https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:17:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410681 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:32:53 +0000 youboots 2410681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do this at my family's beach house. She sleeps upstairs with a monitor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410680 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:30:18 +0000 littlecasita1122 2410680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will be experiencing this soon...we have two bedrooms upstairs and one downstairs. Right now our master is upstairs but we will move downstairs so the new baby can be in our current room. The other option would be for my son to be downstairs, but he's not 4 until June and I just wasn't comfortable with that. We plan to use monitors in both kids' rooms for awhile. I will admit, I'm not totally a fan of the situation but it is what it is. The house I grew up in, I was downstairs and my parents and sister were upstairs. However it was a tiny Cape and you could hear anything no matter where you were in the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410673 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:23:31 +0000 ineebee 2410673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our house arrangement is very unique, so DS's room is and has always been on a different floor than us. We moved him into it when he was 4mo. At first I felt a little separation anxiety, and then I was just annoyed at how far I had to walk to get to him for MOTN feedings. But now it's great and I don't see an issue. He's 9mo now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410446 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 17:16:10 +0000 sailgrl18 2410446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our apartment is a two bedroom duplex with one bedroom on each floor. He moved to his bedroom at 2 months. We haven't had any issues. He's now in a toddler bed and most mornings when he wakes up he comes out of his room and comes upstairs to get us. We deadbolt the front door but he has full access to the rest of the apartment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410427 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:54:28 +0000 Raindrop 2410427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would you be against having your kids share a room for a while?</p> <p>We plan to have the kids share till they really complain which I heard was around 8-10? </p> <p>We have a similar situation and that's what we were planning to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410425 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:52:15 +0000 sarac 2410425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never have understood the issue here, personally. Our bedroom is in the attic, and jut daughter moved into her ground floor bedroom at eight months. These days she just comes upstairs when she wakes at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410419 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:46:22 +0000 Charm54 2410419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bungalow - 2 on the main floor and 2 in the basement that is finished nice than our upstairs. At 2 she moved downstairs and we haven't had any issues at all. </p> <p>Friends of ours have the same setup , and they moved to the basement and kept their two girls on the main floor but I wasn't as comfortable with that idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410403 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:34:49 +0000 Mrs Spoon 2410403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess 6 months which is when we moved LO to her own room two floors away. Granted we were in a tri-level open style loft so could hear everything. She's again on the bottom floor (we're up one floor) with no issues. But once we move her to a big girl bed we'll have to figure out how to limit her from roaming until she's closer to 3-4 years old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410365 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:59:38 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2410365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As soon as they slept through the night. If we had a video monitor, I am not sure what the issue would be..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410338 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:39:09 +0000 mdf106 2410338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The same age as I feel comfortable having him sleep in another room, which is 6 months for us. I do keep DS locked in his room (with a monkey lock), with a video monitor since moving him out of the crib. I would be okay with unlocking his door somewhere in the 3-4 year range, but we are not there yet. If the child were downstairs and the master up, I would install out-of-reach deadbolts on all external doors. Almost all of the two story houses here have the master downstairs and all other bedrooms upstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410277 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:58:34 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2410277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's room is downstairs. When she was younger, I felt comfortable with her sleeping in her room with a video monitor. She's 3.5 now and we have long since removed the monitor, but she refuses to sleep in her room :silly: </p> <p>If ever we convince her sleep in her own bed, I'd feel comfortable without having a video monitor in place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410265 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:47:18 +0000 MamaCate 2410265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pmrlady: we moved to a house like this when DD was 3 1/2 and I was 32 weeks pregnant. So DD got the downstairs bedroom, DH and I were upstairs in the master and the baby got the other upstairs bedroom. I was a little worried but it has really been fine. We did invest in a good double video monitor which helps. DD will call for us and will come upstairs even in the dark on her own sometimes. I think it will be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410254 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:37:59 +0000 daniellemybelle 2410254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is upstairs and we are downstairs. It's been that way since we moved here when she was almost 2. Honestly, I love it but she's still in a crib. We will have to lock her in her room at night when we move her to a bed but other than that I don't see any issues! