That's how Little Bug says MOVE IT- as in MOVE IT MOVE IT from Madagascar. It is also what he had to say last night. We finally got the call from our landlord that we will moving into a 2 bedroom come early April. He obviously heard us talking on the phone about it and began to say MUIT MUIT!
Nick and I are extremely excited about this. I can't tell you how cramped our little family has been in our little one bedroom apartment. As with any change, I immediately think of Little Bug and how to communicate this to him and also how it will affect him.
If anyone has suggestions, please let us know. For now, we have some ideas. We are going to do a social story with pictures of him in the new place. We are also going to sharkify his room to make him more comfortable about it. By the way, when we say "his room", we really mean a room to put all of his stuff in as well as a room to have therapy in. Right now, therapy occurs in our living room on the floor because there isn't room for a set up. But there will be!
I forgot to mention that Little Bug has a new skill- two actually, but one is much cooler than the other. The cool one is looking both ways for cars. All of the sudden, he has started looking both ways and saying, "Caahs? Noooo. Caahhs. Nooo." Sometimes, when he sees a parked car, he yells, "CAAHHS!! DEE DEE- cahs!" This is really exciting and we have no idea where it came from. We haven't worked on this with him because quite honestly we weren't sure if he would understand it.
By the way, the second skill is hysterical, just not really appropriate which is the incredible ability to pull his diaper down just enough in the back to create plumber crack. He has been pulling and tugging at the back of his diaper recently and has decided that he likes rocking the plumber crack look. All I can do is smile and shake my head, because honestly, what else can you do?
1 comment:
Well, when we moved with Bryce, he was about 18 months old. We just kept making moving sound so exciting, and we started making the distinction between the old house and the new house. The NEW house, of course, was WAY cooler than the OLD house. He stayed with his aunt the day we moved to stay out from under foot, but we set up his new room exactly like his new room (ie: layout) so that he knew it was his. I realize this part will be quite different for you guys, but I'm sure if all of his things are in it, he'll get the drift.
I think pictures are a great idea, and if there's anyway your landlord would let you tour the new apartment before you actually get to move, so he can see where everything is, where his COOL NEW ROOM is going to be, etc, that may help too. :)
Moving with little ones can suck, I'll be thinking about you!
Kristy
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