Moving, need your tips to an easy transition!

Discussion in 'The Toddler Years(1-3)' started by angie7, Mar 31, 2009.

  1. angie7

    angie7 Well-Known Member

    First of all we are :yahoo: to be moving to a huge house on 9 acres with a lake!!! We live in the heart of the city now, very noisy with traffic and a train nearby to nothing but nature sounds! We have a large yard now and are moving to a smaller yard (most of the land is wooded). We are still going to let them share a room. They are still in cribs (we knew we would be moving soon and figured we would switch them over to twin beds in the new house after they transitioned) The house needs minor work and we plan to do it before we move in (we are still living in our other house right now) so we plan to take them to the new house often so they can get familiar with it as much as possible. Anything else we can do to help from those that have BTDT?? TIA!
     
  2. JDMummy

    JDMummy Well-Known Member

    Congrats! What great news! :banana: We moved when John was 3. It was a bigger house and we had a yard etc. We made sure he had the same things in his room. He was in a toddler bed at the time. I would move them in the cribs for now and then switch them to beds after a little while. I would have them help you "paint". John did it and really made him excited about the move and not so sad about our old place. Good luck! :good: Post some pics when you can!
     
  3. AmynTony

    AmynTony Well-Known Member

    we just moved on Monday!! We kept taking the kids to the "new house" every so often to show them the progress and their own rooms so they were familiar - also we moved the cribs - we'll tackle beds later this spring/summer...

    since they are now in their own rooms we also played that up that they were getting their own rooms and showed them their ceiling fans etc...

    also for the day of the move we sent them to daycare (even though it was a non daycare day) and they came home to their new house with their rooms all set up etc...
     
  4. p31heather

    p31heather Well-Known Member

    I just did a similar thing last yr. Went from apt to house. House needed completely painted. I shipped the twins to my parent's house and got so much more work done since I didnt have to stop every few minutes to referee or redirect or occupy. We also brought the kids to the new house alot before we painted. Then while painting, sent pics of the new look. We didn't move the cribs, only the crib mattresses which we put on the floor until the twin mattresses arrived... then we set up the twin beds. It was a nice transition for us.
    We gave them a tour of the house once we were all moved in, and they got to unpack the boxes of toys. We also sat them down and reminded them that the rules were the same. ...

    I would not let them hlep you paint. they will get it all over themselves and each other and will last only a short while. Mine did help paint the lower part of closet space. But painting goes so much faster without their help.

    Before we moved to the apt we had 5 acres of wooded land. We set out boundaries for them. "Don't go out without telling mom. Don't go past the huge rock. Stay in the back" Exploration of the whole property was a family activity...
     
  5. shoudeshell

    shoudeshell Well-Known Member

    We just moved a little over a month ago into a bigger house and also to a new state! I talked it up a lot with my girls first. Then made sure they're cribs/room was set up as soon as possible. I think it also helped to get their toys out pretty quickly as well. We don't keep their toys in their room, so that was the other thing that helped. I would just keep an upbeat attitude throughout the whole process and that will help. They catch on to our moods so easily, so if you're stressed try and relax so they don't pick up on it and overreact. I think this and what everyone else has said will help. GL!
     
  6. rissakaye

    rissakaye Well-Known Member TS Moderator

    We moved last year. What my kids still talk about is that we ate dinner with boxes as tables. And they want to do it again. So, just be a little silly and relaxed and it'll go fine. Do their rooms and your bed first with the unpacking. For my kids it was like xmas all over because all of our stuff went to storage for 8 weeks inbetween houses and we went to live with the in-laws. So, I would let them "unpack" one box of toys. They would get so distracted playing with that box, I could get alot done in the same room.

    Marissa
     
  7. dfaut

    dfaut 30,000-Post Club

    I haven't moved since they were born, but sounds like a lot of great ideas! I wanted to wish you good luck and hope it goes smoothly!! :hug:
     
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