At what age did you feel comfortable leaving the room with you child in the bath?

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why so many here feel if they are “just in the other room” within ear shot that makes a difference. It doesn’t. Either you can see them or you can’t. Drowning is silent. Unless your child is continuously noisy nonstop in the bathroom this makes no sense. The absence of sound doesn’t not mean they are safe. Surely your child has periods of quiet in the tub. Unless you can physically see them, you have no way of knowing if they are in danger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why so many here feel if they are “just in the other room” within ear shot that makes a difference. It doesn’t. Either you can see them or you can’t. Drowning is silent. Unless your child is continuously noisy nonstop in the bathroom this makes no sense. The absence of sound doesn’t not mean they are safe. Surely your child has periods of quiet in the tub. Unless you can physically see them, you have no way of knowing if they are in danger

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NP, but my child sings in the bath and shower (not for a safety like PP, but just because she does). Because of this, I was ok being in the next room when she was 5.

[Anonymous]

Never? They stopped taking a bath around 1. Once they can stand and walk they started taking a shower. I wouldn't leave them unattended in a bathtub for any amount of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why so many here feel if they are “just in the other room” within ear shot that makes a difference. It doesn’t. Either you can see them or you can’t. Drowning is silent. Unless your child is continuously noisy nonstop in the bathroom this makes no sense. The absence of sound doesn’t not mean they are safe. Surely your child has periods of quiet in the tub. Unless you can physically see them, you have no way of knowing if they are in danger

Mine was a singer and a babbler. I have a lot of audio recordings from those days and it’s 20 min of uninterrupted talking, singing, and role play.

He is 11 now and still sings in the shower! But yes, if you have a quiet kid, you have to be there. If I heard a few seconds of quiet,
I would have checked. But I never did. We had some good acoustics in that bathroom (interior room with no windows in a converted candy factory) so it was like a karaoke room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why so many here feel if they are “just in the other room” within ear shot that makes a difference. It doesn’t. Either you can see them or you can’t. Drowning is silent. Unless your child is continuously noisy nonstop in the bathroom this makes no sense. The absence of sound doesn’t not mean they are safe. Surely your child has periods of quiet in the tub. Unless you can physically see them, you have no way of knowing if they are in danger

Mine was a singer and a babbler. I have a lot of audio recordings from those days and it’s 20 min of uninterrupted talking, singing, and role play.

He is 11 now and still sings in the shower! But yes, if you have a quiet kid, you have to be there. If I heard a few seconds of quiet,
I would have checked. But I never did. We had some good acoustics in that bathroom (interior room with no windows in a converted candy factory) so it was like a karaoke room.

Yep same here. Never quiet! But was a strong swimmer by age 5 and I had zero concerns about bathtub drowning. He was capable of swimming the length of our pool and jumping off the diving board at that age. At age 8 he still loves a bath and still makes lots of noise!

On another note I am laughing about those poor kids whose parents only give them 4 inches of water! That sounds truly awful! Those poor cold kids. Soaking in a bath is a great joy of childhood!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like they're in a tub with 4" of water and you want to go downstairs to get something.

Age four for a quick trip on same floor. Age five for another floor.

+1... more than 4 inches of water. I do kind of a marco polo thing where I yell out their name every 30 seconds. It is nervewracking. That story about the 6 year old omg how horrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never? They stopped taking a bath around 1. Once they can stand and walk they started taking a shower. I wouldn't leave them unattended in a bathtub for any amount of time.

You wouldn't leave a sixteen year old in the bath alone?

[Anonymous]

Is it weird that my kids are 12 and 15 and I honestly can’t remember the answers to questions like this?

[Anonymous]

4 but door open and I’m not gone for long. Pop in and out frequently.

[Anonymous]

My 3 and 6 year old bathe together and they like to play with their bath toys together and they are loud. I will usually do something else upstairs in one of the bedrooms. Our upstairs isn’t sprawling so I can hear them from every room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why so many here feel if they are “just in the other room” within ear shot that makes a difference. It doesn’t. Either you can see them or you can’t. Drowning is silent. Unless your child is continuously noisy nonstop in the bathroom this makes no sense. The absence of sound doesn’t not mean they are safe. Surely your child has periods of quiet in the tub. Unless you can physically see them, you have no way of knowing if they are in danger

Mine was a singer and a babbler. I have a lot of audio recordings from those days and it’s 20 min of uninterrupted talking, singing, and role play.

He is 11 now and still sings in the shower! But yes, if you have a quiet kid, you have to be there. If I heard a few seconds of quiet,
I would have checked. But I never did. We had some good acoustics in that bathroom (interior room with no windows in a converted candy factory) so it was like a karaoke room.

Yep same here. Never quiet! But was a strong swimmer by age 5 and I had zero concerns about bathtub drowning. He was capable of swimming the length of our pool and jumping off the diving board at that age. At age 8 he still loves a bath and still makes lots of noise!

On another note I am laughing about those poor kids whose parents only give them 4 inches of water! That sounds truly awful! Those poor cold kids. Soaking in a bath is a great joy of childhood!

Yep. We had swimmers too. I’m surprised at many of these posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A six year old boy died in the bathtub in our neighborhood. It was devastating. His three year old brother had just been taken out a few minutes earlier. I believe they think they were playing how long can you hold your breathe and maybe he tried it after his brother got out. It was utterly devastating.

Yes, my 6 yr old loves to float face down in the tub and hold her breath. Because of this, I stay in the bathroom. She is an extremely good swimmer, but still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bathe my kids together, they’re 2 and 3.5.

About six months ago I started grabbing something from the next room while they’re in the bath, but it’s literally 30 ft away and I’m gone <10 seconds. Not enough time to drown.

Even just the older I wouldn’t leave longer at these ages. I don’t mess around with water.

Don't do this.

A common way these drownings happen is when an older sibling is watching a younger.

They cannot be responsible in that way.

Please. Drowning is the leading cause of death for American kids aged 1 to 5.

[Anonymous]

It is the same as leaving your kid next to a highway alone.

They are just as dead whether they drowned or are hit by a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3 and 6 year old bathe together and they like to play with their bath toys together and they are loud. I will usually do something else upstairs in one of the bedrooms. Our upstairs isn’t sprawling so I can hear them from every room.

Very dangerous for the younger, and setting your older child up for a lifetime of agonizing guilt.

Drowning is a silent death.