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Any tips for introducing 2yr old to new baby and moving house within a month or so?

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nicand2 · 27/08/2006 21:08

I'm due to have my 2nd baby in 6 weeks and DS will be almost 2. He has a really good routine at the moment and seems really contented but I'm worried the new baby will really put him out. To make things worse it looks as though we will be moving house 6-8 weeks after the new baby arrives and I'm worried it will really be unsettling for him.

Just wondered if anyone had any tips for either situation?

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threebob · 27/08/2006 21:15

My main tip would be to cut him a lot of slack.

We arranged ds's room initially so it was all in the same order as his old room. Once he could speak he made some suggestions for changes!

Toothyboy · 27/08/2006 21:23

Hmmm, we had a baby and moved house in the same week 6 months ago!! Ds1 coped remarkably well - he was 2.10yrs.

We talked about both things constantly, in quite a lot of detail, and most importantly, positively and excitedly. I think it's an advantage that your ds has got a good routine, because if you can stick as closely as possible to that through both changes it will give him some security.

We let ds help pack things up for the move, both his things and other household stuff, and made sure he helped unpack the same boxes at the other end. We got his bedroom set up first in the new house, put up his posters etc so it was familiar to him.

In terms of the baby, I let him choose a new toy for the baby which he brought to the hospital when ds2 was born. He came to see me every day, and we'd bought him a present as well.

He was unsettled at first - I think the house move was more upsetting than the baby - but we tried to be patient with him and he soon settled down. He still talks about the old house but prefers our bigger new house; and he's accepted his brother into the family without blinking!

Hope it all goes well for you - try not to do too much in the move yourself, just look after ds and the baby. Good luck!

ComeOVeneer · 27/08/2006 21:49

DD was just short of 3 when ds was born and 3 months later we moved to America (from the UK) for 6 months. We made sure that she was heavily involved with most of the choices of nursery decore etc (plus the obligatory pressie from the new born - in her case "baby Annabel"). It all work very well (but perhaps we were helped by the fact it was a few days before christmas so she was distracted by presents etc.)

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SenoraPostrophe · 27/08/2006 21:52

dd coped ok when ds was born. my main tips are:

buy a baby doll a few weeks beforehand.
do lts of feeding on the setteee with cbeebies on. you can also read stories while breastfeeding
depending on what your ds eats can you cook and freeze lots of it now so you can get him sorted with food quickly?
give him lots of special attention whenever you can.

SenoraPostrophe · 27/08/2006 21:54

re moving house - again it didn't really bother dd. just make sure that the favourite toys get packed last and opened first!

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