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Open during the summer for airflow around the house since it's warmer and we have fans.

I sometimes close the door if DH is still awake watching tv in the family room or if I want the dogs to stay in the bedroom.

Closed. Never had a problem hearing my kiddo and she can now get out of her room and into ours easily. The opening doors gives me warning that she's on the prowl.

@Ajsmommy: @marym: about the fire thing- but doesn't that make it more likely you won't know about the fire until later and be unable to get to the other bedrooms with kids in them? This is freaking me out a little since while we share a wall with Cs bedroom, the doors are on opposite sides of the condo. We do have smoke detectors throughout that are VERY loud and checked by the fire department every year so I'm not terribly worried but still...

We sleep with our door open usually, to help with air flow, but Cs door is closed. I hear her very clearly through the wall so it doesn't matter if doors are open or closed.

@Foodnerd81: if you have smoke detectors in every bedroom, and enough in common areas it should still be fine, like @Ajsmommy: said.

ETA: I just messaged my cousin who is a fire scientist to verify.

Closed. Safer in the event of a fire.

@Ajsmommy: oh I'm not questioning whether that is correct- I believe you and your fire safety family. Just thinking about it is making me feel panicky, the idea of a fire in between my closed door and hers and not being able to get to her. But I'm reminding myself that 1) this is all extremely unlikely; 2) we have all those working smoke detectors; and 3) the fire station is one and a half blocks away from us and have gotten here within minutes when the buildings alarm went off.

Going. To stop thinking about it too much now.

Oops. I voted open, but really it's "depends."

In the summer, we leave it open because our bedroom windows don't open and we depend on the kitchen/living room windows to keep the air circulating. In the winter, we keep it closed to keep the warm air in. LO is only 3m, so I don't know if things will change once he can leave his room!

Closed right now because in the summer the light comes in the front window at *just* the right angle to shine down the hall, into our room and onto our and blind me by about 5 am. In the fall/winter the angle changes and the door is left open.