[nana911]

My girls are over 1yr old and we still use an xpen. They have the little one in the living room (the 4 panel one with the little arched door) that has their potty area and can quickly be accessed to shut them in when strangers such as workmen, delivery people, strange dogs, whatever suddenly appear and the long large xpen in our bedroom with potty on one end play area in the middle and sleeping/eating area in the other end, where they go to bed when we do, or stay for extended periods when we are going to be gone so that they don't get into trouble. Could not imagine not having an xpen...