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Is it a P.I.A. to get small child to change bedrooms?

CollieJadeCollieJade
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Just wondering how hard it would be to ask a 2 or 3 year old to change bedrooms when they've been in one particular room since birth.  Reason i ask is I think I want to use the room that we plan to use for the nursery as a nursery for kiddo #2 should we be so lucky to have a second child at some point.  I like that room as a nursery because of where it is situated, and so if we keep that as the nusery for all subsequent children, I want to make sure we don't go crazy painting it a gender-specific color only to have to re-paint if child #2 is the opposite gender.

I know every kiddo's temperament is different, but I was hoping someone maybe had done the room switch thing with their child and could comment on how hard it was on the DC (i.e. did he/she have a lot of anxiety about changing bedrooms, did they cry/complain a lot, did it seem to cause them unneccesary emotional turmoil, etc.)  Thanks!!

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Re: Is it a P.I.A. to get small child to change bedrooms?

  • Kristen&DoyleKristen&Doyle
    I hope not! ?Sooner or later we will be doing this with Colton for the same reason you mentioned, it's easier to keep the nursery as a nursery for any other child we may have in the future and with him starting to potty train, it will be easier for him to access the bathroom with switching rooms anyway. ?We have a bunk bed that needs to go in before we ever try switching rooms, but I have a feeling he will be fine with it. ?He's always like hanging out in that room and has always wanted to be in there when allowed. ?Anyway, I'll have to remember to give y'all an update once it happens incase anyone else is interested.
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  • mcurbanmcurban member

    LOL- I'll let ya know in a couple months! We're moving Jack across the hall.

     

    I think it was NDK that told me (or maybe I read it somewhere and was discussing it w/ her) that you want to NOT associate the move w/ the birth of a sibling. So, either move DC long before baby arrives or several months after baby arrives (while baby co-sleeps).

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  • mcgeemcgee member

    We are moving Meredith from her room to the other bedroom. It has a bigger closet than the room she has now.

    Last week we put new shelves in the closet in the new room and moved all of her clothes in there (but no pull-ups - diapers are for babies and stay in the baby room). We also moved all of her books, art supplies and her kitchen set into the new room. Basically the only thing she does in her old room is sleep.

    Right now we're just leaving it like that, sort of a transition phase for her. We plan to get her a big girl bed in the next couple of months. We probably won't set up the crib in the nursery until she's been in her big girl bed for a while (she is in a toddler  bed now). She has already picked out bedding for her new  bed, and she loves to see my sketches for what I've planned for the rest of the room.

    So far, we have not had any problems at all with the transition.

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  • MrsBeckOMrsBeckO member
    They moved Big Sis to another room when the twins were on the way, and she loved it! She was right around 3 at the time, and they let her pick which of the 2 spare rooms she wanted, they gave her a couple of paint choices and let her pick, and they made a big deal about picking out a big girl bed and dresser for her. They really put the focus on her and her new big girl room, and very little on "because of the babies..". She never had any issue with the switch.?
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  • sundotsundot
    It was no problem for us. Quite by accident, dd helped me mover her stuff from her old hroom to her new room. Within an hour of moving her stuff she was ready to take a nap in her new room. We did not buy new bedding or anything like that--I just simply moved all her stuff from the old room to the new room (she was 15 months old at the time). I was really surprised how easy it was.
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  • EmerEmer member
    Between moving the nursery, co-sleeping, her big-girl room, and a new house, DD is on her 4th room at 22 months.  No problems with any of them, but ditto on making the move not centered around the new baby.
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  • CollieJadeCollieJade
    This is all good news!  Thanks gals!  Now I can actually start working on paint decisions. :)
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