Moving....how to explain to 3 year old?

bride711 · May 2013

Hi Ladies,

We are going to be moving to a new house. I am worried how our LO who is 3 will take the change.

Do you have any tips for the transition process?

pitterpatter129 · May 2013

Is it in driving distance? We just moved recently and drove by a few times to show DS1 our new house. We made sure he watched us pack and put the boxes on the truck and watched us unload them. We said bye-bye to the old house. We kept the exact same routines as much as possible at the new house from day 1. He really didn't seem to care much and was actually excited. It helps the new house has a garage and he gets to push the garage door button + a playground in the edition. I think we over-worried really - he just kind of accepted it.

brettsmama · May 2013

We moved two months before DS turned 3. He did great. We started telling him about the new house about 1 or 2 weeks before the move. We made a picture board with pictures of the new house and showed him every night before bed. The day the movers came he was at school, when he got home we walked around the empty old house and then showed him the moving truck and explained all of our things and his were on the truck to go to the new house. When we got to the new house, I walked him around with the story board so he could see the house was just like in the pictures. Also every night the first week in the new house, before bed we made sure he practiced walking to our room with the lights real dim since his new room was on the complete opposite side of the house.

Mommy2Boys09 · May 2013

We just moved on April 2nd and we brought them to the new house before moving and let them pick out their rooms and kept them as involved as possible. My oldest loved packing up his stuff, he wanted to make sure we didn't forget anything lol. They ended up with a cold the day after we moved so they slept with mommy a couple nights but once they felt better they never acted any different. Occasionally my son says he wants to see who lives in our old house or when we pass it he'll point it out but he handled it very well.

NicoleWI · May 2013

The Berenstain Bear book about "The New House" is pretty good. I've been reading it with my 4.5 year old and my 2.5 year old in preparation for our move.

momofmanyinthemitten · May 2013

We moved when DD was 18 mos. We watched the virtual tour of the home all the time and talked about which room was going to be whose room. Her room was the first room we set up and she was happy with her bed and blanket. She slept well from the first night on. It helps that she can see into our room if she goes to her doorshe has a gate keeping her in.

danigirl7181 · June 2013

We just moved this last weekend. We did work on the house for a couple weeks before actually moving, so she was at the new house quite a bit before the move. I think it helped a lot. Plus we took her back to our old apartment to see that it was empty. The second night in the house she asked to go home, but we told her this was home now.

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