Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you close the door?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you close the door? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:13:22 +0000 tequiero21 on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774615 Thu, 21 Sep 2017 03:08:35 +0000 tequiero21 2774615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mommy Finger: same with us. Used to close it; stopped when my kids would say they were scared and wanted the door open. I voted never, but the answer is usually.... Mrs Green Grass on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774602 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:32:06 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2774602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes but I keep mine open. I wish I didn't have to! (It's for the dog not the child.) PawPrints on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774552 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:06:53 +0000 PawPrints 2774552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Always closed. We leave our own door open just so the dogs (who sleep with us) will hear any intruders and raise hell. They're the alarm system. birdofafeather on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774543 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:42:53 +0000 birdofafeather 2774543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All sleep for noise. And I just feel better having my door closed! snowjewelz on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774535 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:30:00 +0000 snowjewelz 2774535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All sleep. They all have white noise but I don't want to wake them up! We watch them on monitors. catlady on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774530 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:04:21 +0000 catlady 2774530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Always closed. Otherwise we end up with cats pouncing on us all night long (also I don't trust them with the baby). yin on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774527 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:00:04 +0000 yin 2774527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All sleep. I used to keep LO's door slightly opened and my door opened when he was a baby. AngelicOne on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774526 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:59:22 +0000 AngelicOne 2774526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Closed for all sleep to keep the animals out of his room. Also, his room is close to the living room so it helps keep the noise down (along with his white noise machine). Our door stays open though because the animals sleep with us. Dahlia on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774510 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:08:30 +0000 Dahlia 2774510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We used to always close so the cats wouldn't bother her, but lately she's been asking for it to stay open so we crack it. The cats have no interest in her anyway. 2littlepumpkins on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774504 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:47:33 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2774504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. I heard about the fire safety thing last year but my kids share and my dd won't sleep with it closed. MaryM on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774496 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:37:40 +0000 MaryM 2774496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For those that close for fire safety... I actually asked a cousin who's a fire scientist if it was better to keep the door open or closed. He said as long as you have smoke detectors IN your bedrooms, it's better to keep them open. Then if there's a fire elsewhere in the house, the smoke will reach the room quicker, setting off the alarm, and you'll get out earlier. If you keep the door closed, it'll block the smoke until there's enough for it to seep under the door. Unless all your alarms are wired together and go off at the same time. LulaBee on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774495 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:36:24 +0000 LulaBee 2774495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My girls share a room. Door is closed completely until DH and I got to bed then it's just pushed to. Our door stays open. LuLu Mom on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774477 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:06:15 +0000 LuLu Mom 2774477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Doors are open now at night that the girls are 5 and 2 1/2, but I used to close doors when baby. I do close door at nap for the 2 1/2 year old if she's in her room (she usually naps in our room on the weekends, and it's in the back of the house so quieter) Mrs D on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774459 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:53:04 +0000 Mrs D 2774459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always close it - unless LO is sick then I leave it cracked for easy entry to check her. DD requests her door be closed - just not latched. I find it interesting, all our grandparents do NOT latch it - since they never had monitors this was their monitor...leaving the door cracked enough to hear the babes! agold on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774454 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:48:05 +0000 agold 2774454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I never knew about fire safety! I keep my baby's door closed for light and noise purposes. But I have the nest monitor in her room and we watch her on the ipad the entire time. I guess unless I'm asleep, too! Eko on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774451 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:44:22 +0000 Eko 2774451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I close them almost all the way, but not. My aunt had a casual friend/acquaintance whose kids died because there was a fire and their kids closed door got stuck shut. Just can't do it. ShootingStar on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774439 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:58:16 +0000 ShootingStar 2774439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All doors are closed in our house. Otherwise the kids would wake up way too early. Or they'd wake up before we go to bed. Also, our dog might sneak into one of their rooms if the doors were open and she might wake them up. 2PeasinaPod on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774433 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:43:46 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2774433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For our youngest, yes for all sleep, mainly because of noise and light. Our oldest gets scared when he wakes up and the door is closed, so we keep his open. We also sleep with our door open. I always grew up with our doors open when we slept, so it's not foreign to me. wrkbrk on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774431 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:43:14 +0000 wrkbrk 2774431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No. All of our doors are always open. LO does have a baby gate in his doorway. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774428 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:40:59 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2774428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't make LO sleep in his crib for naps at home. When we tried he wakes up. However, if we did we would close the door just like we do for nighttime sleep. LO's room is right at the top of the stairs and unless the door is shut you can easily here the TV noise below. We don't shut the door because that makes noise, but it's closed. Our baby monitor alerts us to noises and movements. nana87 on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774414 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:08:50 +0000 nana87 2774414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Los' door is closed, mostly so that our dogs don't go in and out, jump on lo1's bed, or wake them up with their barking. In the middle of the night, if one of them wakes up/I have to go in, I won't latch the door all the way (the click is loud), so it's only mostly closed. We sleep with our door open so that lo1 can come in. She can open our doors from the inside of rooms but not as easily from the outside (ie she can pull them open, but pushing them open is apparently harder to her). littlebug on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774387 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:13:34 +0000 littlebug 2774387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I close A's door (19m) as soon as I put her down and walk out the room. D's door (4.5y) stays cracked open until Hubs and I go to bed, at which point we close it fully. Fire safety and the cat are our reasons. I'd prefer to close D's door right away to reduce noise, but he prefers it to stay cracked open a bit. Mommy Finger on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774366 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:27:35 +0000 Mommy Finger 2774366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We always closed the door until DS1 requested that we keep it open. Since then, our door is open as I fear he'll run into it in the middle of the night.. :) DS2's door is always closed and will remain that way until he asks for it to be open. lamariniere on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774365 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:26:52 +0000 lamariniere 2774365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I close them most of the way but they are never completely shut. Ajsmommy on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774352 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:54:21 +0000 Ajsmommy 2774352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, fire safety. skinnycow on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774349 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:51:51 +0000 skinnycow 2774349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, always! I don't want the cat wandering in there or the dogs' barking to wake her up. Mae on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774344 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:45:00 +0000 Mae 2774344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Everyone here sleeps with doors closed. We have cats. They are assholes if doors are open. BSB on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774339 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:39:04 +0000 BSB 2774339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All sleep. We have dogs so if they bark, the closed door muffles the noise. There was a few weeks where we couldn't get them to go down for bedtime if we closed the door, so we would leave it open until they fell asleep then I would close it. kiddosc on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774338 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:38:43 +0000 kiddosc 2774338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have all sorts of answers :silly: For the 18 month old, I close the door completely at nap, and leave it open about 2 inches at bedtime. For the 5 year old, door open. We sleep with our door open also. erinbaderin on "Do you close the door?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-close-the-door#post-2774332 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:26:06 +0000 erinbaderin 2774332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely - keep the noise and cats out, and keep the white noise in.