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Sounds awesome, you seem excited about it.

Is it a company sponsored move, or are you doing it on your own? I haven't done a state to state move, but I've done an international move with a 2 year old. Then I did a move in town from temp housing to our new house 8 months later. Lots of moving!

We've moved to two different countries with our son (company sponsored both times). If your company is paying, it should be relatively pain free. If not, I would seriously consider paying for as much as you can afford...packers, movers, shipping/trucking. The plus side to hiring people is that they can usually pack everything in one day and load it all the next.

My best advice though is to sell/donate/toss as much as possible before you move, especially if you don't have a house/apartment lined up right away.

We moved internationally with a toddler and an infant! Actually, it's still a work in progress. We left our home in Australia in April, when DD1 was 22 months and DD2 was 2 months old. We stayed in a different part of Australia with DH's parents for a month whilst waiting for British passports for the girls to come through. Then we went to the States and stayed with my parents for two months (minus DH who has gone ahead to England to find a job and set things up for us) whilst waiting for my UK visa to come through. And now we're in the UK and have been staying with DH's aunt and uncle in an apt on their property for the past three months whilst we wait for our house purchase to all be finalised. Touch wood, we should be in our new house within two to three weeks, so all told, it will have been a seven month moving process.

I'm not going to lie, it has sucked royally at times with a massively unsettled toddler who had absolutely no idea what was happening to her world, but the things we've been able to control, we have worked really hard at keeping constant. We packed up ourselves and shipped things over from Australia and from the US, but all moving of the items was done by movers. It is definitely worth the cost to farm out any and all tasks possible. If you have friends or family who can help out by watching your LO, take advantage of it! We're actually having my mom fly over from the States on our move in day as we will need someone to watch the girls whilst we sort out the logistics - there's just no way to get it done efficiently, or correctly, with a clingy, unsettled toddler whose entire world has just been uprooted.

It's totally doable, but just know it won't be easy and even with all the preparation in the world, your toddler will still most likely be unsettled for a while. Just try to keep as much constant as you can (bedtime routines, meals, etc) and it will hopefully make it all go a bit more smoothly! Good luck!

No advice... But following along because we will be going through the same thing in December! Not looking forward to the move but excited to be in our new state!

I have, twice (ugh). Once when DD was 5 months old (3 states away), one when she was 18 months (across town). If you can swing it, I would hire out as much as possible. We absolutely are the next time we have to move (hopefully not for 4 more years). Have them pack for you if you can. If you can't, get a babysitter, especially on the actual move day(s). I do not envy you, it was so stressful. Honestly, the cross town move was more stressful bc I hadn't completely packed everything from the old place, and it was all done in one day. The longest day ever. At least if it's far away it is broken into more than 1 day. Good luck!

I'm in the middle of this right now (the movers are loading the truck as I lay on a couch beneath a blanket, because all the doors are open and it's freezing cold!)

I have a 19 month old and am 28 weeks pregnant. This was a company move in that they provided a nice signing bonus to offset the cost, but we had to arrange everything ourselves. My DH has been working out of state for a month now, so with that plus pregnancy there was no way I could pack myself. We hired movers - it's come in slightly over $5100 for an estimated total 9000 lb of weight in our 3 bedroom house.

My best advice would be to outsource as much as possible and realize that sleep could be extremely crazy for a few days. J has actually done fine with his nap yesterday and overnight, but today's nap was brief, in the car, while my mom drove him around and I stayed with the movers.

If you get a moving company, ask them to pack LO's stuff last and unload it first so the disruption is as minimal as possible.

We did it twice in a year. First time he was 14 months second time was 26/27 months. He went to school a few days a week so I could pack. It was hairy not going to lie. I think worse than packing is unpacking.

We used United Van lines for the moves each time and have been happy with them.