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First of all, I hope you like KY! Do you know what area you're moving to? There are several bees here.

Second, my baby is still cooking, but we bought stuff that was small and easy to move. I generally don't disassemble things when I move, but I also haven't moved cross-country. We've got a Moses basket and stand, a travel swing, and a Jenny Lind crib that will be easy to take apart if we need to move down the line. Everything else in the room has moved before (dresser, bookshelf, glider) and we only take the shelves out of the bookcase.

Good luck!

@Glitter: I've never traveled with it but it did come with a "travel" bag? I'm sure it's totally doable!

@Glitter: I have done the move both with and without my son. He's almost 3 but was just turning 2 when we moved last November.

I have also travelled with my pack and play, via air. I have both stuck it in a checked bag and carried it in the travel bag as checked luggage. It is also good for other trips, in case you need to go and visit family, for example, so I would get a very basic one and use that.

I would wait, as long as you can still get stuff in kY for the prices you want. We moved when DD was four months to a much smaller place with less counter space and a different layout so I wish we had waited.

@looch: Totally off topic, but did you ship your items via container ship personally? Like, did you hire the company or was it through work or something?
I'm looking into how we're going to make our international move next year and would LOVE some info on it. We've always just done a couple checked bags each and that's it, but now we have a lot more to bring.

I think it depends. DS is 2.5 and we have moved 3 times since he was born, two of the moves were international. We purchased a bed and stroller before he was born, so we had to move those things when he was 2 months old. Are you hiring a moving company or DIY? If it is a moving company, I would say buy what you want. If you DIY, go for minimal.

@Arden: where are you moving to? Not to thread jack, but we also did 2 international moves within the last 18 months. I would be happy to answer any moving questions if you want to wall me.

@Glitter: there are definitely international moving/relocation services! DH's job paid for our two moves, but we had to get the quotes ourselves from the companies and then DH's job picked the quote they would pay for. Depending on how much stuff you are moving, you will probably need a container. We moved a 900sq foot apartment from the US to Europe and the moving company packed everything and shipped it via container. The fees included the move as well as insurance and duty fees. It took about 7 weeks to arrive. Our second international move was within Europe and the moving company just trucked everything. If you aren't moving furniture, just household essentials, you could ship it via air freight, which is quite costly, but may be worth it to you. I think we paid about $400 to ship 1 cubic meter via air freight, but again, that was within Europe and it was a moving company that handled the logistics of it.

@lamariniere: Thanks! Walling you now.