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Tips on how to pack for a move while trying to watch your kid

alrighthamiltonalrighthamilton member
in August 2012 Moms
I know some of you have moved recently. How did you manage to pack/ready the house for showings, etc. while trying to keep your child from falling down stairs, eating toxic plants, swallowing small items, and so on. We just decided to list our house and I'm in the process of everything, but my husband works 12 hours shifts, two on, two off, three on, three off, so I'm on my own for much of this. Ideas to keep Kate entertained? She hates sitting with toys in her pack n play, or "play pen", as my grandma calls it and thinks I should just plop her in there all day and that she should be content. Thanks.
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Re: Tips on how to pack for a move while trying to watch your kid

  • rp-chicago-momrp-chicago-mom member
    Have a box for things like stuffed animals that she can pack and unpack while you're packing. Extra boxes make for great toys. 

    Ask for help from family and friends to hang out with her. 

    Designate her room a safe area and leave packing things out of there. As you pack up her room, move boxes out so her room is still mostly hers. 

    Pack after she goes to bed. 

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  • britvahokbritvahok member
    I just let DS play with a pile and clothes and a box.  He entertained himself!
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  • TapthathankTapthathank member

    We tried to pack after DS went to bed.  After each box was packed and taped up we put them in the dining room.  We packed after we sold our house though.  We had family come over to help us pack and one person was in charge of watching DS. 

    At this age it would be much harder!  I would try get a box for just her to play with - put her toys in, take them out.  She will probably mimick what you are doing.  While you are packing her room, will she sit in her crib and play?

    Good luck!

     

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  • rp-chicago-momrp-chicago-mom member
    Oh and I'm sure you have the sense to know this but H didn't so I feel like I should share. Don't stack the boxes a million high. They could easily topple. I know H is a great dad and really takes initiative but I sometimes wonder how long my kid would make it if I weren't around.
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  • rp-chicago-momrp-chicago-mom member
    Sorry I keep posting but when I was a nanny, the family moved and the little girl wanted to play in her pack n play with a few select favorite toys. I think she saw it as a safe place among the chaos. It will be hard but two weeks into the new home, all will be forgiven.
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