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Toddlers and Moving

Emerald27Emerald27 member
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Good evening, ladies!

So we are moving to a bigger house across town (yay!!!) in two weeks. I've been packing 1-2 boxes per day and taking the packing process slowly. DS thinks this is fun and likes to "help" by dropping anything he can get his hands on into the box I'm packing. It's very cute...but he always wants the stuff back. Lol

Anyway, as the pile of boxes is growing and the rooms in our home becoming bare, I'm wondering how I can make this transition easier on DS. He is so attached to our home: he asks to go home after we've been out for just a little while, no matter how much fun we're having. He totally takes after DH: absolute homebody.

One thing I'm looking forward to will be having a room just for DS' things. It'll be his room someday, but for now he sleeps with us, so it will just be a playroom. I have fun pictures to decorate the walls, and all of his toys will be accessible in there. I think he'll really love it.

Have any of you ladies moved with a nearly 2-year-old, and what did you do for them to make the move easier? I'm dreading him looking up at me and asking "home?", when we've finished moving our stuff into the new house. :(
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Re: Toddlers and Moving

  • cpmichcpmich member
    Try making a little album of photos and read this new book about your new home as often as you can before the big move. Be sure to talk about how great it will be and try hard to shield him from any talk about the move being stressful on you or your husband. Try also to visit the new neighborhood if you can with him several times and talk about how wonderful it is, pointing out the new home and any great parks you can go to... Good luck!
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  • erb82erb82 member
    I'm a lurker on this board, but I have experience on this topic! We moved a few weeks before dd's second birthday in December. She's not a flexible child, so i was worried. We talked about it constantly for about six weeks before the move, and made sure she knew we were bringing our things with us, especially her blanket, books, toys, etc. We walked through the empty new house with her and talked about where we would put everything. Finally, we made sure to say goodbye to the old house. We still drive by it occasionally and wave at the house and the new family that lives there. She took a few weeks to settle in, but she loves her new house even more than the old one now.
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