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Would you leave your child downstairs?

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RiceRiceBaby16 · 26/01/2023 13:34

Child 15 months. You need to pee. Toilet is upstairs. Do you take them up with you or leave them downstairs while you go? (Baby gate is there of course)

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MassiveSalad22 · 26/01/2023 15:41

god yeah!! Since waaaay younger than that!

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RiceRiceBaby16 · 26/01/2023 15:42

BooCrew · 26/01/2023 14:44

I had a play pen (actually a travel cot) for exactly this reason.

Personally no I wouldn't without a playpen, because my child believed he was a mountain goat and even in a babyproofed room he would have climbed the sofa or the bookcase.

Mountain goat 😂😂 good one!

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Parker231 · 26/01/2023 15:43

Yes - we used a playpen from when they were tiny onwards. Kept DT’s safe and gave the dog and cat a break

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Timeturnerplease · 26/01/2023 16:09

Chance would be a fine thing! Just turned 4yo and 18mo DDs still insist on coming to the loo with me every time. If they’d let me, I’d happily leave them downstairs so long as they couldn’t get at the oven etc.

gogohmm · 26/01/2023 16:11

As long as you either have a baby proofed room or a playpen. I was on one level and put mine in their cot when I needed the bathroom as both were very capable escape artists who could scale baby gates

megletthesecond · 26/01/2023 16:19

I had a playpen at that age. Worth the expense for peace of mind.

MimiandFifi · 26/01/2023 16:38

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GreeceIsTheWord · 26/01/2023 20:39

The is is what play pens are for!

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