When can they sit in the tub w/o constant supervision?

[SIZE=12pt]So I'm in no rush for this, they're not even 3 yet. But I thought I'd ask since I have NO IDEA. This is one of those moments that I feel dumb...

I don't let them out of my sight for one second now. When is it safe to step away for a min or two? When is it safe to step away for more than a min or two? Just curious.... Not that I'd want to because they would make too much of a mess in the bathroom! The water would be on the floor and not in the tub if I wasn't there! LOL[/SIZE]

 

Well I stayed in the bathroom with my SD until she was about 6 but she has not been allowed to take baths since the age of 3 so we had to give her showers or she would get an infection. Around 6 she was allowed to do her own thing except I got everything ready and usually still helped her wash her hair....by 7 I would just send her up now at 9 I have to tell her to get out after 20min. she would stay in there forever! With the boys I probably wouldn't leave them until about the same age maybe close to 5.5/6 It really depends on if I feel they would be ok by that age....I couldn't see leaving them earlier and I still have a long way off til then.

 

I have a very small apartment so the living room is only a few feet away from our bathroom. I might get yelled at for this...but at (almost) 3 years old, I will leave my oldest in the tub while I get diapers on the little ones out in the living room(they all bathe together). So he might have 5 mins alone...but the bathroom door is open and he always makes so much noise that as soon as I dont hear something I can peek right in to see what he is up to. He doesn't generally like to be alone so most of the time he will follow me out with the brothers anyways.

 

I live in a row home so that is why I say 5/6 my bathroom is on a completely different floor so I cannot leave them...they can climb out and my stairs are right outside the bathroom door. If you are in an apartment I think it's a little different.

 

My guys are three. I will leave them in the next room. actually, it is an open floor plan on this level. The bath opens to a big-ish room. I am never far and can hear them and easily look in on them. I dont leave the floor though.

 

I would say a few years yet!! things can happen in a split second!!

amanda

 

I have left my oldest dd alone for a few minutes since she turned 4. Our bathroom is right in our room and I can hear everything that goes on if I am out of the bathroom.

 

I can't see leaving mine alone any time soon. They play pretty hard and could make a mess or hurt each other. Also, the water boiler gets dangerously hot and we have NO control over how hot it gets, and that is a real risk, too. So for the forseeable (sp?) future, they won't be out of our sight in the tub.

 

I think I probably left my oldest DD alone for a few seconds to get something quickly around 4.5 years old.

 

My oldest is 3 1/2, and I will leave the bathroom to get a baby ready on the changing table. I just have to take 2 steps to be able to see her, and I keep talking to her if I am not in the room.

 

i would say a while yet..

i dont know because i havent hit that stage..

im thinking 5-7 depending on how much i trust them and how well they get along:)

dont rush it..

m

 

Oh I'm in no rush! Thanks for the stories everyone. It's interesting to see such a wide range of ages... Like I mentioned before, it's just one of those things that comes up for a first time mom who has no idea what she's doing until she actually does it! LOL

Yes, for now they need me. They play too hard and make too much of a mess. But I think if I forgot their diapers I could probably run into the next room to get them. Now if I could just get them interested in potty training!!! :umm:

 

My son is 3 1/2 and I'll leave him in the tub while I get the girls diapered. My house is SMALL and I can easily hear everything he is doing.

I still bathe the girls with Gabe all at the same time, it's just easier for me. I can't imagine when they all get to where they want to bathe alone!