I must say as long as you take heed and have no "moments of madness" and always stay within arms reach, bathing them together is the stuff memories are made of. My two are 8 months and 3 years and have been bathing together since she could sit up well in the seat. It's one of their happiest points in the day, they love it!

I always bathed my two (19 months apart) together. We had a very strict routine though and I never even left the side of the bath while they were in together. DD2 went on a little seat like a baby bouncer but designed for the bath. DD1 went in first and looked after herself (and her bath doll) largely. DD2 went onto her seat, got washed and got out and i dried her while DD1 had her splash about. SHe knew no splashing was allowed while DD2 was in the bath and that the punishment was being taken out of the bath immediately. Worked really well for us and they loved being in the bath together.

The only time our 3yo and 3month old are bathed together is when DH & I are both in the bathroom. We each take responsibility for one of them (DH usually has the 3yo as they both splash ).

Otherwise, our 3yo gets a separate bath in the tub, and the 3month old gets a separate bath in a basin in the sink.

that is just unimaginably horrific... poor woman. we had the tigex one linked to earlier for dd1, used it a few times for dd2 but mostly we used the tummy tub which is A Thing Of Genius and just brilliant at tiring them out and calming them down when they're doing that cross, colicky thing.

Aitch - you would think so wouldn't you......
all I can say is that I felt compelled to respond to the thread after hearing of a colleague's tragic moment of madness.

how are all these accidents happening if the babies are supervised? surely no one's mental enough to leave a baby alone in a bath?

we used a bath seat with my toddler ( 2.3 when ds born) we never left them unsupervised ( like ever!) for obvious reasons my toddler would try and touch the baby but after she had been told no and told why ( with concequences of gettting out of the bath early) then she didn't touch him again and loved to 'help' bathinmg him

we used this one
http://www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Ergonomically-shaped-bath-support/dp/B000IVQQNQ/ref=sr11 1/278-8836822-2524040?_encoding=UTF8&mcb=core

but it meant that they both got into the routine of bath then bed and that one person could do it rather tahn needing too many pairs of hands

When I had DD2 (DD1 was about 2.5) I had something like this Very stable for the baby to lie on and bath both of them at the same time.

i used one of these. sat it in the base of the bath, then filled it, and the bath around it, ds went in the baby bath from birth, dd, who was 3.5yrs at the time had enough room to go in the big bath. they were both in separate, contained water, which was really handy the day ds pooed! just after ds was born, dh was working away, so i was on my own all week, found this so useful for bathing them both together.

or alternatively, i used to hop in with them both, and hold ds, or lay him across my legs when i washed dd.

Oh, hadn't thought of the toddler climbing in bit!
He has spent the past week lying in the crib, sitting in the baby car seat and messing with the play gym.... may be a problem!!