We're completing on a new house in the same week our 3.5 year old is starting preschool. We moved country in January and have been living in a rented house since then. He has already been through a lot with such a big move! His behaviour was awful for a few months afterwards so I feel shit we're upheaving him again, but this is us finally buying a house and preschool is unavoidable, as is this completion date.
How can we help him? It feels like such a lot for him to cope with.
We won't be moving in straight away. His new room in his forever home is very similar in set up only this time we can paint it. We've let him choose the paint and visited the house. He seemed very excited/anxious when we visited - he was running around, slamming doors etc which is what he does when he's feeling overwhelmed.
And preschool - the new house is a bit further away so we won't be walking there, we'll be cycling together (in his trailer). I wonder if we should cycle in his trailer from the beginning, even though our current house is just around the corner?
He has never been in a daycare setting before so this is a big change for him. We've been to visit it and been reading books etc about it, and talking about it. He seems quite worried and keeps asking if we're coming, and when we explain we will come and then go do some boring grown up stuff while he has a brilliant time then come back and go home together, he sort of disintegrates into tears :(
Any advice appreciated!