Do you sit by the bath when your dc has a bath or am I lazy?

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Dd, 5, having a bath, playing with her toys etc. I’m lay on the bed. It’s an en-suite bedroom and door is wide awake and I can see and hear her completely.
Is this lazy though?
After she’s played a bit, I’ll wash her hair, get her out, pjs, do her hair etc, but do you do more? Do you sit by the bath and play, am I being rubbish?

*Wide open, not awake

I love bath time playing personally, we make potions etc and it's usually a nice calm end to the day.
3 of mine had lost interest in play baths by around 7/8 so maybe make the most of it by occasionally playing with them.

No. If she's happy playing independently, you take it while you can!

I hate bathtime personally, I have a very splashy toddler and I hate getting wet, the clean up operation etc

id feel very grateful to be able to sit on the bed and relax while bathing my child!

Sometimes I did, other times I folded washing etc. If playing fine alone, crack on with what you need to do. If you are dozing though make sure you don’t nod off.

It's good for them to be able to play by themselves and not need someone to entertain them all the time.

Can’t see anything wrong with that.

When ever my 5 year old is happily playing independently, I take it as a hint to GTFO and tend to look at my phone aimlessly during that time. Enjoy it!

Not lazy. You're being very hard on yourself. Go easy on yourself in general.

I don’t see any harm as long as you’re paying attention and DC is safe (which I’m sure you are!). Independent play is really important.

If you can see and hear her I wouldn't worry at all.

I'd not leave her if I couldn't see though.

Our twins will be 5 in august (so likely just a few months younger than your DD). DH stays in the bathroom with them while they have a bath and plays a bit with them and then helps them wash their hair and supervises body washing. Meanwhile I’m getting their pj’s ready and sorting out in the bedroom; we dry and dress one each then straight into bed - unless they’re having a morning bath, in which case once they’re dressed, it’s downstairs.

God no.
I sort washing, clean the bathrooms, mindlessly scroll on my phone.

Oh god no, I often have to lie down while they're in the bath.

Bloody knackered by that point

When I'm more with it I chat to them and clean the loo.

I started leaving my child to play independently in the bath at 5/6 and would check on them every five minutes or so, often just by listening to them singing outside the door. In my house leaving the bathroom door open like this would make the room very cold though and not very pleasant for the kid in the bath.

*at that age.

Not when 4 and below

I get told to gp away while she plays now. My dd is 6. I sometimes use the time to tidy. Sometimes to chill out. It depends on how the day has gone and how much needs doing. There is so much rubbish about how we should be doing something with them all the time. Nothing wrong with a bit of chill while they learn some independent play. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Nope..stop mum guiltily yourself x

I sit on the toilet or the floor. I dare not leave the room as our en suite only has a shower

Are you just laying on the bed, or laying on the bed on your phone?

No, but my bathroom is downstairs and the house is relatively small so I can hear them the whole time and I can pop in and out. I stopped sitting there when they were about 3.

Always, till we moved countries and lived somewhere with no bath for a year. By the time we had a bath again, he’d lost the habit (aged 8). I kind of liked it.

DD5 and DD2 share a bath, I try and keep bath time relaxing and quiet, so I’m usually on the floor, if I was out of sight, DD2 would turn it into a whirlpool or half the water would be on the floor or she would have drank half of the bath water!

We usually talk about our day on weekdays, we play hairdressers and I comb and condition their hair, occasionally DD asks for story, but tonight the girls asked for the tonie box.

DT’s had showers not baths although we have a bath but showers were quicker so started with showers as soon as they could stand independently. Sometimes DH or I would have a shower with them or be getting the pj’s ready.

Thing is a child (or adult) can drown is a few inches of water in a minute - leave the room or stop paying attention (such as sorting laundry in an adjoining room), child messes about or slips and lands face down = near drowning with permanent severe brain damage or dead. All of that could happen without any noise or cry in 60 seconds.
5 is definitely too young to be alone in the bath. A sensible 7 year old at the youngest.

For anyone saying - 'oh what about adults should they not bathe alone either' - well medical advice if you have epilepsy is not to use the bath if no one else is in the house, and there have been accidental drownings in hospitals when people with disabilities have been left alone, plus an getting into a too hot bath drunk and scalding yourself is a risk.