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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4 inches of water? This is nothing.  Surely you are underestimating the water level[/quote]

I'm not. They're not that big and any more than that is a waste of water. They just need enough to splash around. Plus anymore and it gets out of the tub. [/quote]

DP and while I get this, taking a bath in 4 inches of water, even when you're little, kind of sucks because you can't submerge your body and you get cold quickly. If you are this committed to using less water, just give them showers. My DD has been taking showers (first with me, now assisted by me for hair) since she was 3. But she takes a bath once or twice a week and we fill the tub up enough that she can get her whole body underwater. She knows not to splash too big (or she'll have to help clean it up) but I also don't freak out about a little water on the floor of the bathroom.

We've been leaving her alone for short periods in probable 10 inches of water since she was 5, but I'm one of the posters upthread who mentioned having a very small home, so by "leave alone" I mean I'm less than 20 feet away working on laundry or dinner or on my computer, but I can hear her and in some cases see her clearly from where I am. She's a good swimmer and while no kid is drown-proof, I haven't worried about her drowning in the tub since she was a toddler.[/quote]

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