Help me tweak sleep after last nap drop

[lunababy]

Hi.  DD dropped her nap about 6 weeks ago.   Hasn't been too smooth.  She's super cranky at end of day now. 

On some days she'll ask for a nap and I let her sleep about 30-45 min or she'll fall asleep in car.  I was trying to trust her instincts.  But having done this past week or so I am learning that's she's actually more cranky when she takes those shorty naps.

She's also having a problem lately with waking at night.  Appears that she is tossing & turning during the night.  (I'm sure this is based on phases of REM sleep.)  Usually about 1 am and 3 am.  She has eczema and I think she rustles and starts scratching and then she's awake and asking for help with lotion.

Also, we've moved bedtime ahead to about 7:45 from 8:15 or 8:30 (and often she would fall asleep after 9) since we dropped the naps.  But she has started waking at about 6 am where before the nap drop she would sleep til 7. 

I'm ready to drop the naps hard core this week, but we did that when we started about 6 weeks ago.  I just can't seem help her make up that little bit of sleep that I know she needs to be jsut a bit more herself...and to sleep more soundly overnight.

On a no-nap day...
Wake 6 am
Bedtime 7:30-7:45 (asleep around 7:45)

On a nap day...
Wake 6 am
Nap btw 2:30-3:30 for about 30 min
Bedtime 7:30-7:45 (asleep about 8:30)

[Layla]

On a no-nap day, could you maybe try an earlier bedtime (like 6.30/7pm) so that she gets more sleep overnight.. until she is used to not napping.

[{{{Angela}}}]

Wow, my DS sleeps like your DD, maybe a 1/2 hour later.  So he falls asleep somewhere around 8:30pm and gets up around 6:30am.  He dropped his nap last week.  It really doesn't seem like enough sleep to me, but he won't nap at all!