Transitioning to own room

Hello! I’ve just been able to give my little one her own room, how do you transition them into it slowly! She loves her new room and new bed but I’m super anxious for her to go in there on her own every night

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I just went all in 6 months ago I put soothing music on, set up the baby monitor so I could see here clearly and sleep trained her to fall asleep without me at the same time, 6 months forward and she tells me when she wants bed and she has her milk and we read a story and she lays down and I leave the room, I watch her on the monitor untill she is asleep safely, I check on her a few times before I go to bed and I leave my door open so I can hear her if she wakes up, I also have a setting on my phone to notify my phone on loud if she cries. She never does this but on the off chance she does I’m aware. She sleeps 12 hours with no wake ups and stays sat on her bed untill I go in the morning to get her ready for the day. Honestly you know your child best and what they thrive off of. Just make sure you don’t make it harder for yourself! This is such a positive step for our little ones make it fun! Xx

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