Moving

Let them help the move by letting them pick the color paint and pillows or other accessories etc. Let them carry their favorite toys to their rooms and put in the toybox etc.

As much as you want to be packed and ready to go, pack their room (or rooms) last, and unpack those first at the new house. Takes lots of pictures of your current home and get them a little photo book to put them in. Then you can add new pictures too. Take a photo of special neighbors, the backyard, etc.

When my friend moved, she arranged her daughter's room in the same layout, as best she could, like the old bedroom, and after a few weeks, arranged it how it fit better with the new doors and windows, but it made it feel the same for her daughter, who was about 19 months when she moved.

Label, label, label, and take any favorite toys, blankies, special cups, whatever it may be in the car with you! Good luck, and congrats on your new home!

When we moved we had taken our son to our new house several times, set up all of his stuff in the new house and had no issues- he was 16 mos at that time too.

Make it fun for them I know they are small but let them pack up some toys and when you get into the new place let them run around like crazy kids. They will barely remeber the move after a month or two but make sure they have something that is familiar with them when it is bedtime and always give them kisses goodnight and tell them you love them. they will work through the rest.

We moved when my son was 22 months old. Honestly, he just had fun w/it. His family and his toys were w/him, he would have been happy no matter where we were going as long as he was w/everyone.

I know that when we moved we talked to our son about the move. We told him he would have a new room and then brought him over as soon as we could to see his new room. Make sure you get their rooms ready for them as soon as possible so they can get used to the new space. When we moved, we made our son's room the priority...nothing else got done until his room was mostly finished. Let them play in the new room and get excited about it. When we moved, our son's new room was on the second floor which was further away from our room than the old house, so I slept in his room (on a spare bed) until he adjusted. Also, one word of advise, if you can avoid it, try not to let them see their old room and toys packed away. Our son freaked out when we packed his room. He was super excited about his new room, but when he saw all of his stuff in boxes and his room empty, he got a little scared. Well, good luck!

I've found that getting them involved in packing their things helps (even at 16 months, they can put some of their favorite things in a bag the day of, and bring it with them in the car ride to the new house.) I know there are some books on moving, too. Maybe try the library.

Our daughter's room was the last thing we packed, and the first thing we unpacked, when we moved. Though she's a little older than your twins, we let her decide where some of her toys would go in her new room, too, so she took some ownership. Not sure if your move will be in one day or not, but ours was over a period of days. But once we said "bye bye" to the old house, we didn't take her back (even though we had to go back for some more things, we left her with family for the day so she wasn't confused going back and forth, and seeing her old bedroom empty.) It was all pretty uneventful!

When we moved my daughter then 3yrs. started to wet her bed, I thought she had a UTI - I talked to the dr - and he said she did not have a UTI it was because we moved. He said to include her in dressing up her room and keep some of her old things like curtains and rugs mix them in with the new things she picked out.All I am saying is to include them and talk to them - I don't care how old the are!!

We moved when my son was 16mo. old. We decorated his new room the same way as his old room (except the color was slighly different, and we didn't put up the border). He knew it wasn't his original room b/c there were other differences, but it helped to have it look the same. Overall, he adjusted extremely well, probably b/c the new house is much bigger than the townhouse we moved from & he liked the addt'l space to run around. However, we did own the house for 1 mo. b/4 we moved in, so he did have time to get used to it b/4 we officially moved. If it's possible to introduce him to the new house gradually like this (even if it's just a few days) I recommend it.

Hi, J.! We moved when my son was 14 months old. I cried because I was taking him from the only home he'd ever known. He was none the wiser nor affected by our move. He was thrilled to be in the new empty house with all the excitment! Kids bounce back from things so easily and it's usually us grown-ups that stress about their recation. Just make it exciting for them and I'm sure they will be just fine! Good luck!

Congrats on the move. We just moved as well and my daughter is only 9 months, we are moving again in 4 months when our new home is built and she did great! We were able to start our lease a week and a half before we slept in the new place and I brought her with everytime I came to clean or bring some things over, including her toys so she could play with them while I was busy. At first, she cried every time we brought her here then after a few days she stopped that, by the time we slept here she was totally fine. Don't know if you have that option at all but it worked great for us. I did also set her room up just like at home and we let her play in her room with us both for awhile before bed time. Good luck!