When He Starts to Climb Out of His Play enclosure...how Do I Keep Him Safe?

Shower at night after he goes to sleep, or in the morning before he wakes up. I've never had issues doing that. In fact, it's easier.

This is the hardest age. It's all about keeping them from killing themselves. It's exhausting...

I say baby proof, baby proof, baby proof and try to change your shower time. Maybe before hubbie goes to work, or during nap time, or at night after she is in bed...

Their safety is always a concern, but this is a very scairy age. At least it was for me.

At this age you start to teach them about routines. And rules. In time, they will get to know that. Not over night. But over time.

My kids, knew everyday, what I did, what they did, and the routines that we had.
At that age, I took them with me into the bathroom. Or I used our baby monitor to put in the room they were in, and I put the other one in the bathroom with me. That way, I could hear them. I taught them to TALK INTO THE baby monitor.

Or you put the child into a baby safe room, as Laurie A. said.

Or you do these things, while the child is napping or sleeping.
It is also about changing the timing of your routines, so that, the child is and can be supervised.

Some Toddlers are very active and will wander. Some will not. My kids were always good about that.

ALSO, make sure that the child cannot open doors to get outside.
Thus, install latches on the doors, up high, so that the child cannot open the doors to get outside. My friends sons, would open doors and go outside. So they had to put latches on all their doors, up HIGH, so that the child could not reach it.

You need to make the home safe.

I took a shower before he woke up in the morning or after he was asleep. Or while DH was watching him. I would take him in the bathroom if necessary. The way I kept him safe, was simply to watch him. Also - he was still in a crib at that age. We never had a play enclosure.

I always set up an activity on the bathroom floor, & then played peek-a-boo with the shower curtain. I also kept a drawerful of toys in the bathroom....which worked wonders!

I used to put our daughter in her room and close the door. It was all childproofed with a door handle cover.

Or I bathed while she was sleeping.

I think you have to find a new time to shower! Otherwise, you'll need to have him in the bathroom with you, though even that is not really a great solution (and your shower will not be relaxing at all).

Am I the only one who simply turned on the tv and gave him something to eat and drink? Seriously, 10 minutes is all I need, and most cartoons will keep him occupied that long. My boys watch a little tv, not too much, and 10 minutes here and there isn't going to hurt them.

Shower when someone is watching him like your husband or do when he is sleeping soundly for the night. I would not leave him in the enclosure or anywhere else alone while you shower, that's just asking for trouble. Sometimes I use to take the child in the tub with me while showering, she would sit at the back of the tub playing.