2yo cot - bed lots oftrouble

Okay, posting for a friend... she is relaly having some problems keeping her 2yo DD in bed... Before when she was in a cot she was sleeping 6pm to 6am going straight into cot and sleeping...

3 weeks ago when she put her into a bed, DD started to wake 3-4times a night, and take anywhere from 5mins to 1hour to get back to sleep... My dear 35week pregnant friend is very exhausted... And would like her Dd to go back to her normal sleeping patterns before her DS arrives...

Any tricks to the trade to get her DD to stay in bed? and sleep?

My pregnant friend is going through the same thing with her 2 yr old son.
Has your friends DD have a comforter at all? The one mistake my friend made was she got rid of the dummy at the same time as introducing the big bed. Bad mistake, as it's been 4 months and still no improvement.
I can't really offer advice, but interested to know how things go. Good luck to your friend.

I'm the same I'm afraid. :( One of the hardest parts is that they know they can get out of the bed, so when they wake they give it a go. We have good nights & bad, but overall, I am coping OK with it. I would say though that at 35 weeks pg, I wouldn't advise making any drastic changes, as it may be too close to when bub arrives IYKWIM.

Sorry, not really any useful info there, just want to say that she's not alone.

It would be interesting to know how the transition was made and what she has tried already. I would suggest finding something that makes her want to stay in bed - a teddy, bed sheets with her favorite character, something like that, and really playing up how lucky she is to have whatever it is. Also, I wonder what her communication is like? I have always found bargaining has worked well with Jack - if you stay in bed and go to sleep you can have some money for your money box - something like that. Also she could try staying in the room with DD until she falls asleep for a couple of nights and then shorten the stay in the room and see how that goes. These are about the only things I can think of for now. Wish her luck.

Transition was she pulled the cot down and put the bed up... Explained to DD that This is her new big girls bed, coz she is a big girl now... her DD still has her binky (pacifier) But know relies on bec to fall asleep (bec has to stay there untill she is fast asleep otherwise DD will awake)

Thanks, I will suggest the things you have mention... And if anyone else has any ideas - please come forward, poor girl is getting a bit worked up!