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For a littttle bit. Like, a minute, haha.

DD is 11 months and she has gated play area in the living room so we can quickly walk away to do something if we need to, except she is stage 5 clinger these days and starts to get mad/wail when we leave her alone!

Yes, if I put something really exciting on tv (usually a YouTube documentary about elephants or penguins, right now), they will not destroy the house or themselves while I take a fast shower. They stay in the baby gate area in the living room.

@sorrycharlie: Going through a super similar stage right now. DS1 is 2.5 and DS2 is 14 months and they love to hug and wrestle. Also DS2 tends to grab on to his brothers hair and pull and DS1 laughs about it. Ugh. (addressing that, don't worry!)

ANyway, the way that I get things done in other rooms, like doing the dishes, or running down to the basement to advance laundry, is to put the 14 month old in the bouncy chair that hangs in the large doorway, and to put a show on. I can't trust them alone together without the chair, and I can't trust the 14 month old mobile anyway because he still has no sense of danger.

I can leave LO1 alone (almost 3). LO2 is very active, aka will be in the trash, will be eating toilet paper, dog food, etc. for that reason alone i can't leave him by himself for long periods of time

I have a two-year old and an 8 month old. I leave them alone for 5-10 minutes at a time, either together or individually. After that amount of time, either (1) one of them comes looking for me; (2) there is crying or something has crashed; (3) there is silence and I get _very_ nervous

I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old and I can totally leave them alone for 5 ish minutes. Great when I have to potty or get dressed. Lol

As long as I set them up with activities I can pop in another room for a bit. They only have access to baby proofed rooms. DD1 used to hug/tackle the baby, but she's gotten much better about it lately. I can't leave them long enough to shower, but I can move the laundry or clean the kitchen.

At 3 and 18 months, sure I can leave to go to the bathroom or something but not when my younger one was a baby. A few times we were in the same room and I had the baby in the bouncer and when I turned my back for a second my older one was sitting on him! But it does get much better I promise! I think once they are able to start walking...at least then my younger one wouldn't leave my side so there was no chance for trouble!