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you let them come down stairs on a morning on there own ??

my mates littleone is 7 and he is allowed to go down make his cereal and watch tv till she gets up

i think this is to young but i tend to get told im an overprotective mummy lol

so just wondered how old your lot were?

luv stray
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Whenever they could manage the stairs. I never had a stair-gate.

Unusally, they came to see me first, anyway.

never a problem,,,as I was like my mum always up before them,,,!

my eldest is 6 and she will pop down for stuff on a morning while im awake she knows she isnt allowed down without us being up

and she isnt allowed to stay down
she comes back up till we r bathed dressed n sorted altho i no if she did she probly would be fine as shes very good at knowing what she can and cant touch ect.

your lucky kay with baby satan he can be up anytime after 4 lol

We lived in a bungalow when mine were little - so they just wandered about. The place was fairly childproof - child locks on all cupboard doors etc, so I saw no harm.
My grand daughter (5 now) lives in a flat, so she does the same thing at home. I live in a house now, and, unlike me at weekends she's usually awake at 6.
I will go downstairs with her, get her breakfast, paper, crayons etc, turn CBBC on and go back upstairs with a cuppa. She's not allowed to do that at home, (eat breakfast while watching TV) so she really enjoys it!!
Oh and all of my cupboards here have child locks on them.

maggie

i leave my eldest two down stairs if im nipping upstairs but i lock the front door

they no what they can n cant do so i supose its the same just the other way round

Well, I don't have any of my own. But my brother's two have been coming down on their own since they were 6 and 4. Massive bone of contention in our family, bro + sis in law say it's alright as all they do is put the tv on, and it's so early in the morning that they don't want waking up. Nephew is a strange one. Wakes up about 5.30am (except xmas day when he had to be woke up at 7.30 lol)

min r up early unless i need them up then they need waking up

thing is i no my r well behaved and wouldnt touch sumthing they shouldnt but

there is always that one time they maybe get curious

or try n play mam n touch somthing they shouldnt

im not planing on lettin mine down on there own for a while

but thank you all for adding

stray
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Mine used the stairs on there own when they had the confidence to do it.
They were about 8 when I allowed them to get up before us and go and watch tv.
Saying that we are usually early risers so were never far behind them.
James is 10 now and will make a cuppa and some toast if he wants it.
I am very lucky both the children have always been very sensible and never tried to touch things they now I would not allow.

Jan x

When they could make tea and bring it up to me without spilling any....
Not really, don't phone social services.
About 8 or so. But OH is an early riser so not usually a problem.

Hiya Stray,

None of mine have ever been early risers. Youngest 2 , almost 9 and coming up 6 , wake about 9.30 at weekends, often later. I am sooooo lucky, they are like their mum, need loads of sleep!!!


But we do allow them down to watch tv if we have a rare weekend to have a cuddle lol


Caz xxx

when eldest was little we lived in a flat and she was taught how to work video at an early age and she used to get up go to living room and put on a video and watch it for hours.

Laddo never mastered the art of the video and by then lived in a house so had stairgate at top of stairs so he couldnt get down

Tiddler she doesnt come down unless one of us is up although hubby is always up early whereas me I like my bed too much and could stay in it all day.

well little fella usually in wit me wakes up n i put cbeebies on while i sorta nap
the girls put there telly on or dvd n they just flit from room to room playin til its time to get up

some mornings there loud but most they all play nicely