https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 10:59:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2834217 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:15:23 +0000 MamaBear87 2834217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just saw this one on amazon. I haven't used it but looks like it could work with some adjustments </p> [attach=6228/18/pbyylo.337x600.Screenshot_20180716-101306.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2834021 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 22:22:24 +0000 bhbee 2834021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can also buy a y-shaped piece (vs the flat circles for the wall) for at least some tension gates - assuming the baluster can take the pressure </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2834013 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 20:01:34 +0000 Ms. RV 2834013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It won't be aesthetically pleasing, but if you wire tie a larger piece of wood to a baluster you should be able to just use a tension gate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2833976 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:56:06 +0000 yellowbeach 2833976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: No, unfortunately this stairway is open to the main living room and her playroom. It's definitely not ideal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2833969 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 09:37:30 +0000 erinbaderin 2833969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have a hallway or anything leading to that area that you could block off instead? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2833966 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 08:47:03 +0000 gotkimchi 2833966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Look like it will have to be tension mounted - I would zip tie wood to the open slat side and then tension mount. Now as far as looking nice....I’ve got nothing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-gate-advice#post-2833964 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 08:33:57 +0000 yellowbeach 2833964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking for ideas on how we can safely block off our stairs given that we have brick on one side and open slats on the other. Anyone MacGyver a solution for similar? I'm hoping for something aesthetically pleasing since this is right in our foyer. </p> [attach=7491/18/pbuz0m.600x600.IMG_4797.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-593137 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:24:11 +0000 ChitownRo 593137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After talking with our new realtor, we convinced my DH that duplex down is better for us than a walk up. And they are cheaper :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-592344 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:18:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 592344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are moving to an apt on the second floor, but with two flights of stairs. We have a spot in the garage where we can leave the stroller though which was key for me (I was preg when we started looking so it was ver much on my mind).<br /> I've heard the city mini is best for that since it is so light and the fold and unfold is SO easy- I practiced it in the store. I think as long as you can fold it and hang it or slide it next to the other one you'd be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-592084 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:59:59 +0000 LindsayInNY 592084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*Bump* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-590322 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:38:46 +0000 red_seattle 590322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our apartment when X was born was upstairs. We bought the Uppababy G-lite because it's so light and easy to carry up and downstairs. There's a strap so you can carry it over your shoulder up and down stairs, and you could hang it on a hook using the strap too. It can stand upright when folded, so it was really easy to store, if you don't want to hang it on a hook--- so shelving isn't necessary. The downside is that since it's an umbrella style, we couldn't use it until X was 6 months. That wasn't a problem though since we wore X in a baby carrier until then anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-590278 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:05:28 +0000 LindsayInNY 590278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the process of buying a condo that's a fourth floor walk up. There's a storage room in the basemen where we can store one bike or stroller. But it looks like itd be a hassle to store and lock it. We're TTC too but when the time comes, I think we'll look for a lightweight stroller to carry upstairs. The condos current residents have a 2 1/2 year old and they said it was never an issue with the stroller! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-590233 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:18:38 +0000 ChitownRo 590233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Thanks. I'll have to look into those models. I'm holding off into actually looking at strollers until I get my BFP -- don't want to jinx it. But sounds like a good solution. I'm also considering storing it in the trunk of our car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-590220 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:07:58 +0000 hilsy85 590220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You probably want something lightweight and easy to fold, like the city mini! i think Mr&amp;Mrs Bee have it, and they have stairs to their apt in NYC. Or a stroller like that or the britax b agile can be folded and hung from a hook on the wall, if you can install something like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strollers-in-condos-with-stairs#post-590205 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:59:31 +0000 ChitownRo 590205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all -<br /> My DH are actively TTC and also house hunting for condos in Chicago. Do any of you have to deal with stairs with your stroller? One place that we like is on the 3rd floor of a "3 flat." I'm concerned about the 2 flights of stairs,my husband, notso much.