Stair gate recommendations for a small three year old sleepwalker

[Safetygates]

My dd is 3 years old and small for her age. We live in a Victorian house with a steep staircase. I’ve only just noticed that most stair gates are up to 24 months. My dd is a climber but hasn’t tried with the stair gate - but this is my fear. She sleep walks. Does anyone have any recommendations? I just have a standard baby gate at the moment.

I think people do routine, familiar things in their sleep. So it might be a good idea to keep the gate open during the day so she's not practicing opening it and developing the muscle memory to do it.

Maybe you could use a reusable cable tie to secure it better at night?

You may also be able to mount it a bit higher to make climbing harder (make sure head can't fit through the gap at the bottom, and you can fit a second gate above the first one to make it really high.

When my DD was sleep walking at that age it was when she needed a wee so it might be an idea to load your DD up with nice drinks in the morning then reduce fluid intake later in the afternoon.

You can also fit an alarm which would go off when she comes out of her bedroom.

My DS is a sleepwalked now 17 but when younger we used the dog gate at top of stairs as was alot taller than normal gate. We had to put a tall post in to support it and it wasnt the look i wanted but done the job. He never attempted to climb it. He has never hurt himself sleepwalking. He did grow out of it for about 10 years