I wish I could say I bathed my children every day, but I don't. However, when they do get baths and aren't just wiped down with a baby wipe or smeared with smelly lotion, they bathe all together. Since Maggie was just a few months old, this has been the case and they have all had lots of fun bathtimes together. Sure, they are getting bigger and fight for spots on the bath and I have to keep telling Owen not to lay down, but besides that space isn't that big of an issue.
The issue is that I have a four year old. One very smart four year old. She has long since noticed the differences between boys and girls but hasn't really been too phased by it. Daniel hasn't undressed in front of Ellie in over a year I'd say and since I'm a girl I don't think it matters as much to her. Recently, however, she has been asking more questions, which is normal, but this morning when she told Owen she wanted to touch "it", I decided that my big girl needs to start bathing on her own. It makes me sad though, I don't know why. I guess because it is saying that she is too big to play in the water, in the tub with her brother and sister and now she has to bathe without them. Perhaps it is the realization that in just about 6 months she will be starting kindergarten and will be on her own that way too. I think it just makes me sad to realize that she isn't a baby anymore and she is losing that innocence that I wish she could hold onto forever.
Speaking of growing and getting big... my son is doing just that. I love my Obinator (he loves when I call him that!)
Oh my little Maggle-B!
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