These things are life savers! Baby Hailey has been taking a few steps here and there and getting much more adventurous. A week or so ago she would climb up the stairs one or two steps before she got scared and called for us to come get her. The other day, the same day she started zipping around on her walker, she made it up the entire flight of stairs before we realized she was even on them. Talk about a panic!
We started putting up a baby gate on whatever floor we are on to keep her off the stairs. She’s an ace no doubt on getting up those stairs, down is another story though and she has tried. I’m nervous that she’ll slip one of these days and go tumbling down, so the gate is going to be a more permanent fixture in our house. I’ll let her play on the stairs when I can be right behind her with my hands ready to catch her but otherwise she’s grounded. 
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Ah, poor rookie. Congrats on your little walker! Good stuff.
May 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am
We had the same issue in our last home - so we installed a permanent baby gate at the top of the stairs.
I loved it.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be “adult proof” as well so some other folks weren’t as excited about it as I was.
May 4th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Hehe, this one was semi-adult proof. When it came to daddy trying to figure out how to secure it up anyway. We’ll be relocating soon to a place with only one story so that will be one less worry but one less toy for baby Hailey too lol. She loves getting ‘chased’ up the stairs. I’ll let her climb when I can supervise.