When did you let LO roam freely at night?

stgn01 · March 2013

So we just switched DD into a big girl bed (crib minus one side). So far it's been easy, but this is only day 3. She hasn't pulled books off the shelf or emptied drawers, but I know that's coming. Now she asking for us to leave the gate on her door open at night. I am in NO WAY ready for this and thought we would do this closer to potty training at night.

Does your LO have free reign over just her room at night, or can they come and go as they please? If so, how is that working??

logoz80 · March 2013

My daughter has been in her big girl bed for 3 months, she's never roamed once. Maybe she just feels a little claustrophobic with the gate there?

memali26 · March 2013

DD1 switched to a toddler bed at 23 months (over a year ago) and has never been a roamer. Once in a while she'll fight her nap and pull some toys in bed with her, but she won't get up and open the door and leave unless we give her the okay. We've never ke

BeanNut · March 2013

We have a door knob cover installed so that she can't leave her room at night. She doesn't try very often, but there is no way that our house is safe enough for her to roam freely.

monlyn9 · March 2013

DS1 moved to a twin bed around 17 months and never got out of bed on his own until past 2 1/2. Now that he is 3 1/2 he will get out of bed if he needs us and sometimes during naptime to get books (we don't keep toys in his room) when he doesn't want to

12bailey18 · March 2013

We moved DS to his toddler bed a few months before turning 3. We've never had a gate on his door so I guess he has free reign. He's not one to roam the house, though. If he wakes up at night then he still either calls for us or comes to straight to our

honeybee111 · March 2013

DD moved out of her crib at 18 months. We had to train her to stay in her bed. Like, literally camping outside her room for an hour watching her on the monitor. That took about a week of going into her room and returning her to bed the m

MrsWindyCity · March 2013

Well, technically I guess he can do what he wants since there's no gate or anything like that, but for whatever reason, he doesn't get out of bed, and he's been in it about 2.5 months now. I hope I didn't just jinx myself. But, yeah, he stays in his bed a

mexicolombiana · March 2013

My 2 1/2 year old NEVER gets out of her toddler bed. I guess we just reinforced that she has to stay in her bed at night? Or she's not very adventurous

Anyway she's been in it for several months now and calls us if she needs to pee or dr

TiffanyBerry · March 2013

We cosleep. So, she's technically had "free roam" since she could crawl off the bed. I taught her (through a ridiculous amout of repetition) to stay on the bed at night, and she still does.

BelhurstBride · March 2013

We've never in any way barricaded DD into her room, with a gate, door knob cover or otherwise.

If she leaves her room it's to come into our room.

shootingstars00 · March 2013

"Roam freely at night" is a scary phrase, lol.

Mrs.Slick · March 2013

LO has never attempted to get out of his bed with the exception of one time in which when I walked in, I startled him and I fear he'll never get out of his bed on his own again. Poor little guy, he wasn't even in trouble. I want him to be comfortable gett

ncbelle · March 2013

Our kids have never been shut in - we bed shared past the point they learned to walk and from there they just went in regular beds. I don't feel comfortable with them not able to come to me if needed. Neither has ever gone anywhere but straigh

chickaboo1974 · March 2013

My guys have been in their toddler beds since December - they were 25 months. They most definately have a gate on the door- unlike others on this board my boys would be roamers-so it is closed at night. They can get up and run around their r

brettsmama · March 2013

We switched DS to a big boy bed last August, he was about two and a half. We leave his door and our door open so he can come to our room in the middle of the night. I was really concerned about him roaming the house unsupervised, knock on wood, that has

NCMichelle · March 2013

We did have a lock on DD's door... but then she started staying dry overnight and demanding panties.

We have a gate at the top of the stairs but she can access anywhere upstairs. We sleep with our door open and can hear when sh

hmontty · March 2013

Right now we live in a ranch house, but we just bought a colonial. We were planning on moving DD into a toddler bed after we move (she will be just 2). I was going to leave her bedroom door open and just leave a gate at the top of the stairs and the ba

gremaud07 · March 2013

DS has been in a big boy bed since he was 2. Had a gate in his doorway till he was 3 and still has a door knob cover

mbgreenwalt · March 2013

We moved DD1 to a toddler bed at 21 months. I never used anything to keep her in her room. She sleeps great and if she gets up before us, she comes into our room (which is right next to hers).

gingerfamily · March 2013

She can go where she pleases during he night. We close her door, but she can open it. She's never emptied out her dresser or her bookshelf. We keep a gate at the top of the stairs at night so she doesn't fall down the stairs.

cchill01 · March 2013

DD still doesn't realize that she can get out of bed by herself. She sits there and calls for me in the morning or if she has to go potty. Technically, she could roam the entire house - nothing is locked or gated. So, I guess

jf198400 · March 2013

DD has been in a twin bed since about 20months. She has a gate on her door, and we also close the door at night. She sometimes gets out of bed and opens the door and calls for us. I would not give her free roam just yet. I suppose

shaw · March 2013

This! When we first moved LO into a bed at 22 months he would get out of bed and go downstairs. I would wake up to him screaming MOMMY, MOMMY! I don't think he went down to roam, but was looking for me. I was rather strict with thi

izziebee · March 2013

DS went to a toddler bed at around 26 months and at first was confined to his room since he couldn't open his door. A few months in he learned how to open the door so I put a door handle stopper thing on and that worked until about 6 months ago w

meganandchase · March 2013

DS is almost 3. He's been in his toddler bed for about a year. We've never had a gate on the door. At one point, he would get up and come out often during the night, but we dealt with that and now he pretty much stays in bed.

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islelily · March 2013

DS1 was moved to his big boy bed and room at 25 months. We put the gate up at the door because he is a roamer! He has learned to open up his door and just say, "hi mommy" or "hi daddy" when he's done napping or in the morning. Just recently we kept the ga