hi Charlene,
i can share what we did...
we did move jaina into a new room. we have 2 bedrooms for kids, and made the nursery the smaller one. that way, i could just leave all the stuff in there for the new baby. :wink:
i set up her room about a week before i put her in there. i'm not one for major decorating, so all i did was put her bed, dresser, and toys in there. (both rooms were painted a soft green on purpose!). i put her mattress & box spring directly on the floor. it's in the corner, and the remaining 2 sides have bedrails, leaving a small area where she can climb in/out.
i started her in there for naps only at first. the first day, i spent well over an hour going in there every few minutes & putting her back in bed. she loved her new independence & kept getting out to play with her toys. :roll: . the second day it was a little less than an hour, and by the 3rd or 4th day i could leave her in there & she would go to sleep pretty quickly.
after about 2 weeks of that, we went away for a holiday for a week. when we came back, she went into the bed for all the time. she did great.
she will still get out & play before naptime, but she will go to sleep when she is tired. we haven't really had any problems.
hope this gives you some ideas you can use.
