Transition to big girl bed

The same weekend of Miranda's 2nd bday party we started Miranda in her big girl bed. The week before Miranda pulled herself out of her bed and hung off the side to get out in the middle of the night. She learned pretty quickly that once she could get out of her bed that she could open her bedroom door and then get to mommy and daddy's room too. After Mommy and Daddy had a few nights of this we decided to take the front off of her bed so she didn't end up with a broken arm or something else. Her first night went okay, she fell asleep in her bed but she woke up on the floor with a pillow and blanket. Once this happened Miranda wouldn't go to sleep in her bed, so we would do our normal routine and read and wait for her to fall asleep to put her in bed, but she kept escaping from her room in the middle of the night. So then we decided to get a bed rail up on the toddler bed, put of a gate in the hallway so she couldn't get to mommy and daddy's room we found we were getting somewhere with her sleeping in her big girl bed. After this she was resisting staying in bed, but we have a bribery system in place. Miranda get's a sticker in the morning when she stays in bed for the night. It has worked for two night's. Gurr! But now Miranda usually get's out of her bed and cries once we put her down to bed, then realizes no one is coming to put her in bed and then climbs back into her bed and has been sleeping through the night. It has been a rough week and a half transitioning her into her big girl bed. Hope we can keep it going.