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I have no advice but I hope things get better soon!

I haven't tried it, but our friends used a pop-up travel tent/bed to put their LO in when they were at friends' houses for the day. They'd put it on a regular mattress to keep her contained so she'd nap. Maybe something like that could be useful to transition her out of the crib?

Hope it gets better soon!

I second @NaturallyCathy: . When we transitioned LO at around 19m it was a very smooth transition. But I knew she was ready. Do you feel LO is ready?

You still have time yet until #2 gets here.

I assume you need the crib for your newborn and that is why you are moving her now?

I tried moving my DS when he was almost 2.5 and I was like 8 months preg. It was so hard with my huge belly to put him in the crib - after 2 days I told my DH to put the crib back up!!!

DD was born and in our room sleeping

Finally at age 3 he started climbing out so we then put him in a big bed. Nighttime wasn't too bad after a few weeks but napping stopped. It was such a pain to get him to sleep so we just gave up and gave him an earlier bedtime. Luckily he was still napping during the week at DCP.

I assume the room is "toddler proof?" If so put up a gate at the doorway and leave her - maybe she will play in her room until she falls asleep and then you can move her to her bed?

At around 20 months, my son decided he was done with the crib and transitioned himself, so I agree with the others that advised you to put your kid back in the crib.

I agree that she's not ready... you could try again in 3 months or so maybe?

There are some great blog posts on toddler bed transitions... Mrs. Train's story is especially epic!

http://www.hellobee.com/transitioning-to-a-toddler-bed/

I haven't doen this yet so take my advice with a grain of salt, but my good friend just did this since with her 22 month old son since she was pregnant with #2 and she ended up just getting a lock for the top of his bedroom door and that really helped. I think she said he banged on it the first few nights, then when he realized there was no leaving the room at night time he eventually gave up and now sleeps in his bed.

We just transitioned LO to a real bed at age 31 (or 32? I can't remember) months, with a 10 week old baby in the house, and we had zero issues whatsoever. I loved having him contained in his crib as long as possible, and I think by waiting, by the time we transitioned him, he was old enough to really understand the daytime/nighttime, "now it's time to sleep" distinction. We also made a big deal out of him being a big boy, and getting a fancy big boy bed, and he was the one who first explicitly suggested that now the baby could have his crib (the baby is still in a co-sleeper in our room).
I honestly also think it helps that we have zero light sources in LO's room aside from a digital clock, so it is DARK in there at night. I think that sincerely discourages him from leaving his bed since, while there's a little light coming in from around his window shades, he definitely can't see enough to play, and can't really even see well enough to get around his room comfortably, so he just stays put.
Another thing that I think helped us is that LO almost never uses his room for anything but sleep-related activities (I'm including getting into pjs and reading books before bed in this category). He doesn't hang out and play in there, and he's never just hanging out on his bed, so I think that's another thing that reinforces the idea that "ok now we SLEEP and do not do anything else."