We have to move out... for a month... with a newborn (vent)

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DH, DD, the dog, and I recently settled into our new house 6 months ago. We are incredibly lucky to have a great house and large yard in a wonderful neighborhood. Well, fast forward to a few weeks ago, when DH found water on the floor in the kitchen. Turns out the water line to the ice maker on the freezer was leaking and it seeped into *everything*. There has been progressively more demo (we are now missing drywall in our kitchen, hallway, and dining room behind the fridge as well as some of our wood floor), and today they found mold. They sealed things up so it is not immediately unsafe, but we need to get everything taken out (more wood flooring and cabinets) to clean it, and then they have to put things back together. The guy said he would recommend we are out of the house the whole time - which will be about a month! He also said we can't wait too long (more than a month or 2), or we'll have a worse mold problem on our hands. I almost lost it there but held it together until he left, when I started crying like a baby for the first time this whole pregnancy. 

I know this is totally a first world problem and we are very lucky to own our wonderful house, but I am already so concerned about the upheaval in DD's life when a new baby comes along - I really can't imagine trying to move her somewhere else at the same time. I think about the early days with postpartum baby blues (and not PPD if I'm lucky), new routines, etc, and I just can't bear the thought of trying to pack up and move out during that time. Not to mention the fact that we are so happy here, and this is where I want to create memories. I know it's only a month if all goes well, but it still feels like forever. I want to just get it over with, but there's also no way I'm going to start the process before LO comes... whenever that will be. Anyway, I know there's no easy solution here, and as DH so delicately put it, we just have to suck it up. But I'm still sad and at the moment not at all focused on the fact that I could go into labor in the next few days since DD came at 38 weeks... Thanks for putting up with my whining.

yvanehtnioj

Sorry to hear you are going to have to do that! This too will be a memory

momthatlifts

((( that's inconvenient. Sorry to hear that

lauralou3x3

Sorry to hear! Hopefully it'll go by quick for you all.

I'm in a kind of similar boat. My husband may be getting a new job out of state a few weeks after baby arrives. We just moved from Kansas to Washington last May. Now we may be moving to California with a new baby. Sigh. No fun.

keeumm

I'm sorry to hear that! What terrible timing

Roufi

That's really rough, sorry your family is going through that (temporary) upheaval right now. Hopefully it passes quickly and smoothly.

LoveIsAll25

You have every right to be upset! I would be crying like a baby as well! 

bridetobe9132013

Sorry you have to deal with that! I would be upset also.

Katzalia

So sorry you're dealing with this. My sister had to be out of her place for the first two weeks after her LO arrived due to lead paint the landlord didn't take care of earlier. Annoying, but in the end you will have a safer place for your family and this will be an adventure story you tell.

bumpuser9353653

Yuck. No fun. Hope things get cleaned up and fixed quickly for you guys.

Helmink0804

Wow- that really sucks! Sorry you have to go through that!

SMM1986

I'm sorry!

QOTR

Ugh!  Sounds dreadful.  I hope it goes as smoothly as it can.

fatbarbie0226

Oh that sounds so hard. I'm sorry! Hope the mold removal goes quickly and maybe you could be back in your house sooner than expected!

pistolpackinmomma

I feel your pain. Luckily I was early on my pregnancy with our first when we were forced out. We had an exterminator come give us a quote on getting rid of what we thought were a few bats. He said it was good we didn't have any kids because it was much worse than we had thought. I told him I was 7 weeks pregnant and he said we needed me out of the house. That night. I called my mom crying and she had us come stay with them. It was 5 adults, a dog, and a cat in a small 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. For 4 months. Tight quarters didn't begin to describe it.

shaunamw

For lack of a better wording ... That just sucks. Try to stay positive and be greatful it's only a month.

Bootsie327

That's so frustrating! I hope the month goes quickly and smoothly, and that soon it will be a distant memory. You have every right to to cry!

KBowen715

Sorry! Sucky, indeed.

Ladiebug30

:-( Boo.

momo214

Good luck with that. I accepted a transfer and we are selling the house and moving during mat leave. Also a PITA. It'll be over before you know it. Sorry about your house! That really sucks.

hatrats

Oh wow, I am so sorry.  That would be really rough right now.  Talk about bad timing.  I hope your parents or someone you can stay with that can maybe also help out with the kids lives nearby.

Jillzy86

I cried the other day because our bathroom remodel isn't finished yet. You have every right to cry about your situation. But now you just have to dust yourself off suck it up and know you will be back in your home in just a few weeks. It totally sucks. But remember you are blessed and it won't be forever. Hopefully family and friends will help you bout during this transition. Good luck, sorry to hear about your stress!