Chatting away at bed time- later time or OK?

[pixie lee]

Hello.  After learning my lesson I am looking to check what I am doing is right before continuing this time!
My daughter is nearly 23 mths and is brilliant day and night now. (I had left out her pm map thinking she did not want them anymore and it sent her off track but this has been recified).  She has a good routine of :
6.30ish Wake and chat to herself until
7am Parents in to get her out of cot.  Morning stuff
Either a day at the nuresery/ nannies ( Grandma) or with me):
Snack 10am
Lunch 11.30am
Sleep 12.30  for 2 hrs usually
3.30pm tea
6pm milk and snack
6.45pm bath
7.15pm in bed after stories.

She has been chatting for up to an hour and a half after been put down for bed.  She is perfectly happy doing this- does not usually cry.  But it is 8.30pm or 9pm when she goes off ( by herself) to sleep.  My gut feeling is to stick to the bedtine as she appears ready for bed at this time and not worry about the time she goes off to sleep provided she is happy in her routine the next day.  She does not appear sleepy the next morning.  I just want to check that this is OK and that I should not be putting her down later.  I get very concerned about her getting over tired as any problems I have ever had with her all relate to this.
What do you think?

[mari]

Alex does this.  As long as she isn't calling me or crying then I leave her.  TBH she atches up ever couple of nights or so and drops off earlier and slleps until I have to wake her.  Have you noticed this?

[pixie lee]

Not so far- I  always keep a log ( typical teacher) and she started this 'out of the blue' 10 days ago.  Has gone down about 8.30pm on all occasions except 2 nights that were 9pm.  So far she seems fine on this amount of sleep- no problems in the day and no fuss going to bed- in fact, she hardly notices when I walk out now!  The only difference I know to have caused this is that she requested a little book to go to bed with the night she started chatting.  She lays down patting the book saying 'my book, Izzy book'!  I know for sure she is reading the book - probably sat up, when I listen to her.  She is heavily into 'reading' her own books at the moment- a real miss independent.  I feel pretty comfortable with all this but don't want to be making a terrible mistake- I have been caught out in the past!

[Layla]

Hey there. Isabella chats to herself for anout 30-40mins at night. You might want to try cutting the nap to 1.5hrs to see if she settles quicker at night & monitor that for a week.... or maybe put her to nap at 12-2 so that she goes down a little earlier for the night...