Would you let a 2.1yo and a 3.0 yo play together upstairs unsupervised?

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Had a situation the other day at my sister's where she told her 3 yo to take my 2.1yo ds upstairs to play in his room. I felt a bit uneasy about this as when they are together they do go completely hyper, and my ds doesn't really understand the danger of doing certain things ie sticking something into a plug socket.

Am I being "precious" or a "helicopter parent"?

FWIW I would be quite happy to leave him if he was a bit older/more understanding of things that are potentially harmful.

put socket protectors in the sockets and always have an ear out.
if it is too quiet have a look.
yes I would, if it is not in the other wing of a large country house.

I let my kids play together upstairs when younger than the ages you give.

Their bedrooms are childproofed so the worst they can do is make a mess (which they do quite frequently).

I do have socket protectors in my house, but this was at my sisters so I didn't really have time to do a health and safety assessment on dn's room !

I just feel that my dn seems a lot more reliable being that little bit older.

Having said that, maybe I do need to just leave them to it next time.

I would

I would, mess can be cleared up. But keep the marker pens out of reach. I speak from experience

i let my 2 yr old go off with his cousins in their house, and play alone in our house wouldnt be worried about it

Hmm, perhaps it's the fact that they were running about as fast as they could and screaming and falling over all the time - I think they were just excited but it was an accident waiting to happen.

If they were just playing normally I probably wouldn't have a problem.

Thanks for the replies.

depends on the three year old. if it were mine, no, she can be very nasty to LOs and i don't want her to get away with it. if they were usually nice, then yes.

Yep I would. What's that whirring sound I hear above the OP

Definietly otherwise I'd never get a shower or go to the loo in peace

Yes I would in my own house, because I know the sockets are all covered, there's a stairgate at the top of the stairs and everything is pretty safe. That's not to say that they don't make a bloody mess after five minutes but hey thats the fun of being a kid.

I would be slightly more concerned in someone else's house, but as its your sister why not just mention to her about getting her plug sockets covered as your LO is still too young to know the dangers, etc??

Yes I do and in my friend's houses too where they have small children. Yesterday this resulted in three children covered in make up at a friend's house (luckily older sister's play make up, not my friend's stuff) and in the last couple of weeks a few toilet rolls down toilets (now all put out of reach). They have fun though. Like others said, investigae the silence!