https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:50:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568933 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:06:07 +0000 plantains 568933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: oh yeah, that stuff always takes longer than I think it will. I'll have to get a move on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568930 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:05:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 568930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to start by just going through stuff and figuring out what I'm not moving-- old clothes I don't wear anymore, duplicate kitchen stuff, furniture you aren't taking, that kind of stuff. That way at least when you do start packing, you know everything comes with. </p> <p>But I'm a procrastinator too. Can you pack up summer stuff you know you won't need? It's a start at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568844 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:37:20 +0000 mrbee 568844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: throwing stuff out, breaking down tables, shredding papers... stuff like that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568836 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:33:28 +0000 Smurfette 568836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started as soon as I knew the inspection went good. Which was a week after we went into contract. We then closed 4 weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568819 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:28:22 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 568819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had movers and packers for our last few moves, so we don't do anything except watch them pack and then move everything onto a truck the next day! For our last move stuff went into storage for a few months, so for the few weeks leading up to the packing I laid stuff on a do-not-pack bed and then the day before the packers came I put it all into my car so that they wouldn't accidentally pack it.</p> <p>ETA: we start giving stuff to goodwill as soon as we know we're moving </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568811 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:26:29 +0000 Minnie_Girl 568811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ASAP! You'll want time not only to pack boxes, but to decide what you want to toss out as well. There's nothing worse than moving unnecessary stuff. Especially books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568805 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:21:41 +0000 Dandelion 568805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start early, too. I start with curio items and things I don't use so much. I also start clearing out stuff I'm not willing to move and send them to goodwill or toss them. We do a lot of purging ds's toys whenever we move! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568742 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:54:25 +0000 tysonja 568742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i try to start early too -- even so, it ends up being a bit crazy at the end...<br /> if i start early, i can purge (donate/throw out) as I go, and we end up with less junk at the new place. that's what i love most about starting early! -- unpacking is way easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568725 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:47:48 +0000 plantains 568725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: what do you mean by getting the big things ready? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568717 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:46:11 +0000 mrskc 568717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would start now. Get some boxes and start packing away things you're not going to need before you move. I hate packing and moving! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568705 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:43:35 +0000 Bao 568705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: but snuggles are productive too, in my book ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568670 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:29:58 +0000 matador84 568670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bao i am home with ds today because he is sick and i should totally be packing! maybe i'll drive around in a little bit and hit up some stores for boxes. that will make me feel productive.</p> <p>i basically have a 4-day weekend! i should be getting a lot done! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568665 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:28:20 +0000 plantains 568665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I really need to start thinking about this too. We are closing March 7th and I haven't even thought about packing. I bet moving with a baby is a nightmare, I need to get my act together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568662 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:27:05 +0000 mediagirl 568662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start immediately. I love getting stuff done!! I would be stressing out if I didn't, thinking I would run out of time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568639 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:22:57 +0000 Bao 568639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: haha I will start now ;) or this weekend at least. </p> <p>@matador84: LO is 5.5 months :) not mobile yet! We will probably get keys mid march, but don't have to be out of here until the end of March, so like you, we can slowly move things over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568611 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:17:15 +0000 matador84 568611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blahhh...it is so hard packing with a baby! @bao i think our babies are about the same age...at least mine isn't mobile yet-i don't know about yours! </p> <p>The good thing is even though we close march 8 and can move after that, we don't have to be out of where we live now until the end of april, so we can work on the house and slowly move things over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568597 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:14:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 568597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start packing weeks in advance. I start with things I don't use on a daily basis like books and out of season clothes. I like to take me time so I can go through everything and donate or throw out what I no longer want. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568590 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:12:50 +0000 autumnlove 568590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it last minute and I will never procrastinate about packing again. You should start now! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568584 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:10:52 +0000 Bookish 568584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ASAP. As soon as I know I'm moving, I start tackling it. Usually about a month-6 weeks ahead of time. Given, we didn't have kids the last 3 times we moved, so it was pretty easy to pack away most of our stuff and not need it for a month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568550 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:00:21 +0000 mrbee 568550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get the big things ready as early as possible.</p> <p>Packing into boxes I find that I do much better under a real deadline. So basically, the day or two before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-start-packing-if-youre-moving#post-568546 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:59:10 +0000 Bao 568546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>matador84's thread about boxes got me thinking...if you are moving, when do you start packing? We will be moving in about a month, and I don't even have boxes yet. </p>