Milo, huh? Sounds like a good name to me.
I didn't crate train, but from a lot of the posts I've seen, crating is primarily for sleeping. Is this right? Someone who's crated, please help here!
I think the arrangement you've made is good. We left Ozzie gated in the kitchen with bed, toys, water, and papers when he couldn't be supervised. (Ozzie was VERY slow to potty train but a lot of it was MY fault because I didn't have a lot of time during his puppydom to make it work.)