How old before you left child in bath unsupervised?

[Gruffalosandbuffalos]

Just that really. How old were your children before you felt you could leave them in the bath while you put clothes away in the next room?

I let them be in the tub from the time they could walk. They played in the water nightly for 30-45 minutes. As if I could sit there and waste all that time.
Personally those that claim to sit there till well into school age are either virtue signalling or avoiding life.

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2. He was always splashing and giggling so if hed have stopped I would have run in. Never needed to.

8 but I would be in and out the bathroom talking to her while she's in there. She's 9 now and she still likes me to sit on the toilet and chat to her while she's in the bath. When she stops asking me to go in I'll stop.

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz the post below you quoted the post that said that earlier in the thread.

I just clean the bathroom and put clothes away whilst they are in there my youngest is 3

DD is 3. I leave her alone whilst I get DS dressed and bf next door. I can hear her and call to her.

3 is too young.

I've started leaving my 5 year alone whilst I'm in the next room. The bathroom is off the kitchen so I get on with cleaning up the kitchen.

3-4 when i started popping out to get a towel,fold some laundry etc. We are one one level in a really tiny flat . I'd tell her to sing a song until I got back. She never gets out herself, she just calls for me "my ball fell" , "I need a wee" , "I want to get out".

She's 8 now and I wash her hair and after that I leave her alone while I'm in the next room.

I'm with @fallfallfall on this one.

Kids are 5, 3 & 15 months. I only have a downstairs bathroom that comes off the kitchen, so I can mostly see and always hear them chatting and playing. They go in the bath, I clear up the kitchen and wipe the table etc, pottering in and out. The bigger two know that if baby slips and falls, to yell for me straight away. Once the kitchen is cleaned up, I go in, wash hair, take them out. Genuinely can't believe there are people sitting there watching 8+ year olds wash though 😂 They need independence at some time! A child of 8 could slip and break their neck going down the stairs, but we don't expect them to go down on their bottoms like toddlers, we teach them the risk and accept they need independence, surely?!

DS is 3.5 and I will leave him in shallow bath while I do jobs upstairs.

3 but only because she talks or sings constantly to herself or toys 😂 if she goes quiet we shout her name and if she's ok and she responds. I help with hair though and lifting her out. She's 4 now and gets herself undressed and in.

Mine is 5 and a half but I shout about every five mins for her to check. When she was five she pretended to have passed out in the water. I was so terrified and upset with her it put the fear of god into her so she’s really aware of bath safety now.

Eldest showers himself with us popping in half way to ensure he is actually washing himself (he’s 9).

Youngest is 4 and I potter around upstairs. He’s bloody noisy though so if he goes quiet i shout and he responds instantly otherwise i go in. I wouldn’t go downstairs though. I’m not sure I’d be happy though if he was a quieter kid though...

3 (she’s 4 now). I stay upstairs and usually take the opportunity to make the beds, put clothes away etc. As long as I can hear her singing or playing and I look in every time I go from one room to the next and still chat to her as well.

There's rather a huge difference between pottering about the house getting things done while your 3 year old plays noisily in the bath (yes for half an hour sometimes) to leaving them in the bath while you go outside for instance. I can't compute why people would think there's a risk she could knock herself unconscious (silently? How exactly?) and drown without me knowing, when I can hear her at all times and see her within seconds if needed? Why would I be joking? Some people have a bizarre attitude to risk.

DS was 4. I potter around the bedrooms and leave the bathroom door wide open. We have a very small house so I can hear everything

Depends on the child but I’d never dream of leaving an under 4 year old for more than literally grabbing a towel.

I've only just started letting DD go have a bath alone and she is 10!

Leaving 2 year olds unattended

7 or 8,

Used to pop out and put pj’s on beds etc from around 5.

I won’t post links because they’re upsetting but for those scoffing at the fact a 4 or 5 year old could drown in a bathtub go to Google and see how many instances there are.

I am genuinely shocked at how many people leave their very young children unsupervised! What a risk to take.
I would say 6 and up for popping out of the room. Maybe 5 at a push

Mine’s 8 and I’m happy to leave him now, but he likes a chat in the bath - so more often than not I sit in the doorway while he tells me about his day/ bangs on about Marvel or Star Wars.

Mine was nearly 7 before I left the bathroom. It was a low risk/high stakes kind of thing for me. I'm usually upstairs pottering when I can strong arm her in the bath now so I'm around for when she shouts.

I think DD was about 4, maybe to grab a flannel or towel or take something to the bedroom. She uses our ensuite so never more than a few steps away. She didn't have a bath every night, and I stayed more often than not. Now at 5 she has decided to have showers and to do her hairwashing herself but needs a bit of help so one of us is in there with her for that anyway.