Hi there!
DD is 25 months and has been overall a good sleeper in her cot.

We've just tried moving her to a big girls bed (single), in a different room, in preparation for a new baby due in 5 weeks!

Over the last month, it's been a gradual introduction to the room with her helping out to decorate etc the new "princess" room.

She has slept in the new bed for 2 nights now (slept through from 9-6) but it's been a struggle with her insisting that I sit next to her on a chair til she's asleep. If I try to leave the room, she'll cry and get up from the bed. I'm just wondering if this will end soon - in which case I'm happy to sit next to her (takes up to 20mins) be it 35 weeks pregnant!

When she was in the cot, we would just have her milk/chat and then straight into cot with minimal fussing...

Any advice?
Thanks!!

It's something you want to be sure to take care of now otherwise she will take advantage of you and it will become an ongoing thing.

One thing you could try (courtesy of Super Nanny) is to slowly move your chair away from her bed each night until you're at the door, then on the other side of the door (door open), then on the other side of the door with it closed (could take a couple of weeks) and then away from the door completely.

I probably would have gotten her used to the new room in her cot first, then cot with side off, then bed rather than changing room and bed all at the same time.

But at the end of the day, if it's only 20 minutes that's not a bad thing at all. When I put DS to bed (2y4m) I lay with him, we sing a few songs and have a nice relaxed cuddle time after which I leave and close the door (have done so since he went into his own room, mostly due to dogs). Some times he plays in his room a bit but happily and always puts himself to bed. And I love our 'us' time, even though there is no shortage of it during the day even with DD as she sleeps a lot.

It's normal for them to get out of bed though, when it's new. DS was 19 months old when I put him into a big bed and we had issues with him falling asleep on the floor for ages but it stopped. Took a couple of months, but it stopped.