Where to put stair gates?

Question

We are moving soon and wondering where to put our stair gates. 
We have an 8 year old son, 1 year old daughter and another daughter due in September. 
My partner thinks the stair gates should go at the top and bottom of the stairs whereas I think the stair gates should go at the bottom of the stairs and our girls bedroom. 
What does everyone else do?

Answer

Definitely the top of the stairs, we also have a pressure mount for the bottom of our stairs if we need it on.

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I wouldn't want to chance baby falling from the top of the stairs

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We have them at the top and bottom. We have a front and back staircase.  Then our basement stairs are carpeted and can also be closed off with a barn door, so we didn’t bother with those stairs.   I will say—I tripped and fell all the way down one of our stairs and we are pretty sure I tripped on the baby gate. I was 7 weeks pregnant at the time, ooof.

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Top and bottom of stairs. I wouldn’t add a gate to a bedroom for safety’s sake. That doesn’t sound safe at all.

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I would do her door and the bottom of the stairs. But my daughter doesn't walk around upstairs unless in her room (with us with the door shut anyway).

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A 1 year old shouldn’t be up the stairs unsupervised. So I’m saying kids room and the bottom of the stairs.

Where to put stair gates?

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