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My kids have always done a lot of things together as they grew up: Sleep together, bathe together, cuddle on the couch together. <img src="/images/graemlins/angel.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/angel.gif" alt="" />

So when are they too old to be doing these things together? <img src="/images/graemlins/easter.gif" alt="" />

How old are kids when they start to have sexual inclinations toward the opposite sex?

I say it's time to seperate when they start expressing that they are uncomfortable. I don't think it's always about the different sexes, I think sibs of the same sex need the same privacy.

I usually find all 3 of my girls in the same bed (they are 10, 7 and 3) and once in a while my son (1 1/2) too. My 7 yr old daughter plainly says she doesn't like to sleep alone. They each have their own room and bed, but they still end up in one room and bed. If they are comfy with it, I don't care.

The only kids I have that bathe together are my 1.5 yr old son and my 3 yr old daughter. They are 19 months apart in age and as of yet haven't really noticed their different parts.

Meg

I bathed mine together till they noticed their different parts.

When I was growing up we lived in the country and were on a well with a limited supply of fresh water, so...... at bath time we 3 siblings shared the same water one at a time like this - I got to bathe first, then my younger sister, then my brother as he was the muddiest from playing outdoors.

And in summer we were sent down to the river's edge to bathe with a bar of ivory soap and our towel. I can still smell that ivory soap and the smell of the river at dusk.