When do u leave children unsupervised in bath tub?

started walking out of the bathroom when my daughter was five to answer the phone or to get something and then come back. I would just sit and allow her to wash herself behind the shower doors





When she was 6 i started leaving her alone. I would put the water on and make sure she gets in ok. I would leave the door open alittle so i can hear her and when she was done she would call me. My daughter couldnt take baths from aboout 5 years old on because it would irratate her private parts. I felt safer leaving her alone in the shower than bath anyway.When do u leave children unsupervised in bath tub?
The 3 (will be 4 in june) he washes himself I do his shampoo and then he plays by himself I will go in the next room and ask him questions every few min. I can also see him if I look at the mirror on the bathroom door. He also knows how to swim with out any floatation devices. The 5 year old can totally bathe himself I just make sure that he gets the soap out of his hair at the end and I fill the bath for him. The 7 year old she only needs me to fill the bath for her she does the rest all by herself she gets to keep the door shut and gets out drys off changes and drains the water. I really think it depends on the child and how mature they are and how comfortable they are in water. I would not leave a child totally alone with out checking on them until they are 7-8 we still yell through the door for the oldest and ask how she is doing every 4-5mins and the 5 year old we check on and he has to keep the door open and we would never leave the house or anything we are always in the next room.When do u leave children unsupervised in bath tub?
I would say at 3 I would leave for a few minutes to either check the laundry or to get the phone if someone called, but for the most part I stayed in there. At 4 I would make sure he got everything washed then leave him to play and check on him ever so often and I was usually in my room right next to the bath. He is now 5, almost 6 and takes showers on his own. I just get down the loofah for him and put the soap on it and put the shampoo in his hair so that he doesn't use too


much of either and make sure he gets all the shampoo out of his hair





I do start the water for him and make sure it isn't too hot, he shuts it off and then dries off, gets dressed on his own.
That's one of those things to play by ear. ... I didn't leave my daughter alone longer than to stick my head out the door and yell ';We're in the bathroom.'; until she was 2. Around 3 I would sit right outside the door for a few minutes while she played and I read a book or talked on the phone. But I would peak in often and encouraged her to sing / talk so the whole time so I could hear that she was ok.





The amount of time she has been allowed to be by herself has been slowly increasing since she was 3. My daughter is 6 1/2 years old now. I adjust the water temperature, leave the door cracked so I can hear her singing / talking, and pretty much leave her alone to do her own thing 3 or 4 times a week. At least once a week I wash her hair and her back myself and supervise the rest of her bath to make sure she gets all the way clean.





I am thinking at either 7 or 8 she will be allowed to do it all by herself. But I will still knock on the door and ask if she's alright if she gets quiet.
I say about 6 years old. But I would be close by the bathroom. And I would never put to much water in the tub. I would always here my kids playing in the water than I would know that there ok. But you have to use your own judgment about your kids. You know more about your kids than anyone else.





Good luck!


Mary r.
I didn't until my daughter was 4, and I still check on her every few minutes and can hear her singing through the house. When she was old enough to sit up on her own without wobbling I put a chair next to the bath and took a book in to read while she played in there.
My stepson was supervised until he was 7. I personally think he was ready by 5 though to bathe alone but it was hard to get out of the habit. With my son - I guess I'll just watch him until I think he's old enough to manage himself alone. Hopefully by 4 or 5.
i do it for a few minutes now. my son is two.





but the whole bath.. i'm thinking not until at least 7. and thats still with check ins.
my daughter almost 4 and i still dont leave her





it was on the news last month a 6 yr old died in the water :(








i would say (7) also to be safe but thats just me
when they are 10. my son is 7 and i teach him how to wash himself. my younger one is 4 so not now.


please answer my question.
Um..I'd say you can be in another room close by when the child is about 4-5.
4 or 5 but still go in and check every few minutes and keep and ear out for them
Never, that's a no no!!!! The child can drown or start swallowing water.That's how majority kids die
I'd say when they're 7