Child Safety Stair Gates
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Sleep Walking in Children -simple Steps to Keep Your Child Out of Harm!
Author: Neelima Reddy
Sleep walking is also known as noctambulism or somnambulism. This problem is mostly seen in children who are aged between 4 to 8 years. Mostly this problem of sleep walking appears to run in families. There are lots of chances to obtain this problem for your child if anyone of your family members has this problem.
The factors which cause the problem of sleep walking in children are:
a¢ Fatigue or lack of sleep
a¢ Due to fever or some other illness
a¢ It can also be caused with the usage of certain medications which are not suitable for your child.
a¢ Stress or some psychological problems
a¢ Facing problems in getting uninterrupted or good sleep
a¢ some Emotional problems can also lead to this problem
Sleep walking is not so serious and there is nothing to worry a lot regarding this. Most of the sleep walkers don’t perform this more often. Yeah! Sometimes this can cause some hazardous problems when the child doesn’t realize what he/she is doing such as walking through the opening windows and down stairs.
Sleep walking in not a sign which indicates that the child is physically or emotionally wrong. The child will not cause any type of emotional harm if he/she has this problem. Most of the sleep walkers will go back to their bed on their own. They don’t even remember what happened in the last night.
The most common symptoms which can be observed in the children who have the problem of sleep walking are:
a¢ Opening eyes (half open in some cases) during sleep
a¢ They will have blank look on their face
a¢ They appear awake or sit up during their sleep
a¢ They try to perform some detailed activity when they are in sleep
a¢ Disoriented, confused upon awakening
a¢ Talking among themselves in their sleep
a¢ They will be clumsy, dazed and feel hard to wakeup.
Some other conditions which accompany this problem are:
a¢ Obtaining brief pauses while breathing in their sleep
a¢ Enuresis (it is also known as bed wetting)
a¢ Night terrors
a¢ By sitting up in their bed they will perform some repeated motions like fussing their pajamas or rubbing eyes.
Follow these simple steps to keep your child out of harm:
a¢ Remove breakable or sharp things which are present around the bed of your child.
a¢ Don’t let them to sleep in the bunk beds because there is a chance to fall from that bed when they awake in their sleep.
a¢ In order to prevent stumble remove all the obstacles which are present in your child’s room or in your house
a¢ Install the safety gates near the stair cases and/or outside of your child’s room
a¢ Lock the doors and windows throughout your home
a¢ Don’t scare your child but awakening him/her suddenly in their sleepwalk
a¢ Make your child to feel more relax when they are ready to sleep by playing some relaxation or soft music tapes Visit Sleep Disorders Blog
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
What age is acceptable to remove child safety gates on stairs?
My daughter is 3 years old and stays with her grandparents one night a month. They have a very tall staircase that has wood, no carpeting, and her room is upstairs, while they sleep downstairs. My mother thinks our daughter is old enough to not use the gate at the top of the stairs any longer, but my husband and I are concerned that she’s still a little wobbly (especially after just having woken up) and there is a danger there. I’ve looked online for any info but would like some feedback from others who might have a similar situation. The thought of her falling scares me to death. How do you know when a child is old enough not to need safety gates?-
ANSWER:
When she can go up and down the stairs consistently by herself without falling, she’s old enough to not use the gates. My niece is 3 and every time my sister thinks she no longer needs the gates, she ends up falling down the stairs.
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QUESTION:
I need to find a stair gate that is 34″ tall. Can’t afford to have one made Help!?
I finally convinced my husband to replace the iron stair railing with wood. We found a carpenter and bought a standard child stair safety gate that he was to install when the railing was done. Upon completion he informed me that the gate is too short, we need a 34″ tall gate. I can’t find one anywhere. I’m 8 mths pregnant with my 3rd child, I have a 3 and1 yr old, this is something I don’t want to deal with. Anyone knows where I can get one?-
ANSWER:
I’m not really sure why you need a 34″ tall gate, but why don’t you try the pet store, they sell doggy gates and they look just like baby gates. Or why don’t you install the gate a few inches off the ground so it is higher?
Is this about how it will be attached to the stairs? because I have an all oak staircase which I refuse to drill into, so instead I attached an extra piece of wood to the stairs using large heavy duty zip ties and then drilled the hardware into to that, which will be removed when gate is no longer needed.
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QUESTION:
child safety gates in old house – 1860 – with dog leg stairs.How to attach? best to buy?-
ANSWER:
Buy new ones! Safety standards have changed since 1860 !!!
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QUESTION:
Child safety gate that would fit between two railings at the top of my stairs?
I’m looking for a child safety gate that would fit between railings on either side? The ones that I found currently fit between two walls for support. What can I do?-
ANSWER:
OSB and 2’4′s … make your own
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QUESTION:
Installing a gate for child safety at the top of the stairs is easy and no problem. What is available mid way
My worry is when the child falls from the top stair with stairs being so high with today’s 10 foot ceilings on the first floor. What can I do to help catch them in case of a fall to prevent injury or other.-
ANSWER:
baby gates are not very safe to place at the top of the stairs however if you place one in front of there bedroom and one at the stairs it will slow her down babys can climb over the gates my 16 month old did and surprised me place one at the bottom of the stairs and just keep and real close watch on baby
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QUESTION:
What can I do? My 5 year old has learned to open the child safety gates?
I have a 5 year old and a 22 month old…both girls…I have gates at the top and bottom of the stairs to stop the toddler from wandering and maybe falling downstairs at night (she sleeps in a toddler bed) This morning woke up and it was oddly quiet…that was because the 5 year old had woken up and quietly gone into the toddlers room…they had then sneaked downstairs together as the 5 year old has suddenly learned to open he very stiff safety gate! They had gotten themselves a tin of biscuits and sat down to watch tv! I reckon they had been there an hour or more before I woke up….my 5 year old used to be too nervous to do anything like this…but now her sister is bigger she seems to have gotten braver!There was a terrible mess….and I am worried now…I sleep very heavily and I think it must have been about 5 AM that they got up….we usually get up at 6.30 am….I could set an alarm clock I suppose…but that would mean me rising before 5 am!
What do other Mothers do about early rising sneaky kids?
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ANSWER:
Hiya Daisy, as you know my two are a similar age to yours (although E turned 6 last week)I have actually given up on baby gates. E just climbed over them and when he was a year old A started to climb over them too. (email me, I’ll send you a video clip!)
Initially, I switched the gate from the top of the stairs to the bedroom door (as if he did fall he wouldn’t tumble right the way down the stairs) and now I’ve removed them altogether. There really was no point.
As you don’t have the climbing issue I suggest you set down ground rules for your older girl. If she gets up early she must either stay and play in her room or if she goes downstairs, do so alone, close the gate behind her and NO biscuits.
Obviously when the younger child is a bit bigger and you are confident she is fine with stairs they can both go down together – you may even get a decent lie-in if they are entertaining each other
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QUESTION:
Safety Gates for children on indoor stairs in the house are recommended untill what age?-
ANSWER:
My son is 2 in April and we are still using the baby gates.
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QUESTION:
Can the same stair gate be used as a safety device for either children or pets?
I am currently researching stair gates for both myself and a friend– one of us needs a gate for pets and the other for children… wondering if the same type is safe for either use.-
ANSWER:
Yes they can be used for both pets and childen.
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