And the verdict is in! We have good news and bad news

DD didn't go to sleep until 10.30pm She's been hard to settle of late but 9pm has been by far her latest stint. In her defense though, it was a tad bit exciting (lots of up and down, wandering around her room - in her sleeping bag Maggie Simpson style - and a shout of 'Hooray!' every time she climbed in or out of the bed, lol. It was also obviously weird for her so she did have a few meltdowns at the new gate at her door when she realised I wasn't there. But when she finally settled, I sat on the end of her cot with her and she loved that.

She only woke once (probably because she was so exhausted!) but she's been doing that a lot lately so that was nothing new. However, it's been taking me ages to settle her lately (up to 2 hours or so!) but not last night! I climbed into the end of her cot and patted her and 5 minutes later she was asleep!!! She's only just woken now at 8am

So I think you could call it a success although I think her day sleep today could be very interesting. And until the up/down novelty wears off, I think getting her down (both night and day) might be a struggle.

Will keep updating though!

PS the cot rail was certainly needed as boy does she roll around a lot but it definitely didn't trick her into thinking she was 'locked in' - she worked out straight away she could get down from the cot Oh well, it helped regardless