</p> <p> There is a small vestibule for our 3 mail boxes and I noticed a stroller folded in the corner. There isn't much space, storing two of them upright in the corner may be a challenge. Do you know of any shelving that is good for stroller storage? I guess I could DIY but neither DH nor I are handy...</p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-down-stairs#post-585764 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:43:26 +0000 glimmersnaps 585764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have stairs in our house and they are carpeted. DS has always been very physically adventuresome so he's been going up and down them since before he was one. He used to like slide backward on his stomach but one day he was distracted and somehow tumbled down from about halfway. I was at the top and holding coffee and of course I was screaming and spilling the coffee. He started crying I think only because of my bizarre reaction! I was like shaking and felt like a horrible, negligent, caffine-addicted mom all day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-down-stairs#post-585756 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:33:44 +0000 Mrs. Pen 585756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry! It is a sick sick feeling in the put of your stomach when that happens!</p> <p>Didn't happen to my son but it did to my nanny boy right when I got to the family's house. It is traumatizing.</p> <p>I'm so relieved that he isn't seriously injured, poor boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-down-stairs#post-585742 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:11:13 +0000 HLK208 585742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no!!! Glad he wasn't too hurt! But how scary, totally not your fault and don't feel bad about the language.</p> <p>We did have one incident. I was at my parents house, walking down the stairs with my son, when my daughter woke up from her nap. I turned around to go to the room she was in and a few seconds later I heard *thump*bonk*boom* followed by serious cries. I ran down after him...luckily he only had a few bruises but he was so scared and so was I. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-down-stairs#post-585715 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:47:55 +0000 lovehoneybee 585715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poor baby, I'm glad he wasn't badly hurt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-down-stairs#post-582659 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:51:25 +0000 pelikila 582659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know it is part of life and likely we've all fallen down stairs at one time or another but seeing your kid do it and not being able to stop it in time is heart breaking. </p> <p>I took my 2 year old to the museum of natural science this week for the first time and I guess because we don't have stairs and don't often encounter them he really wanted to go up and down the stairs. (Feels like I paid $30 for my kid to go up and down stairs!) Some times he let me hold his hand, sometimes he wanted to hold the railing/wall. Well he decided he didn't want to hold my hand down one flight of stairs and grabbed for the railing rather than the wall and started down before I could stop him. Going up that method is fine but going down isn't because he doesn't move his hand with the step so the railing becomes too tall for him going down. Well, lo and behold, tumbling/rolling down he goes. Of course all that came out of my mouth was "F***! F***! F***!" and there is a mom and her three adolescents in front of us. I felt bad for my language and I felt worse for my boy. He now has bruise on his cheek and some on his legs (they were granite stairs) but seems no worse for wear. My nerves were totally shot though.</p> <p>Have you had traumatic stair moments yet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-187620 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:58:26 +0000 yin 187620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Recently at 13 months my DH tried to lure my LO down the stairs. I was scared that he would fall, and we just watched him slowly go down backwards all on his own. Very scary but glad that he figured out how to go down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-187335 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:46:02 +0000 Andrea 187335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD didn't really go down the stairs until she knew that she could walk down the stairs by herself, at about 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-187326 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:32:01 +0000 Boogs 187326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO just figured it out himself. We have a step that leads to the backyard and we let him practice himself to see what worked best for him. He eventually decided to go down backwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-187261 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:58:41 +0000 Honeybee 187261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD learned right at about 1 year old; she slides down on her butt. At around 20 months, she was able to walk down the stairs, front-facing, holding my hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-185568 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:50:49 +0000 Lozza 185568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I much prefer the going-down-backwards method... if he is going down on his butt it's a little too easy for him to just stand up and lean over.<br /> We started probably a month after he was able to go UP the stairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-185519 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:17:05 +0000 Mrs. Pen 185519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with the boy I nanny we started as soon as he was crawling/climbing things. He could climb up the steps great but try to go down headfirst. From day one we taught him to turn around and scoot one leg down at a time. He learned really quickly and thankfully has never had a head-first tumble. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-to-go-down-stairs-age-and-method#post-185514 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:14:11 +0000 s1lly 185514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At what age did you teach your LO to go down stairs. Did you use the slide down each step with your butt or climb backwards method? </p>