Moving house after birth

[weebairn]

So… it looks like we may be moving house 3-6 weeks after I give birth, depending on when baby arrives and when house is ready (it's a new build).

Eeek.

I also have a daughter who will be just 2.

Any advice????

My DP works locally so is quite available, no big commute or anything, and is taking 2 weeks paternity leave + 2 weeks annual leave at some point in the first couple of months (he was doing this anyway before the house move came up) and my mum and dad are helpful. My brother will pitch in. Last birth was straightforward and I recovered quickly. Still…!!

On the plus side it is the house of my dreams...

Baby will be really easily portable still - hope that helps! For the rest of it - moving house is always stressy.

Could you stay with your DP for the initial few nights, while you get things straight in the new house?

It'll all be worth it!

We sold our house and moved to my inlaws when I was 30 weeks pregnant.. Our plan was to stay with them until baby is born and move couple month later. Well it happened that my inlaws sold their house two weeks after we moved in so we went house hunting. ( not fun middle of summer and being pregnant)

DS was born and two weeks later we moved into our house.
Honestly I found the move easier when pregnant then with baby. As I just finished breastfeeding DS and went to help pack the remaining things then DS started to cry because diaper was full or he just wanted to be held. Or needed to be fed again (as he had jaundice and reflux)

Good luck with the move.. You will be fine.

I got to the point where I could breastfeed standing on my head with DD but I think a newborn might be a bit of a shock again!! I have a good sling...

I guess just get nice and organised now. Sort out your shed/garage and have a big clear out before the move. Star organising things into big clear boxes so you can easily find what you need. Enjoy. How exciting moving into your dream home.

Pay extra for the removal men that come in and pack for you as well as moving, other than a few boxes of essentials that you do yourself and clearly label. Then decamp to your parents house for a few days whilst everyone else moves stuff! Lucky you getting your dream house, I'm sure the stress will be worth it.

We are very lucky. Not quite finalised yet but all looks like it will go through. Very lucky.

Parents live 200 miles away sadly so staying with them not a good option.

I think it will be so exciting I won't care about the stress! We are moving from a 2 bed flat into a big city centre family house with a garden…! It's only minutes walk away so we are considering overlapping the move by a week to have the option of doing it more slowly. I don't know if that would be more stress though.

Last time I was pretty active with a newborn going for walks in the park and out for lunches and stuff from the end of the first week - but who knows what it will be like this time. She was a velcro baby for the first 6 weeks though so I am still anticipating not putting the baby down at any stage. Also have the mental toddler to consider… she does go to nursery sometimes so we could do a few extra nursery days but it's all going to be so disruptive for her anyway… Baby was 5 days late last time… if s/he's 2 weeks late this time could get a bit tight!

I reckon we'll get the keys to our new place pretty much around the time I go into labour. No biggie, we'll move our stuff at the first opportunity when I feel up to it. I also have an 18th old. But we are not under pressure to move out of our current place so that makes a difference im sure.

We moved when dd was 6 weeks (ds 3) and it was a bit if a rush. Decided the best thing was to throw money at the problem and paid someone to pack everything and move it. Just down the road but decided against too much of an overlap. So day 1 they packed up, day 2 they moved everything and day 3 I unpacked.

First thing I did was set up the kids beds and made sure ds toys were unpacked into a room where he playe and stayed out of the way. Dd stayed in the pram in the room I was in or her cot.

We then more again 6 months later and did the same thing but as this is our forever house I have been more leisurely with the unpacking!! Biggest thing was making sure I knew all the danger spots in the house so kids didn't inadvertently hurt themselves!

I put ds in nursery the three days too.

He was perfectly happy in the new house as i had set his room an toys up first.

I did both moves on my own as dh was travelling so with another adult there it should be fine!