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We have a gate at the top of the stairs. She doesn't focus on stairs and is often distracted, and we have marble floors at the bottom with a big window right in front so it would be bad if she fell. Her door is usually closed at night. She's 3.5.

We had it open until our 15 month old was climbing out of her crib.
She was fine in the room with the door closed until big sister figured out door knobs.
Now we have a gate.

@Tanjowen: my oldest doesn't get up to use the bathroom over night.

@Tanjowen: Oh man about your neighbors story. Maybe a good idea to latch the main doors either way? I know my DH is paranoid about DS getting outside, so we have double locks on both doors and a gate on our deck with another lock. (we live near a river and a highway so getting outside could be very bad).

@Tanjowen: she's not night trained yet, but she can open her bedroom door and the bathroom door herself, so it doesn't matter if I close them or not.

@Tanjowen: there have been a few stories in the new here about young kids (3yrs) found wandering in their neighborhoods. One of them was during a severe cold alert and the child didn't survive. I'm particularly paranoid about my oldest letting herself out of the house. She recently let herself and her little sister in the backyard through a double locked door while I was nursing the baby. We have triple locked our doors now, but I'm still paranoid.

@Tanjowen:Is there a reasong he is against the gate at the stairs? I would think that something you would need anyway during the daytime. we have had a gate on the top of our stairs since LO became mobile.

@tanjowen: yeah, i mean, now (4.25y) she gets up sometimes in the middle of the night to pee, but we probably did diapers overnight until she was almost 3? i didn't switch her until she had been dry at night for awhile, so she typically still doesn't have to. unlike her pregnant mama