Advice on Moving with Baby

Hi S.-

My daughter was 1 year when we moved to Honeoye Falls and she didn't have any issue, don't worry about it. New locations only really affect school age children

Jeanine

SAHM also

I moved twice, Once when my daughter was 5 months and once when she was 8 months, the only thing I made sure to do was keep her crib surroundings exactly the same and she adjusted fine. Like I had her nursery decorated carebears so all three places we lived I hung up the same care bear murral on the wall behind her crib for her to look at and pretty much kept her furniture, diaper changer, lamp ect. in the same locations for the move. You can change stuff around in about a month but if the new place looks like home it will feel like home for an infant. And also, like S. said, spend some quality time in the new room so the little one can get used to it faster!

Good luck with teh move!

I moved a year ago with a one year old and a three year old. The transition went better than I could have imagined. My advice wold be to keep things in his new bedroom as similar as possible to his old one. He is much to young to notice all that much of a difference in other ways. Good luck with the move and happy holidays!

Hello S.,

I moved into a 2 bedroom apartment but my daughter was almost 2 years old. I am not sure if your son is in his own room or not but if you decide to put him in his own room/nursery best advice I would give is to spend alot of time in that room because it is new to him. I played in my daughters room as much as possible to get her to feel comfortable. I would have never thought that she would of really been bothered with it but she was. I went through alot with sleeping habits also.

Good Luck

Hi S.
Best of luck in the new house.
As far as your baby goes, he is so young, it may not make much of a difference. Show him his new room and everything else he can get excited about. As he grows older, he may not even remember the move.
Happy holidays.
C.

I moved a few months ago when my daughter was 6 months old. Like everyone else says, definitely keep the bedroom as similar as possible. It's a constant you can control. Any routines that you can keep the same....books toys bathtimes naptimes, etc. But any stressor, like a move, is probably going to disrupt a routine, so just do what you can to get your little one back into a comfortable routine. Love and attention will do!

My daughter was also 6 mos old when we bought our first house. I didn't think she was old enough to be affected by the change, so we didn't make a big deal out of it. The first night she slept soundly in her new room, and woke up the next morning as if she had lived there all her life. I think children pick up on any anxiety you project, and act accordingly. If you are worried and make a big deal of it, they will respond with the same anxiety. My advice is to act like there's nothing to be worried about, and your son will trust that you are right!

I agree with Bernadette D. My son was 6 months old when we moved and I had his room all set up. By the way, he was in my room, now he is in his own room. SO there is a huge difference there. As long as he had his crib and blankets he could care less. I on the other hand had a hard time taking him out of my room but I got over it. Good luck!

The best advice I received about this when we were moving is to pack the kids room last and set it up first in the new house. We actually has a pretty easy time moving with our oldest. He's two and half and has moved three times.

Whne we moved and my daughter was 9 mons. old my mother came up and helped with her during the day. The first thing we did was have her crib up and ready for the night so she was sleeping in her own crib, with her usual toys, etc. in place so it wasn't strange. This was our goal even if our bed was not ready!! It worked well.

i have to agree with everyone, keep things as similar as possible. just make sure if his room is painted anything other then the color his new room is, paint it before you actually move in, then if you can, make sure you set up his room FIRST. i know how hard it is to move and get everything done in one day...but if you can avoid any sleeping issues for your little one, making his room complete before anything else in the house can possibly avoid that. good luck, and congrats.