Hydrocortisone is a steroid medication that treats inflammation in the body. The drug comes in an oral form to take by mouth, and a topical form to apply to the skin.
Some kids ask to be left alone as early as 5 or 6; others enjoy having your company until they start approaching puberty, closer to 9 or 10. Bathing alone, however, can be risky because of drowning dangers, and it can take just a few seconds for even older kids to slip and drown in only a few inches of water.
Well, who knows what the ''right age'' is, but we have a 4-year- old who has been bathing without a parent hovering (I wouldn't say unsupervised) for a good 6 months now. He sits in the tub and plays happily for a long time, while one of us does the dishes in the kitchen adjoining the bath.