Moving across country with 4 mo and 2 yo

[trmpetplaya]

For numerous reasons, dh and I have decided to move across the US (WA to SC) at the beginning of November. My family is in the area we're moving to so once we get there we will have help settling in and such. Our dd will be 2 in November and our baby will be around 4 months old.

I have moved across country several times before (GA to WA, back again, and then back to WA once more...), but I was 2, 5, and 7 years old at the time so my parents were in charge of most of the moving plans and my younger siblings.

I would love to hear any long-distance moving tips (and stories) you may have! I will probably be flying down with the babies and staying with my mom. My dad says that he can probably fly up here so that he and dh can swap off driving the u-haul (towing our car). Also... any packing/organising tips that would help with two such young children would be much appreciated as well.

love and peace.

[sonrisaa29]

My first piece of advice would be pack a box with your daughters favorite toys, clothes, her bedding and pillows and have it sent ahead to wherever you're staying, that way you daughter can see her things are important too..Or if you think she can handle it, have her help you pack it and let her know it'll be there at her grandparents.

Flying across country like that, I would make sure you have at least 2 changes of clothing for each child plus one for your self. We had a long flight home NYC to Texas last may for my fathers funeral and my son was almost 2. I don't generally believe in letting my child watch tv for 4 or 5 hours straight but he loved being able to change the channels on the TV on the airplane. We also had borrowed a friends compact DVD player....Again, I am not usually for TV like that, but to me it was about keeping my chlild happy and the people around me sane

..Have grandma check out lots of books from the local library (or maybe she can take her, while you and the baby unwind from a long flight