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410219 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:17:20 +0000 Andrea 2410219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been on different floors since she was 2.5 and we haven't had any issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2410009 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:28:37 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2410009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a single story for this reason.... but I see that my oldest is able to get up and down the stairs on her own safely now that she's almost 4, so I would say that 4 would be the min age for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409889 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:18:44 +0000 catlady 2409889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO has always been on a different floor (since we moved her out of our room at 4 months). Honestly, it's fine. We still use a monitor (she's now 27 months) and she's still in her crib, so I don't really worry. Once we move her to a bed, we will probably need to do something so she can't open her door, since I don't want her to try to climb the stairs to our room in the dark. </p> <p>We have a tall, narrow house, so she is on the 2nd floor and we are on the third. I wouldn't want her on the ground floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409878 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:12:51 +0000 Alivoo01 2409878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If he slept through the night, I'd be okay with him sleeping on a different floor probably after 2 months? I'd definitely put a baby monitor in there so I can check up on him though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409875 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:11:58 +0000 LuLu Mom 2409875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would be comfortable (with monitors) if we were on the main floor and they were upstairs as soon as they were out of our room. However, I have very little desire to have a 2 story home, but I could see our daughters being in the basement of a ranch style home if they choose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409860 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:05:56 +0000 MoonMoon 2409860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, I have no idea. LO sleeps in our room and I get anxiety thinking about him even being in another room. He's 2.5 :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409805 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:37:36 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2409805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's common for master bedrooms to be on the first floor and all other bedrooms upstairs here. It's hard to sell a two story home that has a master upstairs. I would be comfortable with DD being on upstairs while I was down as soon as I was comfortable with her being in her own room. We moved DD to her room at 6 weeks. We have a one story, but if we had an upstairs I still would have moved her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409797 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:32:16 +0000 KayKay 2409797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had two floors between our DDs and us last year. DD1 was 2.5+ and in a big girl bed. DD2 was 2-8months. Aside from tackling 2 sets of stairs for nightwakings, it was fine!</p> <p>ETA: the master was only thing on 3rd floor and both other bedrooms were on the 1st floor. THe 2nd floor was the kitchen/living area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409551 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:12:09 +0000 Ree723 2409551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd be ok if the master bedroom was on the ground floor and the kids were upstairs, probably from a fairly early age, but I would not be comfortable with any of my LOs on the ground floor whilst we were upstairs. </p> <p>I don't know where I heard this, and it may not always work for us, but I've heard the rule of thumb is that you should always be between your kids and the front door. That may be a bit neurotic but it's what we go by...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409550 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:08:49 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2409550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it for the first two years because it was master only upstairs. With a good monitor it was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409548 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:07:08 +0000 rattles 2409548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a big deal, especially in the age of baby monitors. We bought a new home last year, and our master is on the first floor while the others are upstairs. The girls were 2 and 4 months at the time. I was more put off by the one-stories we saw that had secondary bedrooms at the front of the house, personally. Our older daughter comes down in the morning or if she needs something, and the baby is still in a crib. No problems here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409524 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:37:08 +0000 matador84 2409524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we are about to move and our almost 2 and 3 year old will be upstairs and we will be downstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409521 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:34:31 +0000 Mrs. Octopus 2409521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, which is why I built a single story :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409513 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:24:50 +0000 fancyfunction 2409513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M's room is on the second floor and we're a short flight up from the second story hall.<br /> She just turned 3 and we just converted her crib. It hasn't been a problem so far - and she hasn't tried to leave her room. We did put a gate up in her doorway just for added security - I'm not a fan of closing/locking her door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409512 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:19:50 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2409512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I'd be comfortable with a master on the main floor and kids upstairs from day 1. But I wouldn't want master upstairs and kids on main. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409506 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:08:16 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2409506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would be okay with being on the ground floor when my LO is 5 or 6. I wouldn't want to be on the top floor at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-would-you-be-comfortable-having-lo-sleep-on-a-different-floor-than-you#post-2409494 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:00:30 +0000 californiadreams 2409494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think so, especially if you have a monitor. i guess it depends on your kid though. I can see it working for us because DS is 3 years old now and he stays in bed until we come to him every morning (and after nap). He knows we can hear him on the monitor and when he wakes he will call "mommy daddy" and one of us goes. We also hear if he wakes during the night. If he was getting out of bed and trekking to us, i might feel different. </p>