When do you let your kids shower alone?

luvmykids wrote: Colt has been wanting to take a shower by himself, he can wash up etc and I don't mind it if I have the time to sit through everyone doing it separately, but I don't know if I'm paranoid or what but I can't just let him go it alone.

Any kids take showers alone, without you in the room? How old?

mom21kid2dogs replied: I'm generally in the room for "company" but Olivia started showering alone at 5.

gr33n3y3z replied: my kids were showering when they no longer fit in the kitchen sink
bc all we had was a shower lol

luvbug00 replied: Mya has been showering with assistance since she was four. Meaning she would have me pop in every onece and a while to make shure she cleaned her hair and such properly. By five she was at it alone in her shower and now at 6 compleately showers alone from start ( turning on the focet) to finish ( getting out, towel drying and dressed)

I'm shure Colt will love the feeling of accomlishment and i would do the showering with assistance version for his first showers. Just so you have an excuse to peek and make sure all is getting clean and all is well. they grow up soo fast ehh?

MyLuvBugs replied: I think if you compromise with him and say...the bathroom door has to be partially open and do what Nadia does and just pop in off and on to make sure he's ok, then he should be fine showering on his own. However, I definately wouldn't let them take a bath by themselves yet. But I'm paranoid of slips and falls in the bathtub

BAC'sMom replied: I have been letting Brand and Ansley shower since they were about 4 by themselves, I just keep the door open and periodically check in on them. You have to or other wise they will just play in the shower and nothing will ever get scrubbed.

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I agree with Nadia also

Boo&BugsMom replied: I've been curious about this myself. Tanner is 4 and takes baths. We wash him still because I don't trust him to clean himself well...he'd rather play with the soap and everything. If we are somewhere where there is not a bathtub he takes a shower with his daddy. Either way, one of us is there helping him. He really hates showers though so I am not sure when to convert to showers ( I guess I'll wait until he wants to?), or to start having him shower or bathe alone. We will leave him in the tub alone for awhile to play, but one of us is usually in the next room.

5littleladies replied: My girls started showering alone at around 5 years old or so, although Bri has taken a couple with me in the next room and she is 3.. Meg is 6 and she still has to leave the door open a bit so I can hear her, Maddie is 8 and she shuts the door and takes care of herself. I do go in and help Meg wash her hair sometimes-She isn't too thorough yet.

boyohboyohboy replied: Caleb has been showering by himself since he was 4. I do go in and wash some areas that I know he isnt to good at, and he asks me to wash his hair most times. I am just in the room next door to him though, and I also bought these slip resistant frogs that stick to the floor of the tub, so he isnt to likely to slip and get hurt. I also use those spout covers to protect his head.
I must have the most baby secure house in america, so says DH.

luvmykids replied:
Yes, and I think he's starting to want "privacy" not only for his "privates" LOL but I think he just gets sick of doing everything with his sisters and it would be a little "alone time" for him. Thats a key phrase for him, "I'll be all alone in there". Poor little guy, he's trying so hard to be a little man but he's soooo outnumbered by us

siblingtoolivia replied: God I would LOVE if Olivia showed some interest in showering...she is still into her baths and honestly hates the shower...can't stand the water running into her face, etc....

Brias3 replied: Aliyah and Mason still don't have a problem with bathing but usually Ryan wants to take a shower. I've been letting him do it alone for about a year or so just because there is no sitting water in the shower and I'm closeby- if not in the same room (he closes the curtain). However, he still isn't opposed to me "checking" to make sure he has cleaned up decently (body washed, hair shampooed and rinsed well, etc.).

If he's willing to let you check up, etc., I'd let him do it. It'll give him some privacy and a chance to distinguish himself from the girls.

Mommyof3 replied: Mackenzie started taking showers when she was almost 5, but I was in the room with her the entire time making sure she got cleaned and wasn't just playing. I would also shampoo her hair because it was longer then. She is now 6 and has gone through periods where she enjoys taking showers and some where she just wants to take baths. I still can't bring myself to leave her in the bathroom alone though. I'm too paranoid that way!

C&K*s Mommie replied: Christian was taking showers at 12 or 13mos. My MIL only had stand-up showers in her old house, so her children grew up that way, similiar to Lisa & Ed's children. So I knew from my MIL it was nothing taboo to allow them to take them from an early age. ETA: Now they take baths together.

Kellie has never taken a shower alone.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: My kids haven't take a shower alone yet, they've taken one with us... but Zach sometimes asks if he can take a shower instead of a bath - so we oblige him, and we take one at the same time.

The kids know though, that they need to get washed before playing in the bath and they do not play at all in the shower... we're just playing it by ear

JP&KJMOM replied: JP has done it a few times but he would rather just take a bath. He says it is easier. Karlee hates water in her face therefore she is a bath girl.

msoulz replied: Mine started at 6 I think. He preferred baths up until that point. However, he was well into 7 before it seemed like he actually got himself really clean, not just rinsed. I used to make him bathe once a week anyway to soak off the grime!!

LibraGirl replied: Samuel is petrified of the idea of a shower (age 4) and Logan (6) took 1 shower with me in the room and could take it or leave it. He hasn't taken one since, he prefers baths and he also likes his privacy. He'll let me wash his hair and then kicks me out.