When to move rooms

rara · #1 07-09-2008, 09:45 PM

My daughter is 20 months old and the love of my life.

We live in a 3 bedroom house and she currently has the small bedroom but we are wanting to move her to the bigger room eventually. The question is WHEN?

DO we make the move before the new baby is born or wait til baby is here and make her look like the big girl? What I dont want to do is make her feel like shes being shoved about to make room for a new baby if you get what I mean.

ANy advice?

Also, when we do make the move to the new room should I introduce her to a bed?

melanie · #2 07-11-2008, 08:04 AM

mmm,good question.i think you have the right idea,i would move her when the new baby arrives so she feels like a big girl.sounds like that could work! im having a bit of that kind of trouble too,if you could give me advice?morgan is turned 2 few weeks ago,and i want to move him out of our room and into his own,but we are just waiting on the go ahead to move house,from 2 bed to 3 bed.do u think i should wait until we move house to put him in his own room?or just do it now?i dont know how much longer it will be until we get the letter to say we can move.what ya think?

Charlie_x · #3 07-11-2008, 11:31 AM

i think you should wait till you've moved into your bigger house to put him in there cause in the mean time you could be telling him stuff to get him hyped up for his own big boys room

mumofmonsters · #4 07-11-2008, 01:30 PM

To rara, I think you should put your little girl in her new room before the baby comes and make it into a huge thing that she is a big girl and dont mention the new baby. Then suggest she helps to pick out how to decorate the babies room, cos that room is for little babies and cos she is such a big girl she can help decide how it should look. Make a huge thing out of it about how grown up she is. If you wait until the baby comes then she may feel she is being pushed out for the baby, cos it is quite a change when the second baby comes for the first child any way. My little girl was about 22 months when her brother came and she was not happy that someone else was getting some of her attention, so i would give her as little change once the baby has come as possible, hope that helps.
To melanie, I would wait until you move house and really big it up to him so that he looks forward to moving home because he will get his own room in his own colours, that he can play in all the time, no use him getting settled in one room, then starting all over again, it should help him settle in better when you move if he has his own room to look forward to, hope this helps too hunxx

melanie · #5 07-11-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mumofmonsters

To rara, I think you should put your little girl in her new room before the baby comes and make it into a huge thing that she is a big girl and dont mention the new baby. Then suggest she helps to pick out how to decorate the babies room, cos that room is for little babies and cos she is such a big girl she can help decide how it should look. Make a huge thing out of it about how grown up she is. If you wait until the baby comes then she may feel she is being pushed out for the baby, cos it is quite a change when the second baby comes for the first child any way. My little girl was about 22 months when her brother came and she was not happy that someone else was getting some of her attention, so i would give her as little change once the baby has come as possible, hope that helps.
To melanie, I would wait until you move house and really big it up to him so that he looks forward to moving home because he will get his own room in his own colours, that he can play in all the time, no use him getting settled in one room, then starting all over again, it should help him settle in better when you move if he has his own room to look forward to, hope this helps too hunxx

hey mumofmonsters!! thanks for the advice...really need it!i think i might do that then.although he could be 2 and half by the time we move...is that to long?thanks sweet x

mumofmonsters · #6 07-13-2008, 10:12 AM

No thats not too long at all, I doubt when hes 18 he will think back and think god why didnt they move me sooner, he wont know any different. Saves you a whole lot of hastle in the long run, hope it all goes smoothly and you get the go ahead to move soon though, take carexx

melanie · #7 07-13-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mumofmonsters

No thats not too long at all, I doubt when hes 18 he will think back and think god why didnt they move me sooner, he wont know any different. Saves you a whole lot of hastle in the long run, hope it all goes smoothly and you get the go ahead to move soon though, take carexx

thank you!

mumofmonsters · #8 07-13-2008, 11:39 AM

No worries, its nice when you can pass on advice and someone appreciates it, my kids are still at the stage, where you tell them not to or to do something andthey just ignore me, its nice to be useful.