Moving house with 2 year old, tips please!

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We are moving house with our 2 year old and I'm wondering if you have any tips for making it as easy as possible for our toddler? Thanks

We moved recently and I was worried my two year old (around 2 and a half at the time) might be stressed but he barely batted an eyelid. We talked about it a lot in the lead-up and on moving day he went to nursery and came home to a new house. We showed him his bedroom before bedtime and then made sure all the main things like bedding, teddies, nightlights etc were all the same. Honestly he really wasn't bothered. It's true when they say kids are adaptable, he slept fine the first night and woke up excited to explore. Good luck with your move!

We moved with a 2 and 5 yo in the summer. Pay for packing service and move on a nursery day 😂 no settling in issues here but we moved to a house with the same floor plan as our old house.

Keep them out the way. My DS was just under 2 when I had to move. He stayed with my mum until it was done. He was fine with it, his room was basically the same just smaller but he recognised all his toys and all the furniture so in his mind barely anything changed

I moved when DD was 18 months and 2.5 years and both times I focused on getting her room together first with her familiar things and she settled well both times. We were lucky enough that mil took her for the night when we moved so we had time to sort things out.

One of our moves was when DD2 was 2.5. She didn't settle until her Grandmother visited A few weeks later. So my tip for toddlers is to make sure any important people who they are used to seeing regularly at home visit soon after. Let them know it's only the location that's changed, not people.

DS was close to 3yo - we got him involved in packing (chucking stuff in boxes), sorted his room in the old house last and his new room first, he went to my DPs for the day so had a great time there! When he got here he just explored a bit and wanted to look in all the rooms but he settled pretty quickly.