I admit it. Whenever I heard of a family with a pregnant mom moving homes, I was “judgey.” I thought: Isn’t pregnancy hard enough? Couldn’t they find a BETTER time to move?
And then it happened it to me.
I soon discovered why I shouldn’t have been so judgmental. Because despite all of the mood swings, aches & pains, and general feeling of malaise, moving while you are pregnant can be awesome. Here is my experience (feel free to add your own inspirational music. In my head, I hear Jock Jams).
Why Moving Pregnant is AWESOME!
This is why moving pregnant is AWESOME:
Because I was already nesting…
Before we found out we were moving, I was going through and cleaning baby #1’s clothes and gear, getting ready for baby #2. Once the news dropped of the move, I expanded my frenzied focus to the WHOLE house. There wasn’t a closet that didn’t get scrutinized. Out with the
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And, IF they needed to come with or be re-homed.
Since we were moving into a smaller home, I labeled each room (to be marked on the boxes) where they would go in the new home. For example, since we don’t have a basement in the new home, the basement theater room was labeled “front living room.”
I bought some new toys and snacks to keep my toddler entertained (and out of the way). I also enlisted the help of my neighbor to watch him at her house so I didn’t have to worry about him. (Thanks, Cindy! So helpful!)
This is, by far, the best tip! Before the movers packed up the moving truck, I added brightly colored tape to the boxes I needed to open FIRST! The other boxes could stay packed until January, for all I cared. These were the ones (toys, kitchen supplies, pillows!) that were essential to our living.
Toddler's Packed Room
Although I had the packers leave my son’s bed so he could sleep in it one more night before the move, what I didn’t consider was all the boxes stacked in his room.
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