Do you leave room doors open? - Page 2

[akind1]

We try to keep the bathroom doors closed. DS likes to play in the toilet, flush it, unroll paper, get in the cabinets, play with the stuff in our shower . . .and he does try to crawl into the bathtub. Otherwise, the doors are open (granted, the only other doors are our bedroom door and his)

Now, when we start working on potty learning, I will have to keep the bathroom doors open. but he is only 15 months now. We will start working on that in a month or so (just introducing the potty)

[AllyRae]

Our children have the run of the house, even the toddler.  We don't really have unsafe things in the house (we keep chemicals in the garage and all tools and stuff are out there.  The worst we have in the house is cooking knives, which are on the counter in plain view, and she doesn't touch those).  We don't have a reason to close doors unless someone's in a room and wants privacy.  

[lemontree]

I am surprised by the responses!  DS just turned 17 months and we close all the doors.  (Bathroom, Bedroom, Office)  We live in an apartment.  Sometimes we leave our bedroom opened, since it's his room too - but it's all the way down a long hallway that turns so I follow him when he goes back there.   The bed is on the floor, but there is a sliding door with curtains he likes to attempt to hang from... and the laundry nook is off the bedroom, and I don't feel like it is safe. I feel like I still need to be with him...he tries to climb everything right now...the furniture, the tub, toilet etc.  Maybe he is just younger than the other toddlers in this thread?  I was just saying to DH "when we turn the office into DSs bedroom, it's going to freak me out.  He has never been all alone in a room, except for when he plays in his crib!--I mean I'm even with him in bed!  "

[kriket]

Originally Posted by akind1 

We try to keep the bathroom doors closed. DS likes to play in the toilet, flush it, unroll paper, get in the cabinets, play with the stuff in our shower . . .and he does try to crawl into the bathtub. Otherwise, the doors are open (granted, the only other doors are our bedroom door and his)

Now, when we start working on potty learning, I will have to keep the bathroom doors open. but he is only 15 months now. We will start working on that in a month or so (just introducing the potty)

hehe, a little OT, I keep hangers on the rod in the bathroom to string covers up to dry, anyway, one had fallen into the bathtub, and DS decided he wanted it. DH was laying in bed watching this, I was putting diapers away, and when DS went to reach his feeties slipped leaving him balanced on his belly with one hand in the tub. He yelled "MAMA" like the tub was eating him, but if he would have dropped the toothbrush he was holding he could have stood up, but he will let go of that toothbrush when we pry it from his cold dead hands!
 

Originally Posted by lemontree 

I am surprised by the responses!  DS just turned 17 months and we close all the doors. ..... I feel like I still need to be with him...he tries to climb everything right now...the furniture, the tub, toilet etc.  Maybe he is just younger than the other toddlers in this thread?  "

Mine is 2 in April, and he's a "good" baby. He does get in over his head, and has gotten too close to the edge of the bed or couch and fallen off, but he doesn't scale bookcases, or put things he shouldn't in pottys (though, DH uses TP and I use family cloth, and I don't think DS quite knows the difference without some instruction and I am afraid he will flush the cloth and clog the already issue ridden toilet)

I also don't "believe" in child proofing. Mostly because those gadgets they sell are adult proof too! We have a freezer lock, because it's a chest freezer, in "his room" and I don't know if he could get out if he got in, and I don't want to lose all the food in the freezer because he opens the door, and can't reach it to close it, and everything thaws.

It really depends on the baby. My niece is a toilet dunker. She has flushed SILs iPhone, books, toys, watches everything. I would very much close the bathroom door or get a potty lock.

[akind1]

DS hasn't flushed anything down the home toilet . . .yet. He has flushed a (you know, the roll of plastic diaper baggies made by arm and hammer/munchkin?) in a public toilet. and he tried to flush a Homes magazine . . . luckily it was too big!

DS hasn't figured out the toothbrush. He thinks it is a hair brush.

[Mal85]

We leave our bedroom doors open. She sleeps in her own room in the crib. We used to close her door just because it's right off the living room and we didn't want to wake her with he tv or our talking and moving around. Now, she flips out if her door is closed, so we leave it cracked and just try to be quieter when she goes to bed. We're going to be moving her to a toddler bed soon. She has a door in her room that leads to the bathroom, so that is already locked so she can't get there from her room. Between locking that door and closing the gate to the kitchen at night, she'll only have the living room, dining room, and our bedroom to go to if she gets up in the night. I'm comfortable with that, because I could hear her in the living room and dining room, and I want her to be able to come to us if she needs to.

[Fertigamus]

We keep the bathroom door closed because of our mobile baby. My 3 yo can open it himself now that he it potty trained. We keep door knob covers on the older siblings rooms so the little ones don't get into them.

[ShadowMoon]

Originally Posted by CookAMH 

We haven't opened or closed doors on account of a toddler. Doors that are normally closed are closed (ie linen closet, coat closet, etc). Doors that are normally open are open (bathroom, bedrooms).

Same here. The only door that stays shut is the bathroom, but that is only to keep the dog from eating the trash   We also live in a 2 bedroom, one floor apartment so I always know where DS is.

[BeachMommy07]

This.
 

Originally Posted by MittensKittens 

I leave doors open because my son is not tall enough to do it without getting on a step. We live in a small apartment, and I see his mobility as a positive thing. The front door stays locked at all times, however.

[Marissamom]

we spend most of our time on the mainfloor, which is just living-room, kitchen, and dinning-room, and doesn't have any doors. the upstairs is gated off. when we are upstairs, if we're playing the bathroom door is usually closed, climbing into the bathtub, getting the TP, etc. if DD is sleeping the door gets closed, otherwise she gets up instead of going to sleep and the noise keeps her from sleeping.