OT- Moving with a toddler

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Hey everyone:

I'm hoping someone can give me some tips on how to handle moving with

a toddler, as far as how to help them adjust with their new house &

environment. I'm just so nervous as to how Abby will adjust to her

new home we'll be moving into next week. She really does adapt to

new people & places really well, but I'm still nervous. She's 2.5

yrs old.

The poor kid, we're leaving for FL Friday morning, coming home late

Sun night. She'll be staying with my dad (which she's stayed there

many other times, but not for 4 nights!), then we'll pick her up Mon

morning for a few hrs., then leave her again to go close on our

house, then leave her again Tues morning to go close on our new

house!!!! Then spend the rest of the wk packing & moving. I just

feel so bad about it all happening at once!

We'll be staying our first night at the new house next Sat night.

We've brought her there several times to get her acquainted with the

house some,and what happens? She gets stung by a mean bee in the

back yard " bug bited me " ...poor thing!

Anyhow, if anyone has moved with a toddler, please give me some hope

here! I am just so worried about her & her move, it's gotta be so

confusing to a little tike like her!

Thanks.

Debbie Abby's mom 3/1/00

MI

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Hi Debbie,

We moved here when my oldest was 3. I too was worried, how she would

handle it. What I did to make it easier for her was to unpack her

room first. This way she had all of " her stuff " around her. I think

it made her feel more comfortable. We also decorated her room the way

she wanted it. I let her decide where to put what. She only cared

where her doll house went. (I was very happy about that!) When her

room was done, we made a really big deal about it. She was so excited

she had me call my sisters and my parents and ask them to come over

to see her new room! She even slept in there our first night here.

Good luck!

> Hey everyone:

> I'm hoping someone can give me some tips on how to handle moving

with

> a toddler, as far as how to help them adjust with their new house &

> environment. I'm just so nervous as to how Abby will adjust to her

> new home we'll be moving into next week. She really does adapt to

> new people & places really well, but I'm still nervous. She's 2.5

> yrs old.

> The poor kid, we're leaving for FL Friday morning, coming home late

> Sun night. She'll be staying with my dad (which she's stayed there

> many other times, but not for 4 nights!), then we'll pick her up

Mon

> morning for a few hrs., then leave her again to go close on our

> house, then leave her again Tues morning to go close on our new

> house!!!! Then spend the rest of the wk packing & moving. I just

> feel so bad about it all happening at once!

> We'll be staying our first night at the new house next Sat night.

> We've brought her there several times to get her acquainted with

the

> house some,and what happens? She gets stung by a mean bee in the

> back yard " bug bited me " ...poor thing!

> Anyhow, if anyone has moved with a toddler, please give me some

hope

> here! I am just so worried about her & her move, it's gotta be so

> confusing to a little tike like her!

> Thanks.

> Debbie Abby's mom 3/1/00

> MI