when to stop watching?

at what age is it safe to stop watching your kids in the bath? i still stay with mikey when he has a bath but i sometimes pop out for a second to grab a towel or something. i haven't had to help him when he's slipped over for ages, if he does slip he sits up by himself. the thing i'm scared of though is if he bangs his head when he slips and can't get himself up.
so what age did you stop sitting with your kids when they had a bath?

Well as you may have read from my thread - i wouldnt trust any age now!! i have been leaving Bay and sitting in the next room for the past few months as he is now old enough to know that when he wants to get out to call and that standing in the bath is a big NO NO! but now obviously i have to worry about him drowning from falling asleep!

I never left him when he was younger than 2 though as i didnt think he could understand and obbey the rules (no standing up etc). I started to do it when he was about 2 and a half but may not be doing it anymore...

Yeah I sat by kids during bath-time when I nannied too - it was quite a nice time to sing songs and talk about their day and stuff. And it gave me peace of mind, I knew that they were safe!! They were 3, 4 and 5 years old by the time I left.

Although, I can see why it would be tempting to get stuff done while they're happily playing in the bath.

hubby does the bathing in this house and he sits in there and plays with them and stuff, sometimes he pops out to put the kettle on for milos but never for long. when i have to bath them tho i am always off getting their nappie and pj's ready, clearing up stuff, getting drinks ready etc.

thanks ladies, i'm so not ready to leave mikey by himself yet, it was more of a curiosity thing.

We don't leave Joey alone either - he is a kamikaze though and his latest thing is lying on his tummy in the bath trying to "blow bubbles" he usually ends up sucking instead of blowing
I think this is definitley a personal thing and personally I'm just not ready yet

Zaara sits in her safety chair....I wash her hair and body and then and pull her out and let her play!!

While in chair I do pop out to grab some thing (for a sec) and then I sit by her. She did slip a few times and tho she got a scare she sat up by herself. But regardless....I would never leave her alone with out the chair and even than.....not for more than a few sec.

I purposely go in and out of the bathroom, organising pjs and the like, etc. I actually think it's good for them to learn some independence in these things, slowly, because one of these days they are gonna be old enough to do the whole routine themselves and expect a bit of privacy. So for me, I feel like I'm at the first (second?) step. The last step is still a long way off though!

I usually do things like clean my bathroom while haleighs in the bath as df makes a real mess when he gets home form work in there, i only help her with washing ehr hair and cleaning her body which she does mostly herself anyway ( i jsut check no soap left in hair and she cleaned everywhere). but i do also pop in and out to get her things like pjs and nappy out ready for taking ehr into the lounge to get dressed.
but haleigh loves to bath by herself at nights its her down time before bed. she prefers me to do as little as possible which is great, even better now she can actually climb out of the bath with little or no help which is great on me since im getting to nig to bend down and pick her up.

yeah your not supose to leave them till they over 5. we dont have haleighs water very deep and sometimes she has a shower rather than bath and prefers if i dont fuss over her to much.
I wouldnt go anywhere that she was out of sight though.