Moving house with a toddler

[IrrationalFear]

Dp (not dd's father) have bought a place together which we are all very excited about. We have been together since dd was 7 months old (she is now 27 months) and they have a wonderful relationship so I'm not concerned about the dynamics of living arrangements changing in that respect. We will take all her bedroom furniture/toys etc of course to make it as easy a transition as possible. She is a nightmare sleeper as it is and dd and I have lived in my current house her whole life. I'm nervous about how she will adapt to the change. Have any of you moved with a toddler and got any tips you could share to ease the transition. Thanks.

I have moved with my older DD no less than 6 times before she was 3. One of them was abroad! She was fine and can only remember one of the houses...that was the last move.

Your DD will forget about the old house fast...especially if you don't go on about it or make it into a big deal. If they sense you're worried about how they'll react then they get anxious too.

Just be matter of fact...when you do speak about it, make it into a positive...which you must be doing as she's excited!

Don't fforewarn her too early....the day before you can mention that tomorrow is moving day...

We've just moved with a toddler, including to a different city. He loved decorating all the packing boxes with his crayons, kept him amused for hours. So far no problems and his sleep has been fairly normal which I was worried about as it always goes to pot when we go on holiday. It makes a difference having all his things there I think. Try and make sure there's time on moving day to reassemble her usual bed/cot, unpack books and toys in her bedroom and stick to the usual evening routine as much as possible. Otherwise as NC says just be positive, don't keep going on about the fact you've moved, point out all the new stuff to explore and she'll have forgotten about the old place in 2 days!

I think once we've got the keys we'll do her room up before we actually move in. She is use to seeing her grandparents every day so that's a change I think she'll be upset about initially, obviously she'll still see them as much as possible! She has been to see the show home with us (it's a new development) and enjoyed exploring so fingers crossed she'll be ok!