Door Open or Closed while LO Sleeps?

[mala]

Does your LO sleep with the door:

Open for naps and night
Closed for naps and night
Open for nap, closed at night
Closed for nap, open at night
Special door-flake


If you close the door after LO is asleep, please say so in comments

[TrudyCampbell]

Closed

[unclejesse]

Closed for everything. He always has to know what's going on and he would never sleep if he knew I was out here watching tv or doing things.

[rjamz]

Closed

[bebeetmoi]

Closed

[Deleted]

In his new room, I keep it cracked like half an inch for nap and bedtime. The door kinda sticks so I don't want to close it completely.

[kkfeb04]

Anytime the kids sleep in their rooms, the doors are closed. Mostly the nap in the basement family room, I'm in the room unless doing laundry or other chores.

At night their doors are closed, well cracked not completely shut so that we can peek in the mornings, as is ours. We don't use a monitor, we can hear them scream just fine.

ETA: Our doors are noisy too. 

[browneyedhunni85]

We always close his door for naps and at night. It started with us not wanting the cat in his room at night and plus the bathroom is across from his room and it would wake him.

[devonpow]

Closed for naps and night. He needs it pitch black, plus the kids rooms are on the main level and I don't want to worry about making noise while he sleeps.

[katfco]

I chose closed, but I should add the caveat that he still won't go to sleep on his own so he doesn't really care that much.

[livinreality]

I voted open, but we leave the door cracked mostly. We don't use a monitor so it is easier to hear if the door is cracked.

[Deleted]

Closed. His room is right off the kitchen and I have to walk past it to use the washroom and go to my bedroom. So yeah.... it stays closed. lol

[carawestt]

Closed but not all the way pulled shut.

[rainbowchip]

She sleeps in our room so our door is mostly open at night so we can hear if Dylan gets up. When I put her down in there for her nap, I close the door otherwise Dylan would wake her up.

Dylan's door is closed when he sleeps, though he doesn't really nap anymore.

[mala]

B normally sleeps with her door closed for naps and nighttime. Last summer she slept with the door cracked because there was no A/C in her room and I was worried about it getting too hot. She did just fine. Lately (and I mean several months now) I lay her in her crib and she is quiet, until I leave the room and shut the door. It seems to be the shutting the door that is the trigger, not me leaving the room. For her nap just now, I left her door open. She didn't make a peep. Just laid right down to sleep. I think she wants her door open. I dunno how well she will sleep that way though (from a noise point of view)

[Deleted]

Closed for both

[Deleted]

Dec 1, 2013 14:41:10 GMT -5 carawestt said:

Closed but not all the way pulled shut.

This. And he's wake when I lay him down.

[silverjm]

Pretty much always closed to keep noise and dogs out. Occasionally if we're having a difficult MOTN wakeup, I'll leave it cracked so as not to risk the sound of closing it setting him back off.

[charlielove]

Closed always.

[dixeedeluxe]

Closed and hook and eye locked from the outsidem

[Deleted]

Always closed!

[Deleted]

Her bed is in my bedroom and we don't have a door on it yet.

[BlueNotebook]

For DS, closed for both. DD is going through a phase where she wants it cracked open but I'm hoping to go back to closed for her too. I hate tip-toeing around the house while they sleep.

[Regina Philange]

Closed

[nls0412]

Always closed

[nilex0102]

Always closed

[Deleted]

Dec 1, 2013 14:42:05 GMT -5 mala said:

B normally sleeps with her door closed for naps and nighttime. Last summer she slept with the door cracked because there was no A/C in her room and I was worried about it getting too hot. She did just fine. Lately (and I mean several months now) I lay her in her crib and she is quiet, until I leave the room and shut the door. It seems to be the shutting the door that is the trigger, not me leaving the room. For her nap just now, I left her door open. She didn't make a peep. Just laid right down to sleep. I think she wants her door open. I dunno how well she will sleep that way though (from a noise point of view)

Maybe close it once she's asleep?

[mala]

So, for her nap today, I left the door open. The dog was inside when a friend showed up to help us install a new stove (H was still out picking it up). Anna went nuts barking. B slept right through it, even with the door open. I closed her door at that point. She woke up after napping an hour total, and completely flipped when she woke up. Screaming and crying. I think it's because she wanted the door open. I'm going to leave the door open for awhile and see if it makes a difference. If she doesn't sleep or she wakes up, we will know to close it again.

My nephew will sleep through anything. And I do mean anything. I'm hoping B will be like him.

[thedahliharpa]

Always closed. The fire safety assembly in the second grade really stuck with me.

[mumegs]

Always closed so she can't hear everything, her room is pretty close to the kitchen and living room. She is awake when I put her down and I shut the door.