[dlhall]

We have a first floor master bedroom and I love it! Both my kids (6 and 3) are upstairs. We use a baby monitor in my 3 year old's room to hear him at night and we have a nightlight in the hall. When my 6 year old needs us, she either yells loudly or just comes downstairs and gets us. When she was a toddler, we had a gate at the top of the stairs since I worried about her falling down the stairs at night (you have to buy a gate that is specific for top of the stairs--many gates are only for the bottom of stairs).

We haven't had any problems with them being upstairs and us downstairs. And it's amazing how fast you can run upstairs when you need to!

Liz