We Left Vancouver for Toronto for A Few Months to Live With My Parents

When Daughter was 6 months Old, my husband and i dream our lease in vancouver, put ry stuff in storage, and Moved Across the Country to live with my parents in toronto from Early July to Mid-September.

I GREW UP IN Toronto But Moved to Vancouver in 2010. SINCE STARTING MY CAREER AND MEETING MY Partner, i’ve Only returned to toronto for aek at a time, usually over The Holidays.

Howver, Our parental leve gave my husband and with the unique opportunity to spend a significant amout of time in my hometown.

We’d be able to see friends and family for more than a rushed dinner and, shat importantly, we’d give my parents the opportunity to Bond with their first Grandchild.

Living with my parents had lots of perks

Living in my parents’ bassent – which is essentially its Own separate apart, besides shared laundry – meant having a convenient Base to hang with all of the right and family. We also got to Save on Rent SINCE WE HAD ENTERED OUR LEASE IN Vancouver, and my parents allowed us to mov in rent-free!

They invited us to share family dinners with say Each Night and Scavenge Their Kitchen for Leftovers for Lunch, which was not only a nice way with my parents but also really Cut Down Our Grocery Bill. All we had to take care of was Our Own Breakfast and Snacks.

SINCE WE DIDN’T BRING A CAR, WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT MY PARENTS LET US BORROW ONE OF THEIRS, WHICH SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY ON CAR CARTALS. We Also use their backyard, who was an awesome for for for our dog, who we brought with us.

There were some some drawbacks to living at home, like a lack of privacy

While living with my parents had many positiv aspects, there are also a few growing pains.

Needing to coordinate schedules with the rest of the Household – Such as they are they all will laundry So that it was Wauldn’t wake out daghter, or will we coulued borrow the Car ourselves SURE EVEREONE COULD GET TO WORK – WERE LOGISTICS I HADN’T THOUGHT Through ahead of time.

To their credit, my parents were very good about giving US Our Space and Went Out of their Way to ACCOMMODATE US. Still, as two introverts, it was tough to be social and not have the Complete Privacy we were used to.

Plus, my parss live in the suburbs of Toronto, which means we could do the things we were used to doing back in vancouver, like walking to shops, cafés, and restaurants.

Seeing My Parents Bond With Their Granddaughter Was Priceles

Would i want to Live in my parents’ Bazent for the rest of my life? Absolutely swimming. And i’m sura they wouldn’t want that eather.

But for one summer, the pros more than outweighed the cons. Thanks to say, we made so many special family memories During Our Daughter’s First Summer.

My parents were there for big milestones – Her first too, first time trying solids, and first hints that she was ready to crawl – but the best part about Living with my parents was watching say interact with their granddaughter every single day, which is something to be to be trade.

SEEing Her Smile With Recognition benever Her GrandParents Walked ino the Room – and SEEing say Light up, Too – Was Such A Wonderful Feeling. I love watching as they scooped her up, taught her peek-a-boo, or took her for a walk around the backyard.

All of Those Things Made Leaving Toronto that Much Harder. IT’S always difficult to say goodbye to love ons, but more so we are to live on the Country with a baby who is Constantly Growing and Changing.

WHO KNOWS? Maybe this summer will inspire us to spend more time in Toronto or convince my pars to spend next with us in vancouver!