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MIL locking kids bedroom door at sleepovers

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Lima1 · 10/02/2015 19:56

My kids are due to stay at PIL one night this weekend. They stay about 3/4 times a year and look forward to it. I was telling DS1 about it this evening and it came up in conversation that MIL locks them into their bedroom (all three in one room) at night in case they sleepwalk and fall down the stairs. DS1 is 5 so I took it with a pinch of salt as I thought maybe she just pretended she was doing it to stop them coming out of the room. I asked DD (7) later and she told me the same, she says she hears the key turning in the lock and if she needs to go to the bathroom she calls MIL to come up and hears the lock opening. I will ask MIL in a nice way if she does this as she may be only pretending. But DD says she hears the lock turning and I don't see why she would give the excuse of possible sleep walking unless she was really locking them in. Aibu to be furious about this? Their room is upstairs in a dormer while PIL's bedroom is downstairs. I would be so worried if there was a fire and the kids couldn't get out or any number of emergencies. Btw my kids are aged 3,5 and 7

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dreamingofsun · 10/02/2015 19:58

i too would be worried about a fire. to me that would be more of a concern than sleepwalking. do they sleepwalk? i would have husband speaking to my MIL about this.

echt · 10/02/2015 20:01

Definitely ask her. Be prepared for her to say no, she doesn't. The details of Dd (7) argues the truth.

Say you insist that the door be left unlocked for safety reasons.
Say you do not want the matter discussed with either DD. This should prevent her possibly doing "our secret".

If it happens again, do not let them stay over. You may want to say this right away as a condition.

YANBU and your PILs are dangerous numpties.

scratchandsniff · 10/02/2015 20:02

I would not be happy with that at all. No need to lock them in. What if one of fell ill and she couldn't locate the key, or just didn't hear them if they were upset, and then of course the fire risk, especially if their room is downstairs. If she's worried about them falling down the stairs I'd offer to buy a stairgate.

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