Taking a Shower By Herself

Yes! I think your daughter is a little too young. Having four daughters myself, my daughters liked to take a bath and wash themselves at a young age. I let one of my daughters, ' I think she was around 7' wash her own hair, but they cannot do it properly until they are older like 10yrs. My daughters hair still had the shampoo in it. I think properly supervised, she could take a shower. You know your daughter best, but I would wash her hair for her for at least three more years.

I feel that children grow at all different rates. Some learn faster and some slower. But, It does not mean that one is better then the other it is just everyone does every thing in their own time. I would make a game of it. Have your daughter in the frontroom with clothes on and a wash cloth. And, play a game of washing every part of her body and hair and rinse under the pretend water. Then, let her take a real shower and see how she does after words. Give her privacy in the shower. But, make sure she is wanting to do this and likes the idea. Let her do everything in her own time. She sounds very smart!

Wow that is pretty amazing show of independence from your daughter. I also have a son who is six years old. As early as 4 too he also shown this kind of behavior. When he wakes up in the morning he usually changes his clothes to his day clothes then goes directly to the bathroom to wash his face and brushes his teeth on his own. After eating breakfast he usually would take his bath without supervision. I observed it to be like that when he learned to use the potty as early as three when he discovered how to used it everything just fell into place then.

Oh you got such a responsible kid. Imagine 4 years old doing such things all by herself. I think if she can already do those things then you can really start teaching her how to wash her own har and body. No she is not too young for that because she actually have displayed the capability to do things other kids of her age can't do. So she certainly could do greater things than that with your help. So go and further improve your child's amazing abilities. I have twin grandchildren who turned 3 last October 16. I am already allowing them to take their own bath. Even if they are messing my bathroom, I would not care. I want them to learn and I could see how they are improving each day. Of course most of the time... I would see how they will play with the soap and the shampoo...and the shower curtain and everthing inside the bathroom but I also noticed how they will obey me once I told them not to do this and not to do that. Slowly they are learning and I know this is one way of training them to be independent. It's very hard to attend to the needs of the twins at the same time. So as early as age 3 I have successfully taught them some basic things like cleaning their own mess, putting their own pants, and their own shoes. But with putting on the shirt, I still have to help them. But it pays to teach the children at an earlier age to learn things and be responsible.

I don't have kids, so maybe I don't have the right to say anything. But it seems to me it should depend on the maturity and abilities of your child, more than her age. Four years old does seem young to take a shower, but then she is capable of doing things many four year olds wouldn't do on their own. Maybe you could try it, and stay in the bathroom with her the first few times just to make sure it goes OK. Good luck!

You have to think about her falling down. What kind of shower do you have? Is it connected to a bathtub or is it a shower alone. If it is a shower alone, she might do ok but if it is in a bath tub then you need to stay in there with her. Why not just stick with baths? She could probably handle doing that alone along with a no standing in the tub rule.

when my kids where that young, my hubby (yes he had his bathing suit on) had a shower with our kids just to teach them how to wash and what to do. when they reached 7 or 8 they started having showers on their own (with a parent starting the water and staying in the bathroom) i think 4 is too young.

I would say when their old enough to stand and move around in the shower without falling and you don't have to worry about them falling in or out of the shower. I think my Niece and Nephew were around 4-5 when they started taking them. I'd still stay within yelling distance though just in case. [b]~~IN SEARCH OF PEACE WITHIN~~ **AGAINST THE STORMS, I WILL STAND STRONG** [/b]

I think that my daughter was 6 when she started showering by herself or taking a bath and washing herself. I did her hair up until this year and now she is 8. Actually, when she takes a bath, I still wash and condition her hair for her just to make sure it is rinsed properly. She is fine rinsing it in the shower. You should be very proud of your daughter and keep praising her so she keeps it up.

I would give it a little more time. My daughter is 5. Almost 5 and 1/2. And she does wash her own hair and body. But if she isn't somewhat supervised it becomes play time. And I still have to make certain the shampoo gets completely rinsed. I don't want her to take a step back so we just trudge through. I say try it out, if it doesn't seem to work, wait a bit longer.

She is amazing - my son needs a lot of prompting and reminding on what to do! He is 5 now and started to take showers by himself about 4 or 5 months ago. I still turn on and off the water for him, but he can wash the rest of himself on his own...he actually gets mad if we are in a hurry and I try to do it for him! I wouldn't push it, but if she's interested in it, then by all means let her do it!

I think I would wait a little longer on that. Does she want to take a shower by herself? Maybe when she turns 5 1/2 you can try it once but stay there with her. If she seems to be able to handle it alright then go ahead and let her. My daughter is going to be seven next month and still won't take a shower. She loves her bath but she does wash herself and her hair but I have to help her rinse the shampoo out.

My son was 5 when he started taking showers by himself and he has no problem doing it. On the other hand. I have a 5 yr old step daughter and she does fine but needs help with the shampooing, she has really long hair. My stepson is 7 going on 8 and he still can't take a shower by himself. so I think it depends completly on the child. If we tell him to go take one he will run the water step in get wet then get out, not soap not nothing :( I would just say be sure your daughter is ready. You could see where she needs the help and where she don't. Ask her is she wants to go take a shower. Don't help just observe, this way if she don't get the soap out just mention "oops we left some soap" can she turn on the water? Show her how, which ones hot, which ones cold. Kids don't learn unless we teach. After we teach, they will do when they are ready. Your daughter seems like a very mature girl, My kids won't even get up make their bed and get ready for shcool. They think once they are up it's play time. We tell them to get ready for school and they still continue to mess around till it's last minute! I hope you the best of luck.

I would let children take a bath at the age of 6 when they are trusted and know how to take a bath.

Seems like you have a very responsible daughter... it is very rare to see a child that age do that thing that your daughter can do all by herself... so you are very lucky... But when it comes to taking a bath by herself... i think you should wait... since i think she is still too young to do that activity by herself... she most likely would be needing your constant supervision so that she won't miss anything... or accidentally slip in the bathroom...

My daughter turned 5 last March and she started taking a shower this past summer. I turn the water on for her and put the soap on the washcloth and she washes herself and gets her hair wet. I wash her hair although I let her try to wash it and then she attempts to wash the soap out by herself but I always come in and make sure all of the suds are out. Hopefully by the time she is 6 she can do it all by herself.