I need help! Small kids and stairs?

Question

I will be moving within the week to a two story home. I have a 7 year old girl and a 4 year old boy. Their rooms will be located on the second floor of the new house. They both wake up sometimes during the night to go to potty and want me to take them. I am afraid that they will wake up in the middle of the night and try to come get me and possibly fall down the stairs (being so sleepy). What should I do?

Answer 1

Buy safety gates and put them on the stairs at night.  My sister did this for years because her oldest would walk in his sleep. Leave a nightlight on in their bathroom so they won't have to come get you if they need to go to the bathroom during the night.  

Answer 2

I have a two story house and my kids are fine. Be sure to put night lights all around the stairs and maybe a motion sensor that will make a sound when they start down the stairs. When they play in the day they will get use to the sound of that something when they go down the stairs. When they are asleep the sound will trigger the brain and send a warning that the stairs are there, kinda like an alarm clock going off in the morning when it is time to get up for school. Child gates are hard to put up and can be hard to move around.

Answer 3

I would buy some gates and put them at the top of the stairs.  Make sure when you put it up that you leave enough room so if your girls push on it and it falls they don't go tumbling down the stairs.   I would also use a baby monitor again so you can hear them if they get up.

Answer 4

I think that a 7 & 4 year old is old enough to not have to worry to much about stairs.  If you are truly concerned you can get a gate that is specially made for stairs  

Answer 5

Get some children gates. My kids are 3 and 4 and they stay at my mums occasionally. She has a 2 story house, and they have been fine there.