What do you put your baby in to keep them safe when you shower after they outgrow the bouncer?

[iamverytired]

Been having baby on the floor under a gym or in the bouncer by the bathroom door but he's rolling all over the place and soon will have outgrown his bouncer (6 months). What's good to buy to keep them safe in the bathroom/hall where I can see what he's up to but he can't roll/crawl away? Thanks

I used to put him in his cot with some toys if I needed to although I've changed my routine now so I tend to shower when he naps.

Travel cot or main cot . Anything else my 10 month old has escaped since 6 months, he just climbs out.

I tend to now only shower when dh is around or I take a bath a bring baby in with me and bath together

A playpen

But think these are frowned upon now?

Life saver IMO if you need to put the baby somewhere safe whilst you shower

The empty bath (with a towel down). The floor of the bathroom (with toys, on a towel and the door shut, watched him through the shower door). Now I either wait until he naps, shower before he gets up or let him come in with me (in his nappy).

I stick 7 month old DD in her cot with her nursery rhyme CD on, it also tells me when I need to get out of the bath because once Old MacDonald comes on I know she'll be starting to get fed up

To be fair cot isn't a bad idea, I keep forgetting that he is going in his own room soon and the cot is a safe place. I just like to stick my head out the shower and play peekaboo with him if he starts to grizzle. He is pretty good entertaining himself for 10 minutes though, but I'm not sure if that's because he can see me!

I either pop him in a jumper op in a bedroom next to the bathroom or in his cot his toys. Monitor on either way so I’m still watching.

May not work for everyone but when my son was younger I'd just put him in his bath seat on the other side of the shower

I had a playpen not sure why they are frowned upon - meant I could cook dinner without a crawling toddler at my feet and he was quite happy with his toys or I’d pop him in his high chair with snacks - whilst I was there not elsewhere. But I’d say in the cot, if you’re upstairs with them. I’d shower when they went for a nap was easiest time or I’d have to get up way too early and be tired all day. Dry shampoo was my friend.

Just have a shower when hes asleep?

@Letsallscreamatthesistene I have a morning routine that works and he's content first thing when he wakes to lie and play and then I'm ready for the day. I still contact nap most the time at the minute too 🙈. About to start working on that one now he's going in his own room....

I used a travel cot with toys in when they were old enough to sit and play or pushchair in the bathroom doorway when smaller.

I used to pop DS in his cot or just have him in the shower with me if the timing was right.

I would either let them play on the bathroom floor or pop them in their cot or play pen.

Personally, I just had a shower in the evening after they had gone to bed and dh was home anyway. But there were times I put them in the car seat and sat them in the bathroom with me.

The playpen was a god-send when the girls were at this stage. For answering the door, going to the loo, anything where you would be physically incapable of running to the rescue if they did something dangerous. No baby ever suffered permanent psychological harm from being placed in a safe place for ten minutes. The playpen also came in handy a little further down the line to protect valuable or dangerous things from fingerous destructo toddlers!

I try to shower during DDs first morning nap so it feels a bit more like some me time but on the days I do need to bring her in with me I've just got a mamas and papas snug seat with activity tray to replace the bouncer she's grown out of. Extra time can be gained by putting hey bear sensory video on my phone once she's bored if the activity tray

The bath if you have one in there

We had a, travel cot we used as a playpen. Absolute lifesaver!

For a shower:

Cot with toys
Activity centre thingy
Car seat in front of spinning washing machine

We got given a jumperoo second hand from our neighbour and it was the best thing ever from 6 months. She's completely safe in it and will bounce around for up to half an hour if she can see me.

(7 months now)

I shower when he's asleep.

What's wrong with playpens? I get that you wouldn't leave a child in there who was screaming to get out and unhappy, but if a child's happy surely a safe place with a few toys while you shower/cook/clean is ideal? I certainly don't see how it's any different to putting them in their cot with a few toys. Except a playpen is generally easier to move around so can be in the same room as you (which I'd say is better?)

I know this is unlikely to happen to anyone else and I'm not trying to scare anyone but last year I left my ds (18 months at the time) in his cot for under 2 mins to go and quickly use the toilet. When I got back his leg was trapped in the cot bars and it took me over half an hour to free him. I was so scared and nearly called 999. I always thought of the cot as a 100% risk-free place to leave your child but really I guess there is no such place!