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LiLnikkiMe
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do you confine LO to 1 room...
LiLnikkiMe
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or do you allow them to roam through the house, in baby safe areas with supervision?
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Re: do you confine LO to 1 room...
i see.
i was meaning confine as in a gated area.
edit: but yes, you let your lo play in other rooms of the house, not just one room.
sorry I misunderstood. We don't have any gates, so no.
I think i am still confused - I can be kind of slow!
what exactly are you asking? sorry!!!
We let DS roam around downstairs. Our 2-story is set up like 4 rooms in a big square - so even if we're on opposite ends of the square, I can still hear him. We don't play upstairs much, unless we're in his room and I'm with him. In that case, I'll keep the door shut (with us inside
I still have the PnP set up in the den just in case I get a phone call for our business and having a chatting 2 year old in the background isn't professional (lol
- or if I need to go to the basement for a load of wash. Not sure what I'm going to do when DS can climb out of the PnP though!
lol, no you had it right... i misunderstood you but then i went back and wrote the edit.
i just wanted to know if your lo plays only in one room or do you allow them to play in other rooms.
DD is in every corner, nook, and cranny (what is a cranny, really?) of every room in our house...well, minus the litter box area in the utility room and the garage - too many scary things out there
And we have a combination of "baby-proofed" and areas where she has learned what is allowed and not (she knows not to touch cords anymore, etc - for the most part). She is supervised in those un-proofed rooms.
what do you allow?
I don't have a very big house. All one story, and it's only around 800sf. I keep my bedroom door closed and the bathroom door closed, and other than that, she has free roam. My house is as kid proofed as I can get it.
eta - she is allowed in the bathroom and my room, but only if i'm in there. i put all my 'hands off' stuff in my room when we had to move all the fun stuff 3' and up. and she likes to play in the toilet.
when she was smaller i barricaded her in the living room with me.
we do a little of both.
while downstairs the stairs are gated off and I close the bedroom and bathroom door. He can go in the living room, kitchen, or dinning room.
While upstairs the stairs are gated. He can go in the playroom and his room. I have the bathroom door and other bedroom door closed.
Our house is split-level, she has free roam of the downstairs, which is just the living room and kitchen. I gate off the stairs, because I don't want her going up them when I am not behind her, she plays upstairs when I am getting ready and cleaning, but I still gate the stairs and close the doors to the bathrooms and office.
If I am not directly watching him - he is confined to one room (his playroom) or a main area room in a play yard.
If I'm directly watching/playing then he can go wherever he wants - it helps me see what needs to be baby proofed.
From birth until age 2 1/2 years old, we had our house gated off in sections that were baby-proofed and could help me "confine" her while I was doing chores and/or in the kitchen cooking. This also allowed me to skip baby-proofing every single cabinet and every single drawer so that we didn't tear up our nice furniture!
For example: we could completely close off the kitchen, upstairs and the hallway that lead to the bathroom... separately or all together.
We've taken all the gates down now that she's 3 1/2 years old and aware of what she is and is not allowed to touch and can be trusted
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DS can go anywhere he want except into the back staircase/laundry room area (we gate it - the stairs are really steep) or DH's office (not childproofed, no one is really allowed in their either - we have a top door lock).
Otherwise, free reign. Our main living area is open floor plan (living room, kitchen, dining area, and playroom), so that is where DS usually is and I can always see him. If he wants to play in his room or go upstairs to the master bedroom or something he can - everything is childproofed.
He is stuck like a burr to my side 99% of the time, so it really isn't an issue
The bathroom and DS' room always have the door closed. Too much for her to get into. But other than that, she has free reign of the house.
Turtle has free reign of the downstairs, with the exception of DH's office and the powder room. Our formal living/dining room flows into the living room which flows into the kitchen.
We have a gate at the foot of the stairs and that's it.
At 18mo we had some gates up so we could keep her out of the kitchen, the cat litter box area, and SS's room and the study doors were kept closed.
Now she has free reign.
I do not keep her in sight at all times, but our house isn't that big either and I know where she is and check on her if there's odd noises or it gets TOO quiet.