My LO has been sleeping terribly for several months and we’re about to try moving him from his cot to a toddler bed to see if it helps. But we’ve never had stair gates on our stairs as it’s quite fiddly to do in a very wonky three-storey Victorian house. He’s good on the stairs with us during the day, but I’m worried that if he’s not in a cot any more he could just get up and go wandering up and down the stairs on his own in the night. Someone suggested to me just a stair gate on his bedroom door instead so that if he wakes he is still contained in there - has anyone else done this? Tips welcome - thank you!
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Yes, I've put one on my LB bedroom door. He would wander around the house if I didn't, with him being in a bed. Not worth the risk not having one there.
Thanks! Do you just get the same kind you’d get for the stairs? Screw-in rather than pressure mounted?

We don't have any stair gates either as none would fit with the way our stairs are.
We've had our boy on a floor bed in his room since he was around 1. When he was almost tall enough to reach the door handle on his bedroom door we put a safety lock thing on it (I'll get a picture).
We thought about putting a stair gate on his door but went with this instead as easier to install/remove when no longer needed and I was worried the stair gate would be too loud after I've got him to sleep.
Oh my goodness this is genius! So much easier! Our doors have knobs rather than handles so just need to see if I can find something similar that works…
Would yours work on doorknobs? Do you have a link if so?

We only have a stair gate at his bedroom door and nowhere else in the house. Its worked great, hes been in his toddler bed for 2 weeks now, hes occasionally woke up in the night, gone to the gate to call for me and then gone back down. If I didnt have the gate there I dont think id be able to sleep lol
I feel exactly the same! Is it just a normal stair gate fixed to the doorframe?
Thank you SO much for finding those! 🙏 I’m going to give them a try! ❤️ Didn’t know these things existed and have been stressing about stair gates so this is a game changer - thank you!

Yeah it is, I just got one from aldi on one of their baby events