While we were in Florida, Polynomial was at a dog boarding house and only POset was home, so we took out the gate from the main floor to upstairs. When we returned, we decided to try life without it, because Poly had gotten much better about not peeing in inappropriate places. It’s been most of two weeks and Poly hasn’t made a mess upstairs yet. It’s definitely nice to not have to deal with the gate while going between floors. Poly only woke us up once and apparently that was a learning experience for her courtesy of Mom. I am waiting for the interaction of Poly and child baths, although perhaps Poly’s experiences in the kids bathroom with Mom will serve as a sufficient barrier.