Re: kids and moving
We moved to another state 2 years ago. At that time my older one was about to turn 4. She was very attached to her home, her room and most importantly her grandma and cousins that she grew up with. We had to move due to work.
The worst part was that her dad left town to start work a month before us. During that time, I had to wrap up everything in our home...give away stuff, sell stuff, do home repairs, have realtors come in and out with rental offers etc..., pack, take care of mom in law who was having surgery, plus handle a 4 month old baby! My 4 year old at the time, felt very neglected and negative about everything. She cried for her dad all day and couldn't understand why all this was happening.
So every night when I lay down with her, I would talk to her about how her dad was waiting for us and how everything would be back to normal in a few days. She would fall asleep but mostly in tears.
Finally we moved but it took her a good few months to deal with the changes. She was insecure about being away from her dad ever again and she couldn't understand why her dadi couldn't come live with us. Dadi had to stay back with one of her unmarried daughters that was going to school and worked there.
After a few months, she finally got used to this place and is back to being her own happy self. But really, that has got to be one of the toughest emotional crises I've had to deal with.