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MummaBear | April 2007

Changing Furniture

Hi all.  I have bought some new furniture (out with the old in with the new!) and have decided to completely change things at home.  We have 2 large bedrooms and a small bedroom.

My 3 year old and I used to have a large bedroom each while the small room was a guest room.  I have since donated the double bed and some of the furniture from the guest room to turn that into Hannah's room.  All she has in there is her bed, duchess, wardrobe and beside table with her night-light and a box of tissues on it.  I've moved my room into the other large room as it has a single power point and my room had a double power point.  The other large room has become a shared room for my daughter and myself with a second tv that has a dvd player and sony hooked up to it, it has all my daughter's toys and it has our bookshelves in there, and all my scrapbooking things.

Since the change, my daughter has been whingy and won't go into the play room and doesn't like to sleep in her bed, and she's also been wetting her pants and seems highly strung.

I know she will like this change soon enough.  She behaves this way whenever anything changes and I was just wondering if anyone else has to deal with this and how do I help her get used to the changes so she can enjoy the new set-up?



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Izzy
April 2007 | Izzy
Changing Furniture

My son notices any changes in the room we make as well, and he's only 2 years old. He still exclaims "tree gone" where we used to have the Christmas tree up. 

What I suggest is to put some familiar things around the room. You may want to put some of her toys exactly where they used to be, if possible. Or leave one piece of furniture where it used to be...



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vikki-wilson
April 2007 | vikki-wilson
Changing Furniture
I found with my son as long as he is faced the same way and look at the same things in the same place he soon got used to the change but it dose take time, some kids just dont like change at first. Vikki


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lonely28
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | lonely28
Changing Furniture
Been there before with miss 7. She didn't like the new room I set up for when she was the same age and the only thing that worked was getting her involved in re decorating. I took her into target so she could pick out two things to put in her new room and then we sat down together and made mobiles, pictures, paintings etc. After that she settled down a bit but the only thing is now she really loves re decorating...... I think I've created a monster lol !!!! Hope this helps a bit

fiona xoxox


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      MummaBear
April 2007 | MummaBear
Changing Furniture
I let her choose which curtains to put up because she has 2 lots of curtains, so she chose what to put in the bedroom and which ones to put in the play room, she has many quilt cover/pillow case sets, many sheet sets, and I let her choose the sheets and quilt cover and pillow case she wanted on her bed, where she wanted her wardrobe, where she wanted all the furniture in her room. I let her choose which pictures to put on the wall in the play room and what we could leave in the lounge room.  She helped me move everything around because I knew if I did it while she was asleep or if I got someone to look after her while I did it she would have too much of a shock from it.


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      NickysMumMum
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | NickysMumMum
Changing Furniture
This is a great idea, well done for your inspirational ideas!!


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cozmo
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | cozmo
Changing Furniture
just take time and she will get use to the idea that she has a new room now that jasmin is nearly 9 she wants to swap rooms with her brother and it continues but lately thank god she hasnt done it yet try sitting in there with her  and put some bright coulurful pictures in there as well


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