How to help the transition from living with grandparents?

warriormomerin

We're moving out of my parents house after 2.5 years and DS isn't handling it very well. We won't be moving for another month, but I'm trying to prepare DS in advance.

He adores his grandfather and doesn't understand why he can't live with him forever. We'll only be twenty minutes away, my parents want the kids every other weekend, and there's always Skype, but DS is heartbroken.

Has anyone else had experience with this? I'm hoping the build up is way worse than the actual moving. I just hate seeing my little guy so sad.

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FyreFlyeRush

beccaga16:

DD is younger, but very attatched to my parents. We moved out to a house a block away for a year and now we are 20mins away.

My parents pick her up from DC if they get done with work early. We eat dinner there a couple nights a week and we see them every weekend. There is also skype which we do sometimes as well.

She gets sad when we leave sometimes, but it is a lot better.

Yup. With my niece, my parents came over once or twice a week at the beginning and made a big deal out of her room and everything. She got a little upset when they left, but got over it pretty quick.

When they're over, we go outside and wave them off. Otherwise, she won't get in the car and puts on this huge comically tragic face. She's also a bit of a drama queen. Lord how I hate the whining...sorry, rambled there for a sec.

EDIT: My niece just turned 5, and she was 4 at the time. She still throws the occasional fit. But, again...drama queen. SMH.

CBKMRB

Kevin was 6 when we finally moved out of my parents place.  It was definitely a transition for him.  In my case, it wasn't leaving my dad that was the problem it was my mom.  He was and is very close to her.  It took some time but I totally built up his new room, and having our own place and how great it was going to be!  We also saw my parents pretty freqently.  It took a little time but he was fine.

Good luck with the move!!