Tips on easing the transition of a move to a new house?

vszapp

DD will be 20 months when we move to a new house (about 40 minutes away) in a few weeks. Due to the timing of closing on the new house, we have to stay at my mom's house for 2 weeks before getting into the new place. It's going to be a lot of transition in a short period of time.

On the plus side, DD is extremely enegaged and a wonderful communicator. However, that also means she is quite attached to things already. She has music an "gymnastics" classes that she goes to with the nanny, and she talk about them constantly. They'll be too far away to attend after the move. She also loves our yard and our house. It's going to be tough on her, I think (even though they are resilient - I know!).

Do any of you have experience with this? How did you help to ease the transition? Anything beside the obvious, like making sure favorite toys are accessible throughout the journey? We have tried to talk to her about it, and she just gets kind of a faraway look. I think she gets it on some level, but not entirely. Our house and neighborhood are her world right now!

stgn01

I agree with DaisyBlinks.  We moved with DD when she was 14 months and again when she was 19 months.  It was rough, but it's do-able.  If you can let her run around the new, empty house let her.  Set up her room as close as possible to her room now.  Set it up first and worry about your room later.  Let her "help" unpack or set things up.  Try to keep her routine as close to normal as possible, but obviously that won't be the case all the time.  

Just keep asking her questions if she has any questions and hope for the best.  You'll all be fine in a few weeks.  And congrats on the new house!

Netty_3

We just moved last month. We brought lo over a few times and showed him his room and yard. When we moved we jnoacked his stuff first and set it up right away. I should mention we were blessed with a kid that transitions pretty well to everything thrown at him so far...paci big boy bed...no bottles and wcm among others

vintagejjane

We moved when DD was 14 months as well and will be moving again when she is 17 months. I think the thing that helped us the most was putting her room together first. Her crib, bedding, toys, etc.. She had everything there and I put it all in a similar layout. She transitioned really well. I plan on doing the same in the new house.