When Hot Rod was a baby I didn't have the stairs gated off because I didn't thought he was too small to try, and he was but he didn't know that and all of a sudden I heard a thud, ran and found him scrambling to get up. I think he tried and fell off the bottom couple of steps. My stairs have been gated ever since.
Maggie goes up and down with no fear when I take her up for their baths. with Hot Rod I am right behind him going up and coming down I place my hand on the step below and walk backwards in front of him ready to catch him if he should start to slip. I have hardwood steps with no carpet runner.
Please be careful with your little one, it doesn't take much to miss a step and it could be disasterous. |