Any one got any ideas about nighttime wondering 2 yr old

[tweetyfish]

I'm really quite concerned about this... DP woke up this morning at 3:30am to find DS (2yrs 5mth) in bathroom... he'd obviously been downstairs too as the laptop had moved... I didn't hear anything and DP only thought he'd heard something... I'm really worried as to what he could be getting up to, such as playing with things he shouldn't or falling and hurting himself. Is he too old to be "forcefully" (ie. babygate) kept in his room? He doesn't come into our room when he wanders (it's happened before), just goes to bathroom or downstairs. Any other mumsnetters had this problem and solved it?! Thank you wise ones!

I have a wanderer, but slightly older and she does tend to wander to our bedroom. I probably would babygate the bedroom in your case, for just the reasons you say.

If he's really worried, he will shout for you from behind his babygate.

DD (2.5) has started to appear in our bed in the morning. She used to wake us up, now she just gets in and doesn't even wake us!

No answers, just thought you would like to know other small people do this too.

gingerbells - if only he'd come in and sleep with us, but he's never wanted to... he'd rather bounce!

ds1- severely autistic - 5 and a half is kept forcefully in his room (barrier) for safety reasons- so nope I don't think 2 and a half is too old. At the moment we have the baby moniter in his room, but when number 3 arrives that will have to go. He's the main reason we set the alarm at night as well (so if he did escape and open a door we'd hear.)

definitely not too old for a babygate IMO