New house and own room for first time for 2.5yo – WWYD?

[musicmaiden]

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, can't really think.

We live in a small flat, so 2.5yo DS has always slept in his cot in our room. We are, this wek, about to move to a house, so he will be able to have his own room for the first time.

So, simple question. Would you:
A) Put him in our room first until he is more used to living in the house, then move him to his room in a month or two?
B) Put him in his own room straight away - he'll be unsettled anyway so it will kill two birds with one stone?

If anyone has any tips on transitioning DC to their own room at such a late age I'd be grateful, too. DS has speech delay so I can't really judge, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand much of what is about to happen.

I would put him straight into his room, make a big deal of his room, make sure he has some input into it? Maybe he could choose the lampshade, bedding etc?

Plus have a good bedtime routine (if you don't already, or even if you do have a good bedtime routine it's even more important you follow it at the new place)

Be firm as well, once you have made the decision do not go back on it e.g. if he cries for 30 mins and you give in and let him sleep in your room at 1am the next day you might think right ok now today I will be strong, but he will then cry for longer knowing you gave in last time iyswim? A general tip is that it takes 3-7 days to change a routine iirc.

When I did this (same as you) my dd was about that age and she even went as far as covering herself in pooh, climbing the stairgate and coming downstairs but i just cleaned her up and put her back to bed. It took us 2 weeks of convincing her staying in bed was a good idea, she is 12 now and she still stays in bed once she's in bed (now I'm going in and waking her at midday!).

Thank you lovemygirls. Bump for any further advice?

We had this with our DS at a similar age, we made sure he was really worn out, put him in bedroom with lots of familiar teddy bears and comfort blankets and basically didn't make a big deal of it. He was unsure at first but settled within a week.