How long did it take your child to adjust?

kiley&matt · December 2011

I left my husband almost 2 weeks ago, and my son is having a very hard time adjusting to our new surroundings. It's been hard because we're staying with my friends' family, and living in their basement until I can get an apartment. We don't have a lot of our own stuff around us, and it took him several days before he was even comfortable falling asleep on his own. He did finally start getting used to being here, but then he went and stayed at his dad's for a night, in his old room, and now he's been having an even harder time than before. I feel like he knows what's going on and it's making me feel like a horrible mother. I just don't know what to do for him.

How long did it take before your kid(s) got used to the new situation/surroundings, and being passed back and forth from place to place? I've tried to keep our routine the same, but other than that, is there anything you can think of that I can do to make this easier on him?

htomeo · December 2011

The hardest for him, was when he would figure out I wasn't getting in the car with them to go home, every time I would put him in his car seat. He took a couple of months to adjust to that.

Every once in a while when I go over to visit the house, he will grab my coat and purse and put them away for me... In my old bedroom with stbxh. That breaks my heart.

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