S/O bath time. Leaving kid alone

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At what age do you leave your kid alone?
Mine is 3.5 and I leave her for a few minutes while I put laundry away in the next room. I usually tell her to keep talking.
Although now her favourite thing is to practice putting her face underwater for swimming class which gets scary when I'm not there. So I make her wait to show me.

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Probably about that age. Maybe closer to four. Definitely after four though. I usually put them in the bath in our master bathroom and then lie on my bed and read or play around on the Internet I am close enough to hear if they need help with anything.

[ECB]

I think it was around 3 1/2 or 4 where I was comfortable going and doing a few things around the house. Sometimes I'd just grab a glass of wine and sit in the chair in his room and read or look at my phone - I'd have sight of him in the tub.

Now (at 6), I pretty much try to let him do it all on his own (even though he insists he NEEDS my help!! he's TOO TIRED to wash his hair!!!!).

[karinothing]

We had this discussion a while back and I honestly didn't realize people did this. I know that sounds dumb, but I think growing up in AZ and having drowning PSAs drilled into your head for 26 years makes you think you can't leave your kid at all. So, I still don't do it at 3.5 not sure when I will get over this hang up.

[whitemerlot]

I would not leave my just turned 3 year old out of my sight. She would stand up and break her teeth.

I will do laundry and go up and downstairs while my 5 1/2 year old is taking a bath.

[badtzmaru22]

I would leave DD in the bath occasionally around 3, a little before. DH used to work second shift, so I was by myself with both kids at night, and sometimes DS would need to be fed and put in bed before DD was done in the bath. I nursed and rocked DS right across the hall, open doors. I could always hear DD- one benefit of her non-stop chatter! I felt fine about it.

[arch01]

I started at 2.5 doing laundry in the master bedroom-he takes a bath in the master bath. At 3 I started doing other quick things around the house (stirring dinner, etc.). He is constantly singing or talking in the bathtub or making some sort of noise which I can hear throughout the house.

[laurack]

mine turned three a month ago and I'd leave her in there while I go to the kitchen/tidy up. She's pretty noisy though. If there happens to be a brief silence I panic and run in

I wouldn't go to the basement or upstairs I don't think, I like to be close

[bbonanza]

If I do leave the bathroom, I'm on the same level, all doors open, putting laundry away or folding laundry. DD3, who is a few months over 3 yr, I will talk to her and make her sing songs while I do this, and make frequent check ins. Otherwise I'm in there with her. Same with her sisters, 5 & 7, they insist they still need help, although I'm trying to have DD1 do everything more herself and I just make sure she's rinsed good.

[Deleted]

J will be 3 Saturday. I still don't leave him for more than about 5 seconds while I grab a towel from the linen closet. Granted, he isn't often in the tub without one of the girls in there with him but I'm still not comfortable With it.

Eta: just to clarify, I never leave them if the girls are in there (14mos). But even when it's just J I'm not comfortable with it.

[pinotgrig]

I missed the bathtime part of this post and was feeling super breezy for a sec. Lolol

G is 11 months so never at bathtime.

[ryry]

DD1 is 4 and DD2 is 22 months, and they almost always bathe together. I'm comfortable leaving the bathroom to get a towel or somehting from the hallway (so maybe 10 feet away), but that's about it. If I need to get DD2 out first, I'm okay with leaving DD1 in for a couple of minutes but I make her sing or talk (which is her natural state anyway!) the entire time.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Probably around age 3, but I would only go grab a towel or something really quick. And I'd make her sing to me the whole time, so I knew she was okay.

I still do that now that she's almost 6.

[Deleted]

DD is almost 4 and I started a bit after 3. Just for a bit at a time. Only if she's alone in the tub. Her 1 year old brother is too little yet. He also likes to stand up in the tub which DD never did so he worries me more.

My house isn't that big so I can here her splashing or talking to her toys from pretty much every room on our main level.

If DS is in the tub I usually clean the bathroom or fold laundry (laundry area is same space) so I at least accomplish something.

[Deleted]

Around 3, 3.5 I would leave DD1 for up to 30 seconds to grab something from another room.

She is almost 5 now, she can swim independently, and she has much less supervision in the bath and is learning to wash herself.

[Deleted]

DS is 3y3m and I only leave him alone to dart out and grab a towel. I certainly don't stay in another room. I have legit almost drowned twice, I'll super paranoid.