(No so) smooth transition

We have this beautiful nursery...

With this beautiful (made in America) crib and comfy soybean foam mattress...

For this beautiful baby girl...

BUT...she has never slept in her room or her crib.  That all changed this week when we decided that she is getting too big to sleep in the pack n play in our room anymore.  Not only has she just about maxed out the weight limit for the drop-in for it, but she likes to sleep with her arms and legs fully stretched out, and she has a lot more room to do so in her crib...

However, this has not been as smooth of a transition as I hoped it would be.

Night 1 (Saturday) - She slept in her room from 10 PM - 1 AM.  When she woke up and realized that she was not in our room, she refused to be put back in her crib, but she fell right asleep when I put her in the pack n play in our room.

Night 2 (Sunday) - She made it from 10-10:30 PM in her crib.  That's it.  After that, it was one of the longest nights I've ever had with her.  She would fall asleep on my shoulder, but as soon as I laid her down, she would wake up and get fussy.  After going through that routine several times, I gave up on putting her in her crib and laid her down in the pack n play.  Once again, she instantly woke up each time I tried to lay her down.  Finally, I gave up the idea of laying her down, and her and I slept in the glider.  Thank goodness we have an amazingly comfortable glider and ottoman.

Monday morning, we had a small epiphany.  After I commented how I was cold from not being able to pull a blanket up to my shoulders as I usually do when I sleep, we realized that might have been why Maddie was happy sleeping on me but not when I laid her down.  It was 74 in our house when we went to bed, but we didn't turn on the heat, and it was down to 66 by morning.  The poor little girl was probably cold!

Night 3 (Monday) - We turned on the heater in Maddie's room to get it to a comfortable 74 before putting her to bed, hoping it would help.  I was so exhausted by this point that I can't even remember what time she woke up, but I do know that I had not been asleep very long, so once again, she slept most of the night in our room.

Night 4 (Tuesday) - At 11 PM, after rocking for almost an hour (which usually puts her to sleep), she was still bright eyed, bush tailed, and ready to play.  Could those bright blue eyes be open any wider?

I decided to lay her down in her crib, turn on her mobile, and see if she would just fall asleep as she does sometimes.  After about 20 minutes (and several times of re-winding the mobile), she fell asleep.  The best part?  She slept until 5 AM!!

Night 5 (Wednesday) - She either decided that her room isn't so bad or she was too exhausted to care because I put her to bed when she fell asleep at 8:30 (which is super early for her), and she slept until 5:30 the next morning.  When she woke up, she was all smiles...

Although it's been a bit of a long week, I think the Madeline sleeping in her own room arrangement is going to work out just fine :)