https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 19:41:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-2732873 Fri, 05 May 2017 21:37:43 +0000 LemonJack 2732873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ineebee: I just noticed I had replied to a three year old thread! I usually check. Whoops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-2732741 Fri, 05 May 2017 13:19:04 +0000 ineebee 2732741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Wagon Uhhh crazy that this thread has popped up again today...! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-2732424 Thu, 04 May 2017 15:19:36 +0000 wrkbrk 2732424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it in one long weekend LOL. Four days of doing nothing but packing and moving, basically. It helped that the new house is five minutes from the old house. But with two fulltime jobs, four dogs, a toddler, and showing our house daily to sell it, we just couldnt pack ahead of time!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-2732355 Thu, 04 May 2017 13:34:58 +0000 LemonJack 2732355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last time we moved was pre-kids, and I started a month or two out, but only because I took my time and did a lot of decluttering in the process. You can get it done in the timeframe you have! Just don't allow yourself to get distracted while you're packing (that's always my problem). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-2732345 Thu, 04 May 2017 13:14:14 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2732345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 weeks! We had a month to find a house a move once ours sold. Very short closing. It ended up working out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-2732264 Thu, 04 May 2017 10:35:10 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2732264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Its so interesting to hear the differences here! </p> <p>We ended up with about 6 weeks between selling and when we will actually close and buy our new place. So we have had a fair amount of time to collect boxes and start packing. We are now 4 weeks out and I'm starting to panic but a lot of stuff we have out is stuff that would be very nice to have with 3 kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496740 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:17:47 +0000 winniebee 1496740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 weeks. My husband was unavailable to help because he was taking his last surgery board exam and T was then 13 months old. I packed during his naps and he went to daycare a few times so I could pack all day. It was a little complicated because half our stuff was going in one truck to storage and the other to our new destination so everything had to be separated and labeled really well.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496676 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:13:10 +0000 erwoo 1496676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oooh, exciting! Congrats! My move was very different since it was overseas. We had three different moves - one air shipment, one sea shipment, and one sent to long term storage. I didn't really have to pack anything but, gosh, sorting through ALL OF OUR CRAP took a really long time, like months and months. And then having to put and label the ones that I wanted to ship via air and sea in different areas so the different movers won't get them confused. I was worried some of the things that we wanted end up in long term storage and vice-versa. It was a nightmare and I still don't know how I survived the pack out all by myself with my two boys and a dog. If it wasn't for my aunt who helped watch the boys for one entire week I don't think I would have been able to sort through and clear almost the entire house all by myself. We were lucky enough to be able to leave some things in our basement b/c we rented to people we know. Plus, those things would just end up back in our basement after we moved back so it didn't make sense to put them in long term storage. </p> <p>Good luck and if you can find family or friends to help you watch the kids over one weekend you would get so much done! I would help if I could! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496668 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:59:54 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1496668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: with all the bags you're throwing away, it'll probably take you 15minutes tops! Hehe jk, I think you'll be fine with 2 weeks although I bet ya a day before you might have to take the day off work, send the kids to daycare and pull an all day event to wrap things up, because there are always those things that are miscellaneous and last minute.<br /> Congrats on the move!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496644 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:16:15 +0000 bushelandapeck 1496644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: congratulations on the house! We didn't have any LOs yet when we moved but I think I would leave myself 2-3 weeks to pack things if we were moving now, and I would hire a moving service for sure! So exciting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496610 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:49:18 +0000 Myicitygirl 1496610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: i think someone definitely has to be there to oversee the packers (sign off when they finish, watch for damage to property, etc). but you can totally have them pack thursday, and then move you saturday. Just clearly label things you dont want packed or designate a " do not pack corner" for stuff you will need for friday and Saturday (and the next few days in the new house), a bag for the kids, a locked suitcase with valuables, important documents, etc. Because otherwise if they see it, they will pack it. They are efficient machines -they aren't paid to think, "would they want this packed?" They packed empty small boxes, used dishcloths in my kitchen. Literally everything.</p> <p>Just for reference, the SoCal rate for a three person crew was $136 an hour, plus $100 for materials. The total was around $700, but so worth it to maintain my sanity. But get multiple quotes, see if your employer gets corporate discounts and most good companies will match competitor discounts.</p> <p>Edit: I was choosing between two companies, one of which offered 10% off through my husband's employer plus an additional discount, but I thought the other company had a better reputation. when I asked, the other company matched both discounts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496605 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:38:28 +0000 Charm54 1496605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Exciting!</p> <p>It took us all summer to pack but we had a TON of stuff to give away/throw out and I was 38 weeks pregnant when we moved, so it was slow going haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496598 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:18:51 +0000 mrs. wagon 1496598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: we're moving deeper into the suburbs, but only by 10 or 15 minutes! