As you can tell by my pervious post I had a major change in my life recently, moving back to Australia with my son. This is the reason I wasn’t posting on my blog and barely posted on my other social media platforms. Moving can be very overwhelming! Moving houses can be stressful enough let alone moving to a different continent.
I wish I could share the reasons behind our decision to move but I want to keep my blog positive and move forward from whatever led to this. It wasn’t an easy decision because my husband isn’t able to join us straight away.
Luckily it wasn’t a huge change for me moving back, I have my family already here. They are a great support system for me, which I’m forever thankful for.
If you are moving abroad with a baby here are some things I did. You can have in mind to make settling easier for you and bub.
- Find the right nappy brand: if your toddler isn’t potty trained like baby E this is so important. Who thought it would be this hard finding the perfect nappy especially to wear overnight. I heard great reviews about Coles Comfy bots but they made changes to it and I was completely disappointed. Now we use Baby Love, which seems to be working for us so far.
- Buy lots of weather appropriate clothes for baby E because the weather is constantly changing in Melbourne. I need to make sure he’s always nice and warm in the cold and not too hot during the heat. There are plenty of affordable places to buy baby clothes you will be spoilt with options.
- Medicare: Unfortunately I misplaced our Medicare card (we share the same card) so I needed to get a replacement card; the process was quick and easy. All I had to do is call them and I had a new card within a few weeks.
- Update Baby E’s immunisation records: my son received both his 6 months and 12 months vaccinations in Kenya. I had it all recorded correctly in his green book*.On his records in Australia it only showed the vaccinations he received when he was here as a newborn. I went to our local city council with his baby book and got his vaccination records updated.* The Green Book (My Health and Development Record) is given to all parents in Victoria after the birth of their baby; it has all the important information and records. This includes MCH nurse visits and vaccinations records.
- Book an appointment with our local maternal and child health nurse (MCH) and take him for his 18 months check. Our GP doesn’t measure height or weight of the babies so I like taking him to these appointments to see where baby E is on the growth chart.
- Take Baby E to activities in our local library: this is something I wasn’t able to do in Kenya and it is a great opportunity for him to socialise with kids around his age group. You can find play groups and kids activities near you on your local council’s website.
- Adulting: I have been job hunting and trying to transition from a stay at home mum to working mum.
Everything seems to be falling into place and we settled well, the only thing missing is my husband who we terribly miss daily.
Have you moved with a baby before? What is your tip to mothers planning to make a big move soon?
You can read about our journey from Kenya to Australia and How I survived travelling with a toddler HERE
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Moving is very stressful, especially with children. So much to do in such a small time frame. I hope you are getting settled in your new home and that you and your son are happy:) #ablogginggoodtime
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Thank you so much, we settled well and adjusted to the big changes in our lives. Thanks for visiting my post and leaving such a lovely comment xx
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This is a major move in your life for sure. Just want to stop by and say I wish the transition to continue to go smooth and peaceful and hoping your husband won’t be too far behind
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Thank you so much for your kind words and well wishes. This is the reason I love the blogging community for always being supportive.
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Moving is so stressful but as long as your happy, baby happy will be too! When I moved to Dubai, I was stressed and started developing bad habits like cosleeping and now 1 and half later.. he still in my bed 😢
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I can completely relate to you, hopefully with time your baby will transition into his own cot / bed.
Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting on my post xx
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Pray for this transition loool ur welcome! Check out my blog too when u can xx
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Moving is so stressful and even more so with a baby/toddler. We did it when our eldest was 18 months but it was only a few streets away! Glad to hear you are settling in and I hope your OH gets to join you soon.
My only advice would be to get as much help as you can! x
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Thank you so much for reading my post and commenting. Moving can be stressful but I’m glad we managed.
I enjoyed being a part of #fortheloveofblog this week
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These are certainly good tips. It’s certainly important that things are up to date. #fortheloveofBLOG
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I’m glad that moving went smoothly for us, thanks for reading my post and commenting Helena xx
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oh sweetheart I hope everything is okay and well done for such a brave step xx
thanks for linking to #ablogginggoodtime
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I’m lucky that our move went pretty well and now we have settled the one thing that our family is missing at the moment is my husband who is still in Kenya.
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Oh really exciting times! It’s so hard moving to another country, I did this without a baby five years ago now and remember how many things you don’t think you need to think about and then realise you do! We are eventually going to move back to the US which I’m sure will be a completely different experience with a kid Eeeeek. I wouldn’t have thought of immunisations or nappies! Thanks for sharing with #StayClassyMama!
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Moving with the little ones can be stressful because you don’t know how they will cope with the change. This was my second time moving with Baby E and I was so lucky that he adjusted both times really well. I hope when you move back home it will be a smooth transition for your family.
Thanks for reading my post and commenting xx
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