What age did you leave your child in the bath alone?

[Burnt0utMum]

DD has just turned 8. She gets showers on her own and I wait outside the bathroom, but I still worry about baths. She wants to use her new bath bombs so is asking for baths more often and I feel like she's old enough to be in there on her own but then I worry about how easily drowning can happen. She can swim ok but I don't think that matters in a bath. What age did you leave your kids alone in the bath? Just want to get an idea of what everyone else thinks is acceptable to see if I'm being too over protective.

Our bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen . I used to pop DS in the bath, playing with his bath toys while I got on with the ironing. I would hear him singing /chatting/splashing . Think I did this from around 3 years old, certainly 4.

Once they were about 4/5 minutes d leave the door open but get on with things in other rooms.

That should read age 4/5

My DH had a friend "drown" in the bath, hindsight tells us he was over come by carbon fumes from the "ascot".

I'm 57 and still cannot bathe in peace, without constant calls of "are you ok".

Subsequently our children were allowed to bathe alone, but constantly called by DH.

I do understand though.

This is the same for my 4yo - I potter about the house but DC plays so noisily and is constantly chatting and singing so I can hear them from wherever I am. If it goes silent, I'm in there like a shot to check on them.

I've just come to say you may be being overprotective but you're not alone! I don't leave my 9 year old on her own in the bath. I will go and sort out pjs ready for bed etc but I'm in there 80% of the time and didn't realise that wasn't normal until I read this thread!

Since about 4 I've left my son in the bath with doors open and popping in and out. I don't think it's possible to find a noisier small human than him in the bath so would know immediately if something was wrong!

Since they were about 5 stayed upstairs potttering till about 7/8 then just let them get on with it
you need to let loose especially the waiting outside whilst she has a shower that is OTT she isn’t going to drown in a shower

I started my periods at 9 and would of been mortified if my mum was keeping a eye on me and it’s not that uncommon she needs independence I think this is you more than her

Ds 9 now he was about 4 but we are on the same floor and he has the door open he even goes ro the shop himself now he is wanting more and more freedom now

ooh at 8 she’ll be fine OP. Put in a non slip mat and leave the door a bit open so you can hear her.. she’s getting to the age she’ll want to shut it soon.

You deffo don’t need to wait outside when she showers. What’s worrying you about that?

8 is the age of first school trips away and kids generally start to push for more independence. The other thing is at some point soonish she will need more physical privacy.

Move forward gently but firmly. It’s your job to help her flap her wings

She'll be fine aged 8. Probably from maybe 6, but I'd be upstairs with them.

I leave my 7 year old in the bath alone, but supervise getting him in and out. I worry he'll slip and bang his head. I don't worry about him actually being in the bath, he can swim and has done water safety.

3.5.
Age is absolutely ridiculous.

That was meant to say 8 is absolutely ridiculous.

About five, I stopped staying in the room I got a friction bath mat so he wouldn't slip down and left the door open while I did other stuff and popped in and out.
I left him to it when he was about 7 and I knew he wasn't going to flood the bathroom on try and do a forward roll in there or anything.