Help me ease the mum guilt 😩
We are currently renting but hoping to buy a house next year. Problem is the house prices where we currently live are horrific and bar a huge market crash we will really struggle to find somewhere suitable. We want a 4 bed as we have 3 children, and I feel like getting a nice 4 bed a bit further afield is a better choice than getting a small 3 bed here.
However… That would mean my eldest moving schools in year 3. She’s had very little consistency in her school life so far (5 different teachers in 2 years, not the schools fault just life happening, but still disrupting for her!) so I feel bad adding to that. I did think we could just not move her, but I have the two younger children to consider too (two different school runs would not be ideal) and even then she’d be separated from her friends after year 6 (massively oversubscribed secondary so she wouldn’t get in from out of catchment) so maybe it would be better to make the change earlier? I have major mum guilt even thinking about it, but realistically I can’t consider just her and buying a house would be a great thing for the whole family. She would still be close enough to see her friends out of school (we’d only be moving about 10 minutes away) but I know it’s not the same. Can anyone share their moving school stories to help me with this? Or just remind me that kids are fickle anyway and I’m worrying too much? 🙈