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TryingMyBest
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Posted: Oct 22 2013 at 3:39pm | IP Logged Quote TryingMyBest
Our move is in a week. I feel completely overwhelmed. DH has been working ridiculous hours for the past few weeks so hasn't been able to help me very much.

This is my first post-child move. DD wants to "help" which of course isn't really help. And she keeps trying to pull things out of the Goodwill pile. I'd like to start packing up toys but she'll need something to play with in the next week. Unfortunately there's been way too much Disney movie watching around here since that's the best way to ensure some serious packing time.

Any advice?

Seriously I'm to the point where I'd like to just call Goodwill and say "take everything in this house" and we'll just go to Ikea and buy brand new everything.
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Posted: Oct 22 2013 at 4:59pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
Any box you pack even if it's not full needs to be taped shut.. or you'll likely get help unpacking before it goes anywhere.

Lots of talk about how the things we're putting into boxes will go to our new house. If we don't put it into a box it won't go with us.

Remind her of other times you've packed things into something (a backpack or suitcase) so that the stuff went with you.

Pack up toys.. but leave one box with a few items open so that when you pick up everything goes back into the box.. and when you're ready you just tape it up and take it with you.. also good for it to be one of the first things unpacked.

But honestly, kids are going to be underfoot and wanting to know what's going on.. and the more you talk about how it's all going to work, the easier it will be. so...

"why are you putting stuff in that box"

I'm putting stuff in the box so that we can put it on a big truck and we'll get in our vehicle and all of us and all of our stuff will go to a new house and then we'll bring the box back in and unpack the stuff.

For goodwill stuff.. empty out a closet somewhere (it's all gotta be packed anyway) and then you can put the goodwill stuff in that closet and it'll get it out of sight, out of mind.

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Posted: Oct 22 2013 at 8:02pm | IP Logged Quote Aagot
maybe give her a couple of boxes to "pack" her toys in.she can move them back and forth, in and out and it won't matter until the very end when you tape them up and go.
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Posted: Oct 22 2013 at 8:43pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
What Jodie said.

Children need to be reassured that their stuff (bed, toys) really will turn up at the new house. They worry a lot about this, particularly younger children, because their brains have not yet developed enough to understand transformations (toys to box, box to truck, box off truck, toys in new room). Keep telling them how it will work.

Remember to unpack their beds, bedding and that special box of toys first, or they will become anxious at the new house.

A few Disney movies won't hurt while you are packing glassware, trust me!   (10 moves so far...)

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Posted: Oct 22 2013 at 9:40pm | IP Logged Quote SallyT
Nothing to add to the excellent advice above -- just sympathy and prayers. We've moved many times with kids . . . it's never easy. But so far nobody's brain has rotted from too many videos while we packed. So take heart!

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