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496597 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:18:04 +0000 mrs. wagon 1496597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You guys are freaking me out!! But it's good because Wagon Sr. just agreed to getting a quote for packing services from the movers we booked. He knows that us taking time off in the next 2 weeks just isn't a possibility. So yay :) the only complicated thing is that our closing is on Friday, so I can't guarantee what time we'll be there to supervise packing. Moving day is Saturday. I wonder if having them come on Thursday would be a disaster. And would require us taking Thursday off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496585 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:51:24 +0000 avivoca 1496585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Three weeks, but I mainly do the packing. My husband just throws things in boxes and doesn't label them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496572 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:27:20 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1496572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So exciting! It took us 3 weeks to pack from our old apartment into our house - that's before kids. We purposely overlapped our moving dates so that we can take our time and pack little by little. In the end, we were still utterly exhausted! If we ever move again, we're hiring movers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496568 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:14:03 +0000 hellobeeboston 1496568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: exciting!!!! Are you moving further into the burbs or staying close to the city?!;)</p> <p>It took us a couple weeks I would say - one weekend we had my mother in law watch our LO so we could dedicate one entire day to packing which was huge - we got a TON don in that one day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496562 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:04:30 +0000 Smurfette 1496562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved from our condo when I was 35 pregnant. I started packing an hour a night during the week after the gym. We packed over the month from when we went into contract to moving. But I imagine if I wasn't pregnant and tired all the time and DH was home more and we booked it, we could have been done in two weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496556 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 05:01:12 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1496556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our last real move took about two weeks - we needed to pack a bunch of stuff into storage, so it was deciding what to keep and what to put away.<br /> When we moved from my parents' into our house, it took no time to pack (stuff in storage) but took FOREVER to unpack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496549 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 04:31:47 +0000 lamariniere 1496549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our last move two moves were international, so the movers packed. It took them less than 5 hours. We are moving again (within the same city) in about 2 months and we are paying movers to pack. There is no way we could do it efficiently with 2 kids, and I have no idea where we would get enough boxes. I also don't want to have to break down and toss all of the boxes after the move, especially since we live in an apartment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496505 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:03:56 +0000 autumnlove 1496505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A whole month! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496492 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:43:21 +0000 googly-eyes 1496492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... a couple weeks? I sah, so it's during naptime, when dh is home, or after bedtime. Sometimes when lo is up and just running around. I like to be pretty organized about moving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496474 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:00:13 +0000 BSB 1496474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our apt lease was up in early February and we started to look for other options. We went house looking for 2 weeks. We needed to be approved for the house 20 days before our lease was up so we could give enough notice. The one house we wanted and got approved for... At the very last minute (25 days before pur lease end), the owners decided they didn't want pet owners. We then thought it was too late to find a house and thought we would stay at our apt. We were bummed. But, I kept looking for houses and found a house 2 minutes from our apartment. In the same development. They were having an open house the next day. We really wanted this house so we made sure we were the first couple to see it. Well, the owner picked us!!! 23 days before our lease was up!! So then we started packing. We had both places for about 2 weeks, so we were able to get some stuff over. But overall we had 3 weeks to get everything out. I don't ever want to move again. If I do, I hope it's for a relocation and they pay for packers and movers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496471 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:57:41 +0000 Myicitygirl 1496471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A year and a half ago I packed for our cross country move with a six month old, and I absolutely regret it. My MiL watched him while I packed but it Is time with my son that I can never get back. And it took me over a month</p> <p>We moved into our first home last week, and this time I paid the movers to pack us the day before we moved, and it was so worth it! The 3 man crew packed everything in our 2250 sq ft townhouse in 4.5 hours, and were very efficient. It would have taken me weeks to pack it myself. Plus I had the energy to immediately start unpacking after they moved us in. I highly recommend paying for packers. I did get a babysitter for my toddler so I could oversee the packing.</p> <p>Edit: for the cross country move, I was frantically trying to finish packing hours before the movers arrived, and ended up tossing out so much. Every now and then my husband will be looking for something, and I feign ignorance. Not worth the stress to pack yourself, especially with kids </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496467 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:51:55 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1496467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last move was pre-kids, so about a week. Now we are getting ready to move again and I'm going to start about 2 months out- but that's because I'm on my own with the packing, and I also need to sell almost everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496463 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:45:44 +0000 matador84 1496463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few weeks. I had a 7 month old and worked full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496425 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:30:57 +0000 yoursilverlining 1496425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved when LO was about 6 months and like you guys, had only night after she had gone to bed and weekends to pack. We closed 30 days after offer acceptance and I definitely used that entire month. I was still packing as the movers loaded up the truck, and was collecting crap out of our condo for several weeks after we moved out. GOOD LUCK </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496418 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:26:57 +0000 snowjewelz 1496418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! I think when push comes to shove you will get it done! Last resort: throw things in car lol :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496351 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:18:00 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1496351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never lived in more than 550 square feet. We could probably pack in a day lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-pack-for-your-last-move#post-1496328 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:56:16 +0000 rattles 1496328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did the packing myself, and my mom came in for a weekend to kick things off (helping with DD or helping pack). It took me about 3 weeks total, and DD was 8-9 months at the time. </p>