two story house and big kid bed

kmm2150 · September 2014

Our room is downstairs and DD is upstairs. We do not have central air, just window units and a floor furnace, so I can't shut her door at night. At what age would you be comfortable putting her in a big kid bed?

She is 2 years, 8 months now, no complaints or attempts to climb out of her crib, although she has just transitioned from a pack n-play to a regular bed with rails at grandma's house.

kmm2150 · September 2014

Also, we had baby gates but took them down recently because she can totally open and close them on her own.

littlemermaid · September 2014

If you aren't going to gate off her room then I'd only feel comfortable when I knew she could safely get herself down the stairs. I'd just look for a gate that has a different type of locking latch on it. These were the ones I had. You have to push the red latch back and lift at the same time:

https://www.amazon.com/Regalo-Easy-White-Pressure-Mount/dp/B001OC5UMQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1410041311&sr=1-1&keywords=baby+gates

kmm2150 · September 2014

She's great on the stairs, so I don't really worry about her actually going up and down them, more so about her being loose and unsupervised upstairs. There's nothing crazy dangerous, just makes me paranoid that she'd come out of her room and climb up on the bath tub and split her head open or something, you know?

Oh, and that is the gate we had. My PARENTS can't open them half the time, but my tiny toddler does it like nobody's business.

littlemermaid · September 2014

kmm2150 said:

She's great on the stairs, so I don't really worry about her actually going up and down them, more so about her being loose and unsupervised upstairs. There's nothing crazy dangerous, just makes me paranoid that she'd come out of her room and climb up on the bath tub and split her head open or something, you know?
Oh, and that is the gate we had. My PARENTS can't open them half the time, but my tiny toddler does it like nobody's business.

LOL! How about if you take some string and tie the gate door closed, so that way even if she unlatched it the gate won't open because you've tied it closed.

kmm2150 · September 2014

cmeon_the_water said:

It really depends on the kid, I'm sure- DD was in a twin by 2 and change and she still wont' get out of her bed by herself when it's still dark out (she'll just holler for us- she's almost 5). DS was 6 before he really started getting up at night on his own.

Part of me just wants to say "Ain't broke? Don't go fixing it." Sleep being so precious and all. But, we were co-sleepers, DD never slept in a crib reliably, so it was necessary for us (and luckily, it worked out fine in our case).

We have those gates, too- we just use them for the dogs these days. My kids had them mastered shortly after they learned to toddle- it really is funny to see a toddler teach an adult how to do them.

Yeah, this is sort of where I'm at. She's really petite, so it's not like she's anywhere near being cramped and other than one "I slept in a big girl bed at grandma's!" comment has never complained. She is a great sleeper, so i'm inclined to just leave her in the crib as long as we can.

tbmadeamistake · September 2014

We have a Regalo gate that is difficult to open and I'm not sure our toddler ever could, but we are lucky and she never tries. We moved her into a twin mattress on the floor at 23 months to make room for the new baby.

https://www.regalo-baby.com/Easy-Open-Extra-Wide.html

MrsC18 · September 2014

Lurking...but we are in same situation. This seems to be working well so far!

kmm2150 · September 2014

PrivacyWanted said:
If you're mainly worried about the bathroom- can you either put a lock on that door so she can't get in. Or an audible door chime on her door if you close it so you hear when she's up

This is a good idea - I can't close her door because of the AC/heater situation, but I could close the other doors upstairs. Thanks for all the input ladies!

cedenton · September 2014

So, I understand your concern, because my son's room is upstairs (but so are we) and I worry about what he'll get into once we move him to a big boy bed. But, at your daughter's age, I would expect her to start potty training soon(ish) so she would need to get into the bathroom, anyway, right? I mean, at some point you'll want her to be able to wake up in the MOTN and take her self to the potty.

I may be ahead of myself here, though since my son has started PT'ing early. (Not bragging, just admitting our timelines could be off). Since he's started at two I'd expect by your child's age we'd be doing night time potty training (though I may be eating my words later).

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