Tips on Toddler Adjusting to a Move

We recently had to rent a townhouse because we sold our house, but we can't move into our new house until the end of August. I made sure that I had my daughters room in order right away. Obviously, because the townhouse is only temporary, I am not really decorating, but I tried to put things up as best as I could in her room like some knickknacks, stuffed animals, toys that she had in her old room. The first night, I had to sit in her room until she fell asleep. The second night, I sat in the doorway until she fell asleep, the third night, I stood in the doorway for just a few minutes and left and she fell asleep on her own. I made sure that I played in her room a lot so she associated it with good feelings. When we move into the new, house I plan to do the same things. I am lucky in that my daughter adjusts to new things very easily. JessinTexas makes some good points about things that may be bothering him. Good luck.

There could be so much going on,

One yes it could be the move but with in a week or two he should have moved on, but have you decorated his room as close to the old room as poss? I would try that.

Also is he teething? Does he grab his ears, or cough alot? Lying down might hurt, watch him for clues that it is a physical issue instead of an adjustment one. It might just be ironic timing. Also is he coughing of stuffy? It might be allergies too.

Hmmm... how long have you lived in this new house?

Maybe the air conditioning is blowing on him.
Maybe there are different noises that are waking him up that he's just not use to yet.
Maybe he's used to his crib being up against one wall (at the old house) and in thishouse, he's facing a different direction in relation to the door and he feels like he doesn't know where you are or it just feels plain weird.
Do you have a night-light for him? Maybe get one if you don't. He may wake up and be worried about where he is.
Maybe he is teething and it has nothing to do with the new house. When in pain, all he might need is a lot of loving from mom.

Have you let him just cry a little bit and see if he falls back asleep on his own? If you don't go to the door, he may give up and decide he's tired enough to lay his head down and fall asleep on his own. When you put him to bed initially, do you put him down drowsy, or is he fast asleep? I learned that you MUST put them to be drowsy so that THEY will learn to fall asleep on their own. I did that with my son at 9 months old, he's slept thru the night ever since (he's 2 years now).

Good luck.

How are his ears? We experienced the same thing when we moved last August (my DD was 14 months at the time). She would sleep for a couple of hours, then be up from 2am til whenever, then crash from sheer exhaustion. It turns out that she had ear infections - which led to tubes. It also didn't help that the previous owners had a dog which didn't help with nasal issues either. We steamcleaned all of the rugs, bleached everything in her room, and closed off her vents (until they were professionally cleaned). We finally figured out that the sinus issues were causing the pressure in her ears, which hurt even more when she would lie down. The tubes have really helped us out. I'm not saying that this is your son's issues, but it's just food for thought. Good luck!

We moved right before my son's 1st birthday. I was worried about these things also. We painted his room the same color as the old house and tried to make the set-up the same also. This helped. It got to the point that he didn't even want to go back to the old house. We kept it as a rental property so when we were cleaning etc he use to scream etc. Have you tried maybe converting his crib to the toddler bed? I know its kind of early but maybe he just doesn't want the crib anymore? Congrats on the new house!

All the suggestions are great, I would also try playing some soft music in his room. Just enough he can hear it, not real loud..........and where he can't get to it..........

Just be normal.....he will get used to it......it will just take time to adjust to the new sounds, and area..........

Hang in there.