Moving baby to own room

Hello! We want to move our 6 month to the bigger cot as she’s getting too big for the snuzpod and isn’t able to move as much as she’d like I don’t think. Unfortunately the cot doesn’t fit in our room though so she’ll be in the nursery. LO is EBF and I currently feed to sleep (occasionally partner bounces). As she’s only up about twice in the night, this has never been much of a problem and happy to continue. We’ve never managed to get her to nap in the cot though and naps are usually in the pram or maybe car/on me. We tried the cot last night and she woke immediately every time I put her down, ready to play and so we gave up as we were both knackered. Does have anyone have any advice on how to make this easier? Or reassurance that perseverance will pay off?! Additional context: I’ve always done the bedtime routine in the nursery, she’s always been changed in there and we’ve put her in the cot during the day whilst we’ve done things around the flat so she knows the room. Her sleep does seem to be a bit off at the moment - waking at weird times etc - so maybe wrong time to be trying? Sorry for the long post, I’m just feeling a bit helpless and like a bad mum not able to get her to sleep 😬 Thank you!
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Your not a bad mum, I found sleeping with the cot bedding under your pillows (the smell of you) the night before putting them on the cot. Might help? I found white noise helps to relax the baby. Try putting baby in there for naps if you can, so she can get used to the cot. I found putting my baby in the cot, I’ll walk away and not make a fuss and she’s makes a fuss for 10 mins then she falls asleep. With my first, I was rocking to sleep and he relied on that which was a pain. How old is your baby? X

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