So here is today....
6.00 - already awake in cot making very little noise
6.25 - called out
6.30 - feed
8.50 - sleep - settled in 3 mins - started giving cues which I previously took as hunger cues 20-25 mins before but was distracted by playing to push A time to 2.5 rather than 2 - taking start of A time as when she calls out.
9.20 - woke but resettled self - from watching on monitor seems to be going in and out of sleep.
9.30 - wake - activity
10.20 - eat
12.05 - sleep
12.30 - wake - quiet, looked like trying to resettle so left - didn't resettle but looked very tired
2.05 - feed -
2.25 - starting to fall asleep feeding - stopped feeding and fell asleep on way to bedroom - was doing to bedroom for some low stimulation activity to try and get an A time of 2.5.
2.55 - wake
5 - feed
5.25 - sleep
6.00 - wake
7.15 - feed
7.30 - BT routine
8 - sleep
Yesterday on waking I noticed that she was quiet initially then called out. Today I noticed she was quiet initially and then attempted to self settle but didn't quite get there. Tonight when I popped her in her bed she was awake, no crying at all just two little whimpers and the she self settled without me in the room in about 10 mins (eyes closed). I'm wondering if the short nap issue is now more her ability to self settle and what I've observed over the last day or two is her working on it? Today she definitely looked like she was trying to get back to sleep after each nap.
Given that, I am thinking that I should either stick with the 2.5 awake time or maybe pull it back to 2.15, given she seems to be showing tiredness cues just after the 2 hr mark..
If guess I'm wondering if.giving her 2.5 hr A time if it was a bit much for her, could level of tiredness affect her ability to self settle?