Moving to a new place is always exciting for all family members, and first of all for the smallest. If you have a child of up to a year and a half, then it is worth introducing it to a new place in advance. Usually, there is such a possibility, as for the transportation of things and furniture, one way or another, it takes a couple of days. Every day that you have in stock, it is worth devoting a trip to a new home, albeit not for a long time. Try to provide several conditions that will help the adaptation.
- Try to ensure the minimum presence of people during your visit. Strangers should be denied visiting at this time. The old owners can leave the things left behind a little later, and it's better to postpone acquaintance with neighbors. Ideally, if the child will have a mother and someone else from family members, for example, to help find something necessary in packed things, without disturbing the child.
- Of course, if you are allowed a time frame, it is better to visit new housing several times, each time with a long period of stay, so that the child perceives this place, as where he can be permanently.
- The kid needs to get acquainted with the smell of this place, since small children are very sensitive to these very smells, they know the smell of mom, milk, house. Take into the new apartment a thing that will smell like home, for example, a diaper or blanket. This is useful in case the child becomes worried. Wrap the baby in a cloth with a familiar smell and it will become calmer.
- If the child already pays attention to toys, then take with you one toy from home. The toy must be well known to the child. In addition, get a similar toy, but, for example, a different color. If your child loves a blue ball, then be sure to take it with you, and in addition get a green one. This will help the child to get acquainted with new objects that will later appear.
- Keep your treasure in your hands, plant and place only if it shows no fear of being left without your hands. If the child refuses to sit down, it is better not to insist. Sit down yourself, without letting go of him. When he gets used, put him right next to him. So it will be calmer. If this cunning did not affect him, then try to do it on the next visit.
- Introduce the child to what he likes. If the karapuzi likes to swim, then go to the bathroom, draw an analogy with what was in your old house. The same water from the tap, the same towel-dryer, where you obviously hung his towel. If the child likes to ruin the cupboards, then find the largest closet and look with it. See what you can get out of there, with which you can play.
- Show the baby a view from the window. Snow (green trees), passers-by, cars - all this was visible from your old window. Show the child that nothing has changed dramatically from the outside. By the way, if the question is about the exterior of the house, then you can walk with the baby and find what he liked about the old, and perhaps, something new. Show the child swings, sandbox, introduce the animals that are walking neighbors.
- If you need to feed a child in a new home, then give him only what he likes. Fruits and fruit purees, sweet curd, that is all that will give the child pleasure. You can taste porridge and soup in another meal. If the child asks what he can in a certain amount (for example, cookies), then pamper him, do not refuse the request.
- Most importantly - turn the time of the child's stay in a new home into a pleasure, only do what the kid likes, do not limit it, let explore the space in advance. If the baby is comfortable and relaxed in the new house, the move will only be a pleasant story in the family's biography.
Even if you have a child older, this is no reason to reject the preparation of the child for the move. First tell him about your plans, use positive turns and clarify everything with a question, for example: "You've wanted your room for a long time, have not you? Soon she will appear at you! ", Or" Do you remember that beautiful park where you walked with your grandmother? The windows of our new house go directly to him, you can walk in the park every day! ". Be sure to ask clarifying questions to find out the reaction of the baby.
As in the previous case, visit the new housing. Show the baby that this apartment is something like an old one, for example, like a bathroom (this is a win-win option, since most apartments are equipped with light fixtures of almost identical shape). Go through all the rooms, while if the child has a room, stay in it for a while. Ask if it is bright and spacious enough, show that you like it, regardless of the reaction of the baby. If the child has approved everything, then ask him to choose a place where he wants to put a table or box with toys.
If the child strongly protests against moving out of his room, ask what exactly he does not like. Suppose, because of the dull wallpaper, the room seems dull to him. In this case, promise to do repairs in his room first, when your finances will allow it. In the meantime, offer the dissatisfied to buy that night lamp for superheroes, which he saw in the store, or bright curtains to make the room more fun. It can be any thing FOR HIS ROOMS. This should be a solution to the problem, not a foolish indulgence for your child. The main thing - do not be unfounded. Promise - execute. This applies to both the purchase of curtains, and the fact that repairs are primarily carried out in his room.
Suppose that the child is still resisting. Perhaps his room, and the apartment as a whole, he likes, but in the old house were his friends, and maybe he was transferred to another kindergarten! For a child this is a real tragedy. Tell him that this doge also has children, they play the same games, and if they do not know how, he will teach them and necessarily find new friends. Promise that if you stay near the old residence, you'll look into the yard to the guys.
The kindergarten is now a fantastic place for him. There a lot of new toys, there is no annoying Anna Sergeyevna, there are fewer spoons in the dining room, and the kids are waiting for him to visit him and will be very upset if he does not want to come to them. In addition, the path to a new garden is closer, in winter you will not have to freeze in the wind, and in the summer you can stop and eat ice cream. Find a thousand reasons, than a new garden is better, and if you succeed, then you yourself want to walk in it instead of a baby.
Always remember that for children the move is an event as important and exciting as it is for you. Do not spare the strength, time and kind words that your child feels in a new home no worse than in the old one.