POLL - Should we have a stairgate on dd2's bedroom door or the top of the stairs?

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You Decide? And give a reason for your answer please vote now.

Ages of children are 20mths & 7 yrs.

TIA

top of stairs. Safety not restriction.

I second MrsA. Plus, presumably there is a door on the bedroom - at least some form of barrier?

Agree with MrsApron

only resort to the bedroom door as an extreme measure ,to keep 'em in when controlled crying

ps did this with dd1 aged 18mo, out of desperation. she kept climbing out of he cot!

bedroom door - restriction and night-time safety (and they are such a pita on the stairs)

Do you need one? Our ds is 18mo and we never had one. Why are you getting one now?

Can you teach the 7 year old how to use it so she is not restricted? Do girls share a room? Are there other restricted places upstairs eg. the toilet, which mean it would be better on her bedroom door?

Too many qu's to make a final decision!

Top of stairs. Its' safe for the 20 month old, while the 7 year old should be able to open it. (Do you have a self closing gate? - they're so cool.)

Top of stairs

What happens if she is on landing, does she not potter about with you in mornings etc?

Our DD is 21 months and we've just decided we don't need one any more.

when dd1 went in a bed, aged 2.6yrs, we put one on her door, mainly to stop any possible night time wandering about

but she has never ever ever EVER even got out of bed - if she wants us, she calls (bit like The Queen)

dd2 will be moving into a bed shortly and will have one on her door

She is a completely different character and would without doubt end up in the bathroom smearing bath oils everwhere

I say door

We have a stairgate at the moment, I'm a childminder so must have 1 somewhere upstairs. we are due to move to a 3 bed house where the girls will have seperate bedrooms, there will be a bathroom upstairs. 7 yr old can use the stairgate, 20mth old can open doors.

Mindee's will be using upstairs to sleep in travel cots.

Hiya mate

Will mindees be able to freely walk upstairs? If so, I think if you have toddlers who could fall down the stairs then it's more important to have one at the stairs. BUT, if dd2 is likely to wonder in the night and get upto stuff then I'd put one on her bedroom door ASWELL. Having said that, I've never had a problem with ds and I never thought of putting one in his room.

If like me, mindees are just going in travel cots and older ones using downstairs loo then I'd say you've no need for a stairgate at the stairs

Top of the stairs. Front of the bedroom door is cage-like.

Just another thought before I eat my dinner......if dd2 is likely to bother dd1 in her bedroom etc, I'd say deffo on her bedroom door. Older dd needs a bit of privacy at times

I've got one on dd's bedroom door, but it's more to keep the dog out than to keep her in .

Bump, more opinions wanted x

top of stairs.... agree with mrsapron!

Top of the stairs but we only close it during the night (curtains on landing keep it proped open the rest of the time..

Reason - we have never closed DD bedroom door and I would prefer she comes straight into our bedroom if she wakes up in the night..

And she can go straight to the bathroom in the morning.

And lastly this is a really really stupid reason, because it clicks when you open it, I know that I would wake up if someone opened it in the middle of the night... so if someone should come into our home, come upstairs and open it I would know... honestly, it makes me feel safer

I'd say top of stairs if you are childminder, it probably makes parents feel safer when they see it, as I know most parents DO have one at the top of the stairs.

top of the stairs - we still have one and DSs are 5 and 3. DS2 has a habit of wondering around at night and wouldn't want him to fall. Also, it is one those roller blind ones that DS1 can't open so he can't go down and trash downsatirs in the morning before we are awake.

Stairs, yes definately. The idea of a child who is 20 months old walking down stairs in the middle of the night in the dark is scary. It is not worth the risk of having a small child falling down stairs in the middle of the night in the dark. it is not possible to child proof the entire house.

On the bedroom door. NO! It makes her bedroom into a jail with bars. If you needed to get to her in a rush in the middle of the night it could be really annoying climbing over the stair gate.

However I have to admit I had my son in a cot at that age which is essentially a jail. A lot depends on how agile your 20 month is. I would have thought that if she can climb out of a cot then she would have no problems climbing over a stair gate.

My dd is almost 2, we've got one at the top of the stairs and on her bedroom door, very rarely use the one on the bedroom, but use the stair one all the time. We might need to use the one on her bedroom when we put her in a bed though as I think she might just come in with us, and coming in with us means wide awake bouncing on bed, whatever time it is! Its only there if I think we need it while she gets used to her bed, and as I'm hoping to potty train her later in the summer she'll need it open then to get to the toilet anyway.

Stairs, only to stop the 20m old wandering down in the middle of the night. I haven't had a stairgate since our youngest was 18 months (moved house, her door was too narrow and the stairs too ornate to fit existing gates, so didn't bother) but we do have an alarm which goes off if anyone goes downstairs at night.

We are just decorating DS's room and DP is installing a stable type door so that we can be sure he doesn't escape in the night, but have it fully open in the day when he is dashing around.