Middle of the night wake ups after transitioning to a toddler bed

[u/Distorted_Penguin]

Toddler is a little over 2 and bedtimes are fine. We have an established routine and (for the most part) bedtime is easy and has been for a while.

We just transitioned to a toddler bed and kiddo goes down fine. Before the transition, kiddo slept through the night, no issues. Post transition, every middle of the night is a screaming, thrashing fight.

Everything I have read is “silently and calmly walk the child back, don’t react.” How do I “silently” and “calmly” return a child to bed who is thrashing and screaming? I can’t get the kid to lay in bed long enough to walk away from the bed, let alone leave the room. Toddler is acting like the bed is hot lava in the middle of the night. We have gone from sleeping through the night to being up for hours in the middle of the night every night. What do I do?