Hi - my DD was co-sleeping until about 13m. She's now a week off 15 months and the transition went better than we could have expected - all good. She mostly sleeps through and will self-settle 95% of the time of she wakes overnight. We even reached the point where she would ask to go in the cot as part of her bedtime routine and settle well.
However - we've had a couple of nights over the past week where she has been a lot more disturbed. I didn't think she would self-settle as well as she has done because one of us still sits in the room with her whilst she goes to sleep. I'm concerned that this may be one source of the increased disturbance but don't know how to get out of the room without her getting very upset. The usual advice to move further and further away from the cot until you're at the door etc doesn't work for our room layout as her cot is in an alcove at right angles to the door. I currently sit opposite the cot about as far away as I can but to go near the door would be to go nearer to her cot. Any ideas about how to leave the room before she is asleep?