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At what age can you start leaving your toddler alone playing (i.e., not in the same room watching)?
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06.06.09, 09:13 AM [ Flag ]
- For a minute or so, but no longer.
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  06.06.09, 09:16 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- as long as I can hear him and am in and out of the room, I don't need to stand over him every second
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  06.06.09, 09:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - agree
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    06.06.09, 11:30 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- It really depends on the kid. My friend used to leave her under 2-year old playing alone in her room all the time (mom would be in living room/kitchen next door). The bedroom was relatively safe, the girl was not a climber and the girl liked to play with puzzles, plato and small toys and did well on her own. My daughter on the other hand, I didn't leave alone for long until she was almost three b/c when I did her alone, I would find her climbing on the window sill, trying to hang from the curtains, etc. By the time, my daughter was 2 years, 9 months or so, I felt that I could leave her alone...as long as she wasn't with her super active, trouble-making best friend that brings out the trouble-maker side of my kid and, oh boy, do they make a mess!!!
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  06.06.09, 10:14 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Depends on your dc and when they stop putting things in their mouth, to some extent. By 2 or 2 1/2 I think most dc's can be left in a different room, although I usually like to have a sense of where they are and what they're doing. And I think you can potentially start earlier, depending on your dc, babyproofing, layout, etc.
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  06.06.09, 10:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- since birth. Depending on the age, I'd go into another room for not very long, but there was never a time w/either child that I thought I couldn't leave them alone.
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  06.06.09, 11:11 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- my 22 mo dd has been playing on her own for about 6 months, but i'm usually a room away. she doesn't put anything in her mouth and when she's "alone" she's in a place that has been child proofed and is safe to play in. but again, i can hear her at all times and am 8 steps away.
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  06.06.09, 11:14 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - np: this was me w dc1, it's the benefit of a smaller apt! i can laready tell that this is unlikely to be he case with dc2 though!
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    06.06.09, 12:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]