https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:37:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1994010 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:28:40 +0000 Ajsmommy 1994010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours are all open during the day but at night we close ours and DD's. Other than when we are sleeping they generally stay open, the only exception is our master when we have guests. We close it.. I think it's more of a privacy thing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993884 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:21:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 1993884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our door is closed to keep Lo out, unless I'm going in there. Too much for her to get into in there. Hers is open unless she is asleep because it gets really cold in her room. It definitely works best with our heating and cooling to have them open but Its just easier to lock her out sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993847 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:40:33 +0000 Tanjowen 1993847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the doors upstairs to the bedrooms stay shut because of the cat. Her favorite trick when we had our LO was to hide under the crib and then start making a racket after we had gotten him down and headed downstairs. So we quickly shut them and trained her to stay out. Now it's just habit to keep them shut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993842 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:38:06 +0000 Mrs. Garland 1993842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We kept ours open until just recently - our dogs have been really bad about tracking in dirt lately, and one of them (we can't figure out who!) has peed on our bed twice over the last couple of months. So, now we keep the doors closed unless we're in there. Ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993818 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:05:46 +0000 Beehive 1993818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is closed because it's not childproofed, DS's is open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993805 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:50:27 +0000 jhd 1993805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep our door closed or the dog will lay on our bed. The other doors stay open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993800 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:45:33 +0000 MapleMoose 1993800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Open. The only doors we keep closed are bathrooms because LO likes to rip all the toilet paper off the roll. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993646 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:52:34 +0000 ElbieKay 1993646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Open for the cats! Except for the baby's room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993640 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:47:47 +0000 snowjewelz 1993640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Open, closed when we have guests. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993598 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:36:58 +0000 alohaorchid 1993598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Open. I'm a neat freak so they're usually pretty clean and I dong like the look of doors being closed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993580 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:13:47 +0000 NovBaby1112 1993580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We close it after she goes to sleep bc we watch tv and cook, and can be a little loud, but then we crack it open a little before we go to bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993552 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:48:36 +0000 blackbird 1993552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All open. We used to keep some closed but we just had a new furnace installed and they said we save money by not closing off vents because the system operates more efficiently open. So now all the doors are open. And our cats have no interest in any rooms but the master bedroom, except the room I am in </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993551 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:47:00 +0000 Mae 1993551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always closed. We don't let the cats in bedrooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993546 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:44:41 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1993546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The doors are usually kept open because I'm scared about being ambushed. When guests are over the rooms they are free to go in and (snoop) are left open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993500 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 12:49:51 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1993500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Closed. We don't want the animals hanging out in the bedrooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993499 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 12:46:17 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1993499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is always open. The kids' are always shut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993468 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:50:22 +0000 Ash 1993468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep all of our doors shut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993445 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:14:11 +0000 PawPrints 1993445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always open. We only recently started shutting our bedroom door at night because our dog had started running downstairs at the crack of dawn to bark at the neighbor's dog, so the door stops him from doing that. Otherwise it'd be open then too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993444 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:13:36 +0000 loveisstrange 1993444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is open for the cats, the kid's is closed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993430 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:58:54 +0000 yoursilverlining 1993430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Synchronicity: not huge huge it's abouy 2600 square feet. It's new too and way above code for windows being efficient, etc. even though oil is a little more expensive than propane where we are, since propane burns less efficiently, we end up using more than if we had oil. We had mini splits installed this summer so we are using electricity some for heating/cooling and hoping it makes a difference. Also hoping they pipe natural gas into our area soon, though that would be several years away if it happens. We compared bills with our neighbors who all have similarly sized homes, and we all pay about the same :bummed:</p> <p>My parents have oil heat and pay even more than we do; ugh, winter!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993429 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:58:14 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1993429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Closed to keep the dogs out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993428 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:57:26 +0000 Andrea 1993428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually open because it is better for our airflow (heating/cooling) but we are having to close a lot of the doors right now since my toddler gets into everything. Hope we can reopen all doors by the time she is 3? LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993426 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:56:24 +0000 getjazzy 1993426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep our doors open during the day. At night our door stays open so I can listen for LO and to hear if anything is happening in the house (god forbid, a break in or fire or something) and LO's door is closed almost all the way to stop sound from waking him up before we've gone to bed or when we get up for work. When guests come over I try and clean the rooms and have the doors open... Which means shoving everything in to my walk in closet and closing THAT door lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993423 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:53:55 +0000 Synchronicity 1993423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: is your house huge?! My DH is in the industry, and from the little I know that seems so expensive. Not fun to pay that bill every month :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993418 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:50:13 +0000 yoursilverlining 1993418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Synchronicity: propane. It's insane - and we only keep our house at 67/68 and down around 60 for the rooms we don't use, and during the day when were gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993415 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:46:28 +0000 lovehoneybee 1993415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our door is open, E's is closed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993414 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:44:15 +0000 Synchronicity 1993414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: Holy crap! Are you on oil? Or electric? That's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993412 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:40:24 +0000 yoursilverlining 1993412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We leave the door to our master suite (where we and LO sleep) mostly closed to keep heating costs down. We pay about $600/month for heating and I'm not paying more to hear hallways and unused rooms! We only leave the door open enough for the cat to come and go from those rooms if she wants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993407 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:37:09 +0000 Reese 1993407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Open. I find if we leave a door closed the room either gets much colder or warmer than the rest of the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedroom-doors-open-or-shut#post-1993404 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:32:01 +0000 Synchronicity 1993404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you keep your bedroom doors open or shut on a regular basis? What about when guests are over? </p> <p>Regularly they are all open, but when people come over they get shut in a hurry because those rooms are always the last ones to get cleaned. Our one "guest room" is always a disaster because we use it to store a bunch of random crap that we don't want to deal with just yet. </p>