My son sleeps with me ever since he had night terrors. If he fell asleep early, he'd sleep in his own room because we put him there and we leave our door open slightly so he can get in. We have door knob covers on most of the doors including ours. I have tried doing that from the inside of his door, using a gate, to prevent him from walking out in the middle of the night, none of that helped, in fact, made it worse with his screaming. So, he has his freedom to roam around and he can turn on lights himself and such. He sleeps better feeling secure so we just let him sleep with me. Besides my husband sleeps in another room although both of them move and snore, I feel somewhat at peace, calm, and sleep better knowing where he is at all times.
SAHM means Stay at home Mom. But don't let that fool you..I'm a SAHM. But I don't stay at home. Most of us, take our kids to rec center classes, go the gym, go out to eat lunch, etc. At first my husband thought that too and was going to take away myy car just because of that term. We do get out of the house at least 5 out 7 days a week sometimes every day. You can be a wahm too...work at home mom.
When my son whines during playtime and has temper tantrums. I use to put him in his room for 5-10 minute time out but that definitely kept him away from sleeping in his room (I didn't know being a 1st time mom). And then I sat him on a chair in my room and counted to 10 and walked away and closed the door. Then he wig and then open the door, look at me to see if I was still mad at him, and then I get down to his level and he hug me to tell me he's sorry. But now, I just take away his toys and put it up high and tell him that it's going on time out. I have had to take away his Thomas the Train set/table 3x because he's ripped off the laminate off the board, going underneath to kick the board off and everything crashing on him, throwing the trains and tracks all over the living room. Thomas was in time out for 2 weeks. He learned his lesson. LOL.