Putting a stairgate on a toddler's bedroom door - controversial?

[DitaVonCheese]

Every morning 3 yo DD comes and climbs into bed with us. This is lovely. Unfortunately she does it 30 min before the alarm goes off and is hellbent on waking us up - chatting, jumping up and down, opening the curtains etc. This is infuriating. Nothing seems to get through to her that actually mummy and daddy really really need those 30 minutes of sleep. How in hell's name two nightowls produced a bona fide morning person I do not know.

Anyway, I have just suggested putting a stairgate on her bedroom door until she's let out in the morning. I wasn't actually serious, largely because I don't think it would work, I think she'd just howl, plus I do actually like cuddling her first thing. I'm just a bit taken aback by DH's response - he was absolutely horrified and said it was probably illegal, or ought to be. I thought it was really common - so is he right or do I just hang out with a lot of scary parents?

My eldest had a stair gate at his doorway. It was for his own safety when he work each morning, and it also meant we didn't get hassled too early.

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We have gates on rooms too - to keep them safe. Ds now old enough to unlock his, but the thought of dd who has only just gone into her own room wandering head first down the stairs in the middle of the night scares me silly. I also use the gate to make sure they are safe when I need to have a bath etc, as dh leaves work early. We also have early risers (about 5 to 5.30 is usual), so you have my sympathies, but we get up with them or they come in with us and chat. Theyre never left to occupy themselves. Dd still mostly co sleeps so sometimes we don't get much choice! have never considered myself a cruel parent

stairgate been on door of every single one of my ds's bedrooms!! there's one now on 2 sleeping under 3's! never thought it was mean or cruel and when friends have seen it they've said 'good idea' and used it themselves. its not actually closed on the door every night...in fact its had no cause to be closed......yet! but im 100% certain the time will arrive when it will be much needed just as it was with my elder 2!

We've just replaced the side of DD's cot with a stairgate across her door.

We've just got too much stuff upstairs that she could hurt herself with - including a wobbly wardrobe, nail scissors on scalable bathroom unit, cleaning gubbins and my make up. We can't get all of it out of reach, or be sure that we can supervise her all the time. And seeing as she can open all the doors anyway, I figured it's best to keep her contained in the room I'm most confident she's safe in. When she figures out she can get out of her bed of her own accord, that is.

We had a stair gate on their door by age 3 one of them had sussed out how to climb over it so not a great deal of use now.