Stairgate or something else for DS 4

[ParkerPyne]

My DS is 4 and still has a stairgate on his bedroom (no reason, just never removed it). He’s nearly dry in the night now though and obviously needs to go to the toilet in the night if needed. Unfortunately his bedroom is right next to the top of the stairs and if he comes out of his room a bit dozy from sleep he could easily fall down them. Is putting stairgate at the top the best solution here or am I missing something better?

At the age of your LO I would think the risk of tripping on the gate at the top of the stairs is higher than them falling during the night by taking the wrong route to the bathroom.

I think that at the age of 4 in a house you're very familiar with he's probably fine navigating his way to the bathroom past the top of the stairs. Also most kids this age will only rarely need to go to the toilet in the night.

(Any stair gate at the top of the stairs needs to be a proper fixed one rather than pressure fit which can shift as you open them and have a trip bar at the base!)

Thanks both. Yes, that’s what I’d wondered about in terms of the tripping. We’d have to have got one that didn’t have the bar across the bottom, which then means screwing into the bannister which I’d rather avoid. I do think he’d probably be fine, it’s just the top of the stairs is immediately to the left of his doorway, so if he goes left not right he’d fall. Rubbish house design!