Cot sleep!

How did everyone get this babys to sleep in their cot?

Shes a massive contact nap lover! She did used to be happy to be put in a cot in the front room but when the sleep regression hit we fell back into contact naps and just kinda carried it on.
Now were thinking she should be in her own room but want her to nap in her room first. (She currently is in a next to me at night)

Ive tried getting her to sleep in my arms and putting her down but she instantly wakes and just wants to play and it wide awake and will not resettle now matter how long I leave it ir try resettle.
Im scared of just letting her just to skip a nap entirely as that will cause absolute hell the rest of the day. Or if I leave the nap too late to go down shes overtired and causes me even more bother!

Any advice? Or magic tricks perhaps?🫠🥲

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Heard that a hotwater bottle in the cot before you transfer, can help (obvs take it out before placing her in).
Do you have a routine of sorts before she naps to signal it’s time for sleep - Blackout room, white noise, sleeping bag, (dummy)?
Transfer - have you tried doing it when sleepy but not asleep? Assume you do it very slowy and gently, reducing your contact super slowly?! It’s taken me 20 minutes to do a transfer before (slow swaying to a stop, reduce singing volume, keep her close to body as lay down, keep my hair on their face as I slowly move hands away etc).
There’s a general method where you reduce your intervention a little day by day, it might be hard, but worth researching,

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