We have moved! Moving house with a three and a half year old is not an easy affair at the best of times. Ours went rather smoothly, I’m pleased to say. However, moving house with MyItchyBoy adds an extra element:
Before moving:
This is the third house that MyItchyBoy would have lived in since he was born. He doesn’t remember the first house as we moved when he was just over a year old. Since we rented the last house, the only thing I was able to do in his room was put a train wall sticker up and a couple of shelves.
So, for this house, our very own house, I really wanted to make his room a bit special. I didn’t get to ‘paint the nursery’ before he was born or any of that sort of thing but back then, I didn’t know he was going to suffer with eczema and possible asthma either. Now that I’m more clued up about these things and more plugged into the latest research on about the bad effects of new paint, carpet and PVC on a child’s health I found it stressful rather than fun.
There is a lot of truth in the saying of ‘ignorance is bliss’. What we don’t know, rarely worries us. If I didn’t know these things I would have enjoyed decorating his room so much more.
Moving day:
The week running up to the move was pretty busy and I was lamenting again that food is one area that I can’t really slack off on. I can avoid baking for a week or so, although snacks between meals are then reduced to breadsticks, rice cakes and fruit, which provide little energy. But sometimes I am wistful for the, admittedly unhealthy, but time-and-washing-up-saving takeaway or frozen pizza to make things a bit easier for a night or two.
On moving day, the removal company left and my first priority was finding and cleaning enough kitchen equipment to be able to cook. Previously husband and I would have nipped to the local Chinese takeaway before tackling any boxes.
Still on the ‘to do’ list:
Priority for the coming week is to sort out shelves for MyItchyBoy’s room. We have a supply of his regular prescriptions: emollients, steroid creams, and whatnot that needs to be out of his reach, both for safety as well as general mischief! As any parent of an eczemateous child will know – the last thing you want to do is leave a child alone with thick emollients in a newly painted room!
All in all, the move went rather smoothly. There were no major dramas and we love the house more than we thought we would. MIB has been enjoying watching the birds and squirrel in the garden and the neighbours all seem lovely. Now I just need to find a paint for the bathroom that won’t show up the Epaderm handprints…
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