What age could you leave your child unsupervised in a different room for 15 minutes?

[Toffeefee23]

What age could you leave your child unsupervised in another room of the house for 15 minutes, for example while you get ready?

Not talking while they are locked in a playpen or cot or anything, am talking while they are loose

I didn't have 15 minute long showers when I had children under 3

Ok so my DC is currently 2.5 & I am so not ready to leave unsupervised! We do live in a very big spread out house though so if she’s in the living room & I’m in the bathroom it is completely out of earshot. Might feel differently if lived in smaller house/flat.

Re showers I shower before bed and only have a morning shower if DH around. I work from home though so can often shower after nursery run.

3 if room is childproofed and I am within earshot.

2.5/3, but with elder I. E. By 3 years, sibling there too.

I regularly leave my DD in the sitting room while I do a wash up or cook. I check in on her every 5 or 10 mins but I can hear everything. No doors are closed or anything. She usually toddles into me every few minutes. She was 2 in November

Around 2, in earshot and occupied with somthing. We also have gates on the living room door and her bedroom so she can't get out into the kitchen or anything.

Dd 3 yes D's 1 with ADHD 11 years, D's 2 4 years.

I think it definitely depends on your house as well as your child. We live in a bungalow and the lounge, the kitchen, the bathroom, my bedroom and the kids bedroom/playroom all open onto the central hall which is not big so I'm never far away from t the kids wherever I am! Think I'd feel differently about leaving them (1.5 and 3.5) if I was further away/out of earshot.

There is literally no reason not to. As others have said, you childproof your house. You prepare dinner whilst they sit playing.
What is stopping you? Do you have bad anxiety?

I ended up in hospital after DM left me alone in the kitchen aged 3, and I've been sensible all my life.

Around 2.5 with the wooden train set in the living room, we lived in a flat so could always hear DS1/he could come to me and I could cook/put away some laundry in the other room.

My DD is just 2, I wouldn't leave her playing alone for more than 5 minutes.

The elder dd - probably around 3 - 3 1/2 - she's always been sensible.

The younger, currently 3 1/2 - not any time soon, she is full of mischief, she'd be bouncing off the sofa trying to fly in about 30 seconds.. fortunately, she likes to keep me company when I go to the loo or to "help" me cook and hoover / clean.

When he was three, but only if he was in his bedroom as he couldn’t get out and it was fully baby proofed.

36, 26, 25, still don’t! 😆

Only you can gauge that OP based on your individual DC.

It is a tricky age though.

As far as I remember I would strap them into a highchair or pop them in a cot they couldnt get out of for that time.

Depends on the room. I once tried leaving my 12 month old DS in the bathroom whilst I showered. Within 1 minute he had chewed on the toilet brush and proceeded to empty the contents of the cupboard down the toilet. He is much safer playing in his babyproof bedroom.

From birth. If I needed to shower- she'd be left in a different room. I was never aware this was an issue until social media.