Moving Soon? Let Your Baby Love New Home!
- By : Karyn W
Although there are too many good memories attached to your current house and living environment, the fact that you’ll move will not change. The more important thing is to look for ways to change the children’s mind, adjust the mood as fast as possible. In addition to some tips before moving to a new home, parents can also use the following tips to help their children adapt better and faster.
- Show pictures of new places. If your child has not seen the new place, then show them some photos, that can help the children understand what kind of place he or she is about to go to. It is very helpful for a child who doesn’t understand “moving to a new home”.
- Show the children the map. If the child is old enough to read a map, show him where his new home is. Then tell your child how far or near their new home is to their main destination and important destination, either grandma’s house, school, or best friend’s house and so on. Give the child a comparative distance coordinates, so that we can help them adjust and adapt the mentality of moving through time. For example, after moving, your daughter and her best friend will be close to, but not in the same campus, parents can use this way to reassure her, “Look, even if you are not the same school, but the interval distance between you and your friend isn’t very far.”
- Decorate the room. Let the children decorate the room together for a little fun! Take your child to the mall and pick up some new rugs, pillows and other items that make your child’s room look more like his own. Give him some pictures to make his room look more decorated. When you move in, add something that makes the house look more like home.
- Host a housewarming party to help children adjust to their new home. After moving in, making sure the new house is decorated in the same style as the housewarming party. You can make the party a grand carnival, or just a small party, but be sure to let the children involved and feel the fun because it can let the child form positive thoughts about the new house.