Self Settling help!

[Bridezilla3521]

My DD is 23 weeks old and for the past 2 weeks has moved into her own room. Before she moved to her own room, we used to take her to bed in her moses basket at around 8.30, sit with her for a few mins (15mins max), sometimes she would fall asleep with me there and sometimes not, but I could still leave the room and she would drop off on her own accord. Since moving, she will not sleep if we leave the room. We have to wait until she's asleep. This can take up to 1 hour. She has a night light, teddy comforter, dummy and I rest my hand on her chest to settle her. She gets very frustrated if she doesn't fall asleep within 10mins and starts crying. Same goes for daytime naps, can take around 30mins to settle. Once she goes to sleep, 8 times out of 10 she will sleep through.

Any tips on how to get my self setting DD back?!

Saw no one had replied & didnt want to leave you hanging. Im no expert but could it just be that she needs time to adjust to the new situation?

Thanks for replying :) Last night and today's naps touch wood haven't been too bad! I haven't left her to settle yet but she's gone off quicker

I hope you had a better night tonight?

My DD (6 months) used to self settle too, until I put her in her cot and own room from 5 months (slap my wrist). Every night is different, some nights she self settles, sometimes I feed her to sleep (slap my wrist again!!) and sometimes I use a dummy to settle her.

I used to get myself stressed out about the whole self settling thing, but I've stopping worrying now as some nights I hear her waking up and getting herself back to sleep so I know she can so it when it counts i.e. not getting up at 4am!

It might be a phase she's going through and just needs time to get used to her own room.

Is she still in her moses basket in her new room? One tip I have heard is to put the moses basket inside the cot so they are still sleeping in their familiar environment, which helps ease the transition. You could also try having a mobile over the cot while she is in the moses basket, in the cot, so that when she comes out of the moses basket into the cot, she still has that familiar thing to look at.

Bit rambling, but hope you can see what I mean?

We had a better night last night, and naps getting better!

Pookamoo She's not in her moses basket anymore, she seems to like having more space as she spreads her arms out as far as she can!

Lindsay I think you're right, hopefully its just a phase and she is settling in. She has only taken a few mins to settle to sleep last night and her naps today so I think we're making progress!