At what age would you call a good age to trust you toddler on the stairs, she is two and three months,?

Answer 1

our little girl learned to go up and down the stairs at about age 1. i figue it's better that they learn the careful way instead of falling down. make sure she holds on to the railing and watch her till she gets it. my daughter is now 2 1/2 and is up and down the stairs everywhere by herself with no problems.

Answer 2

My daughter is 2 and 4 months, and I don't trust her completely alone on the stairs. Sometimes if one parent is upstairs and the other is downstairs, she may climb up the stairs without the downstairs parent knowing, which is okay every now and then. But I still don't like the idea of her going down the stairs by herself - I always walk down backwards in front of her - "just in case" - which was a good thing the other day because she lost her balance and I was there to stabilize her (otherwise she would have toppled down most of the flight of stairs. Scary!

Answer 3

Don't listen to Demun, what a git. Mine is 2 years and almost three months old and she can go up and down the stairs by herself now. She doesn't even let me carry her unless she's in that kind of mood - she's very independent. But I also am with her every step of the way, I never let her just go up or downstairs by herself. She's been going up the stairs for a year now, and she's just learned to go down holding the railing. I think it's whatever you feel comfortable with. Just don't let her go completely on her own - stay with her, so if she does stumble, you're there to avert a disaster, ya?

Answer 4

My son is 2 years 4 months and can quite independently walk up and down the stairs. HOWEVER, we do ensure that someone is available at the bottom of the stairs (there are only 6). While we want to promote independence for him, it is definitely still a learning process and as parents, we need to adequately supervise for safety.

Answer 5

depends on how stable she is walking can she use the stairs ? If so I would tell her to hang on to the rail. hold the other hand and have her come down the stairs if you feel she is stable then loosing her hand or let it go staying very close try to get in front of her so if she looks like she may fall or seems unstable keep practising the stairs until she is stable to do it her self. Good luck

Answer 6

Apparently some of the people that answered you do not live in a two story house where it is inevitable that a small child will use stairs! Our two year old has mastered our steps!! We guided her when she first started to climb them and have taught her to sit on her bottom and slide to each step!! I believe whatever works for you and your family is what's right!!

Answer 7

I guess as soon as they handle them well. My son has been up and down the stairs since he was a little younger than two. You just have to watch very closely at first to make sure that they have the hang of them. I started letting him go up and down by himself as soon as I couldn't keep him from doing it anymore. He used to try to climb the baby gate, which would have been way more disastrous than a trip down the stairs.

Answer 8

My son is about the same age and I let him walk up and down the stairs on his own but I'm about three inches away ready to catch him if he needs me.
They need to learn how to do it but they also need to continue to trust you.

Answer 9

never. even as adults sometimes we fall down the stairs.

BUT my son was going down our really steep stairs at about a year old. He loved it and only fell once as far as I can remember.

PS don't listen to all the a**wholes who say mean things...only you know what your child is capable of.

Answer 10

Can she negotiate them on her own, both up and down? if so, you are going to have a hard time keeping her off them. Justwalk behind or beside her for a few weeks and you can figure outif she is ready for that step yet.