Moving house with a baby - help me!

[firsttimemothergoose]

We are moving house in a few days with a 5 week old baby. We have spent today packing which has really unsettled her and now I'm worried about moving day. I knew it would be hard but figured it is just one day and we would cope.
Has anyone had experience of this or have any tips?

[schokolade]

We did this with a four month old. I went to the new place first with the baby and her stuff (and some loo roll!), DH followed with the furniture van. I sorted our lunch for everyone while waiting at the new place. That is, baby and I wandered down to the supermarket for ready made sandwiches and coffee during her nap. The key for us was lots of friends to help with the loading and unloading , freeing me up for the baby. Bloody nightmare though. Good luck!!!

[thatsn0tmyname]

We moved when my son was six weeks old. Admittedly,it was only half a mile down the road. Luckily, the movers were brilliant so all I lifted was the baby or a coffee. We muddled through and it was fine. I even managed to shampoo the carpets. Keep spare clothes and nappy stuff free plus a blanket for wriggling on. Keep the buggy handy too so you can take the baby off if restless. Good luck, you'll be fine.

[Artandco]

I just left them to it. Moved when ds1 was 8 weeks. I went out for the day with baby to art gallery and to nice restaurant for lunch. Lovely.

[namioexchangio]

I moved house and area with a 3 week old. It's not different from moving when you don't have a baby really - just pay extra for the removal guys to do the packing and don't let them pack your bare necessities (? milk stuff, and sleeping stuff and nappies etc for baby) which you should take in your car. It was no more stressful than moving house is anyway. We moved house again when we had a 2 year old and a 2 week old (my job involved moving house a lot). Same thing: you wouldn't choose to do it but it works out fine. Don't panic.

[QTPie]

Hi

We have moved 3 times since DS was born (9 months, 3 years and 9 months and 4 years and 1 month).

My advice is to keep DC well away from the moving. We were lucky to have help (that first move) and resources. We paid for a packing and unpacking service (not that they unpack everything, but it really helps with kitchen, bathroom and toys) and we stayed in a hotel for the two nights of the move.

So DS left the house before everything was packed up and we moved to a hotel, everything was packed up and moved, then unpacked before he moved into the new house. It was what my husband called "the moving fairy" - whole house moved without any sign of the moving process... I am sure that someone will come along and say this is wrong for a child and may make the child insecure, but it worked seamlessly for DS (3 times). The first time we moved (9 months), DS went from sleeping in our room to his own room in the new house. The move - and going into his own room - did not disturb him at all: he continued up sleep through.

If you can take the baby out - visit family and friends - and your partner can do most of the moving (and set up the baby's room and living room etc), then that would help.

QT

[mustardtomango]

We moved with ds when he was older, 9 months, and I wish I'd just gone to family for a day or two then come home to the new place with at least the basics already set up (nursery, kitchen, etc). Ds found it really unsettling and it took nearly a week for him to get over it

[DuckandCat]

Baby will be fine, doubt she'll even noticed tbh. We moved with our toddler recently and me and DD just went out for the day! Came back when it was all finished.

I was worried about how DD would settle, but she didn't bat an eyelid.