Bedroom door - what about yours?

[Funkingownit]

Random, I know. Do you sleep with your door open or closed? I'm sure years ago I used to have it closed, but after getting a cat, kept it open. Would be so weird for me to have it closed now!

How about you? How about your dcs?

[thugmansion]

Youre welcome Mrs Biggins ..... not sure why

[Libitina]

I have to sleep with mine closed. I always sleep closest to the door (throwback to when DS was a child) and worry that I will wake up in the night to see someone standing there looking at me. Silly, I know

[HicDraconis]

Earthquakes far more common here than house fires :)

Yes, we've done night time rehearsals. Smoke, CO, heat detectors every floor hard wired into house alarm. One window without opening restrictor (our en suite) and escape ladder under bed. Fire extinguishers on each floor and fire blankets in the kitchens.

Doors open :)

Appreciate in the UK earthquakes are less of an issue, but not everyone is bonkers for sleeping with doors open. Have you ever heard someone screaming while the house is rocking and their door frames are buckled and they can't open the door? Thought not.

[IfAtFirstUDontSucceed]

Ajar, this is probably from years of having cats and them scratching to be let in or let out. I haven't had a cat in over a year now, but a wide open door freaks me out. I have to get out of bed to push it to just the right amount of ajar-ness otherwise I can't relax.

I don't like having it shut either. Feels as though there's no air, but if the windows open then the doors rattle in the frame.

I always leave DSs bedroom door ajar too.

[justwondering72]

All doors at least a bit open. I'm partially deaf and wouldn't hear a crying child behind a closed door. And it makes me feel very claustrophobic to be shut in a room.

[MrsBigginsPieShop]

I've never pearl clutched before thigmansion but you can have my first!

[Purplepoodle]

Closed as too bright otherwise (and I keep thinking I see things in the door way if open)

[MrsBigginsPieShop]

Ds's door closed on second floor (safety). Our door open on third floor (anxiety). Fire doors throughout so we should shut then all but don't. Half and half.

[thugmansion]

I think the rules for this must be set very early on in life when you first start to co-habit or get married. Ours has always been doors open, lights on, TVs/consoles/music on at any hour anyone liked, sleep where you dropped and so that is the norm for us. Silence and darkness would feel like death to me but if that is your rule then live and let live. It's whatever you are happy with.

[morelikeguidelines]

Open because of dcs (little one is 18 months).

Used to be a closed door person before dcs.

[Icedfinger]

Open, but just a crack! DD is 2 and can push it open.

[VelmaD]

Mines opposite. Always had it open a little bit, until we got a cat and now it's shut!

[bec3105]

Dd14 door closed
Ds9&10 door open
Me and dh door ajar always used to be open so we could hear the kids at night but now that's not an issue

[Sallyingforth]

Have you done an escape rehearsal, at night
Better than that. We did the real thing once when the alarms went off! (long story :( )

Yeah, and smoke to circulate too. And carbon monoxide.
That's why we have smoke and CO detectors.

[treaclesoda]

Alice, it is much the same in our house. Although it isn't that our child has SN, it is a severe phobia. If someone can cure the phobia I would love to have all the doors shut.

[NobodyLivesHere]

Mine is closed. Kids depend on if they get up to pee and shut them behind themselves or not.

[SqueezyCheeseWeasel]

We have teens. Their doors are closed. My door is propped open an inch or so (for the cat), if the cat is out, the door is fully closed.

[mintpoppet]

''Fingers crossed for you.''

Really? You do realise house fires are uncommon. I know they can happen but it's not like they are spontaneously breaking out right, left and centre.

[helenahandbag]

I've never been able to sleep unless my door was closed ("Properly! Until it clicks!" as I would roar at my parents when they tried to half-arse it ) but now I have to keep it closed because the dog sleeps in our bed and if he can get out, he goes out to fetch toys and then barks at us to play in the middle of the night

[Lweji]

Door open here, to allow air to circulate.

Yeah, and smoke to circulate too. And carbon monoxide.

fingers crossed for you.

[intheenddotcom]

Don't want to scare you sallying but smoke can make you unconscious before the alarms go off.

Our neighbor had an issue with his chimney which resulted in our living room filling with smoke - the alarm didn't go off. Had it checked - it wasn't faulty just not enough smoke!

[AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore]

If I closed the doors, my ds with SNs would get up repeatedly opening them all. He cannot function with them closed. I would have to literally stay up all night closing them again and again. It's unfortunate, but I can only do so much.

[Cotto]

mint
im not scared of spiders !
Actually you are right though .If the cat comes in my room he goes spider hunting at 4am hence I shut him downstairs

[Cotto]

I don't want to upset or frighten anyone but you can google Youtube Christmas tree fire if you want to.

It shows how a room is engulfed in flames and the smoke fills the room in 45 seconds

Please close all your internal doors - shut the cat downstairs .

[mintpoppet]

Cotto, that's how superspiders get in!