Toddler transition to own bed/room

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DD nearly 3. She’s been sleeping in our bed for the past few months. Before that she was in a cot but she started waking up multiple times a night wanting in with us. We currently have a double bed and toddler bed (converted cot bed) in DD room but we can’t keep all the beds as there is not enough room. She loves playing in the double with all her toys. What is the best way to get her into the cot bed in her room? She needs us to cuddle her to sleep and I used to lift her into the cot. I have a few options…..bring the toddler bed to our room for a while so she gets used to sleeping in her own bed but not alone, I move to DD room and sleep in the double for a while, let DD have the double as her bed and get rid of the toddler bed? We’ve got too many options! Ideally I think a trundle would work as could eventually become her single bed but I really don’t want to buy more furniture. Any advice

We started with going to sleep in own room and coming in to ours when they needed to. I’d keep one bed and make that her bed she goes to sleep in. I’d probably be inclined to go with the toddler bed (or a single) and get her used to falling asleep with you in the room, but not in bed. If that’s too big a step, stick to the double for now. When she wakes up, you can put her back to sleep the same way in her room or have her come to yours. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. About 3.5 ish, ours just decided they wanted to sleep in their own rooms. Eldest pretty much just announced it. Youngest just started mostly sleeping through most nights, but maybe come in to us still 2 nights a week. We eventually put a mattress on the floor next to our bed and he’d just walk himself in and go to sleep, barely even noticed his arrival. 😂 Eventually, he didn’t do it anymore. It wasn’t really a big deal and was just fairly gradual.

We had one child who loved to co sleep. We got rid of her toddler bed in favour of a double. That way it was more comfortable for us to co sleep for her. She now (7) sleeps alone and transitioned on her own to do that.

Our toddler has a double floorbed. It works really well because we just lie with her for 10 minutes, until she's asleep, and then roll away.

She definitely makes use of all the space and flops around all night and wakes up with an epic bed head most mornings.

I think a floorbed might work too. Now wondering about keeping the double mattress and getting rid of the bed frame (too high for a toddler). Another option! We’ve been playing in the bedroom all morning and DD is very firm on the double being her bed 😂. I think the lovely little toddler bed might have to go.

I hope you find a solution because mine are 5 and 4 and I have to sleep with them to keep them in their bedrooms.