving the bathroom door open and I had a friend staying and she walked in on my mum in the bath. My mum didn't mind and laughed about it with my friends mum but my friend was sooooo embarassed!!

My Ds is 7 and he isn't fazed either when I get dressed. DH has never got dressed in front of the kids, and never shared a bath with them either. I have shared lots of bath with the kids, tho. I haven't done it for a long time because they all have a bath together now. I get changed in the bedroom while Ds is in there playing the PS2 and he just doesn't care. They all run around naked in our house anyway (tho. I have been asking DS to keep his pants on, because he is getting older)
I'll stop when he tells me to stop.
My parents used to walk around the house naked when I was a teenager, I did find it a bit embarrassing and wouldn't want to make my kids feel the same way.

DD's 1& 2 (20 & 24), have no problems or issues with nudity, mine or theirs, and they will walk around in their undies in front of their dad.

DS (15) has no problems with my nudity - he comes in the bathroom when I'm in the bath and when he knocks on my bedroom door - I will say I'm naked and he just shrugs it off and still comes in.

GS (2) is currently obsessed with "boobies".

Well I'm 33 and my mum still walks around naked in front of me. I wouldn't mind, but she's thinner than me

I don't have any worries about wandering around naked after a shower or when I'm changing etc DH is a bit shyer about total nudity, but quite often sits around in his boxers first thing in the morning.

ds1 is 2.5 and ds2 is nearly one and i dont care whether im naked in front of them ds1 thibks its a bit of a joke though and tries to get mommies boobies. dh doesnt generally walk round naked but this is because ds1 once tried to pull his willy and it hurt he has baths with them and stuff though

my parents never walked around naked in front of me and i would hate them to start!

mil stripped in front of me once and that was scary!

not an issue here. DS1 is 5.5. In fact sometimes I wish I could grab a quiet moment on the loo!!!
Agree re discussing "stuff" - dd (3.5) has already asked the obvious question during my AF and so I have explained it to her in the broadest terms which at least means we have broached the subject and neither of us is embarrassed.

hoxtonchick, I think your house must be warmer than ours.

my oldest ia almost 13, and we are just startng to cover up a bit more about her. She doesn't seem to mind though, we are always asking her to knock before coming into our room, but she just waltzes in