How to nip this in the bud quickly...

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We are moving house in 2 weeks and dd (2 years 10 months) is due to make the transition from cot to bed and sleeping bag to quilt when we're in the new flat. She always been a fantastic sleeper (I've been very lucky!) but typically this week she has started saying 'I don't want to go to bed' and such like things and has been sitting up in her cot and I have to talk to her for ages about why we need to go to sleep! She can get quite stroppy and wingey so I have to try and keep very calm to ger her to calm down.

She has been pushing boundaries a lot lately so I'm not in the slightest bit surprised she has started objecting to bed time but I'm concerned about how the house move and change of bed will affect her.

She is very resistant to change in her bed time routine, will only go to sleep with one specific teddy, doesn't like it even if I suggest putting a blanket over her instead of or on top of her sleeping bag... this is why I've decided all the changes need to happen at once!
What do people think? Any advice would be much appreciated!

To be absolutely honest - all these changes may be the last thing you need if you're moving house as well, though I can see why you want to!

Can you big up the fact that she's a big girl growing up and needs a big girl bed, character bedding, teddy is getting too squished in the little bed?

I'd be tempted to make the switch now, but if your daughter doesn't take well to change then stick to your instincts!

Maybe your DD has picked up on your pending house move already and that is the reason why she is behaving out of character.

I moved house recently and our DS is similar age to your DD. We tried talking to him a few weeks before trying to explain that we were going to move to a new house and how exciting it was going to be. We went from cot bed with sides on in old house to cot bed with bed guard and no sides in new house and DS adapted well, baby gate on his bedroom door. Definitely worth a try when you get your new house, worst case you revert back.

Yeah I was thinking along the lines of 'new house = new bed' type thing. Have been explaining it to her for a while now so she knows it's coming!

She's fixated with peppa pig at the moment so if all else fails I'll be purchasing a bedding set!

I think I'd order the Peppa bedding now OP and have it ready to go on her new bed in the new house. It's definitely worth a try and might make going to bed easier.

Our DS has cars and buses on his bedding set and we ask him does he want sleep with cars and buses and it seems to work.

Can you think of an episode of Peppa Pig when they move house, if so watching it might help in your DD understanding what's ahead.

I can understand why you want to do t all at once my DS is the same regardless of the change he doesn't like it so it's better to just get it over and done with.

Will she be with you on moving day? If not setting up her room first so when she walks in it's all lovely and ready to go might work. When I moved I done DSs room (while the rest of the house was in boxes) so it was homely for him. I would try not to talk about the bed to much I would go for the lovely new room with all her toys and what a big girl she is having a big girl room. I've found with DS if I talk about stuff in advance it almost stresses him out I only start to mention it on the day very casually then just chuck him in at the deep end :)