My eldest is 2 and is definitely not left alone in the bath for more than a couple of seconds. If I have to leave because I have forgotten a towel, I get him to talk to me until I get back in the room. That way I know he is OK. Luckily he loves to talk.
I would probaby allow him to bath alone when he is about 6 or so but I think I would make sure I am just outside the door. It will be interesting!
MBear: I usually clean the bathroom or fold clothes while I'm in there too if Ashlea isn't in there. I agree it can happen so quickly which is why I'm paranoid about leaving him.
K: Jayden used to try and climb out, but he doesn't as much anymore.
Courtney: Its only ever been a few seconds that I have left Jayden too and even then I get worried! I tell him to sit down (if he had been standing) and I talk to him too if he's not already chatting away to his toys hehe
Most times Ashlea is having a bath too and obviously she can't be left even for half a second (especially with a brother like hers!). There has just been the odd time that I have forgotten the towel or I quickly get Ashlea and bring her in if she has woken up.
Thanks for your responses, its nice to see I'm not the only "over protective" mother.
Gee I'm going to look like a shocking mother - I leave DS in there all the time.... I take DD out of the bath (cos they bathe together) and take her to the loungeroom - which is at the other end of the house - but to be fair its like 8 metres away, I have a tiny house) and I have done this for ages!!! He's right though, constantly chats away to himself, and he doesn't stand up in the bath anymore......
So judge away if you must.... or call me a bad mother...
I leave mine too and have for awhile, like Mel I have a tiiiiny house, and if the chattering/splashing stops, I pop my head in. I won't do something I can't leave straight away, like breastfeeding or cooking while he's in the bath though.
I have a 7 yr old and a 2.5 yr old, I've started leaving the youngest in there by himself in recent months and it's the same age as my eldest was when I did the same thing. I'm literally a few metres away, in the kitchen doing dishes or in the lounge folding clothes. When I'm in there, he jumps around, but when I leave him to it, he sits and talks to the dolls in the bath with him, plays with the toys, etc etc.
Obviously I'm turning my head every 10 seconds or so to look at him, and if I hear him stop talking/making noise, I rush in to check on him.
Yep, I leave DD1 in the bath while I take out DD2 and dress her. It's basically in the next room so I can hear every move she makes and I run back if she goes quiet (that rarely happens, she doesn't stop talking, lol) She doesn't stand in the bath though.
Because I have had such big gaps with my kids I have always had an older one in with the younger one and can leave them. I guess the younger one has been 1 when I started leaviing them alone with the older one.
I love bathtime atm cause Erin and Riley get out of my hair for at least 15 minutes LOL
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