Thanks Martii for your thoughts

So good to have some one to talk this through with!
- more A do not compensate more sleep... We had more NW when being on two long naps (tried it for 2 days) than on 3 shorter;
that's a shame

LOL
- I am capping first nap at 40-45 (as you suggested!), than let second nap be longer (also capping at 1:20 as not time for more at 2:45-3:00 A) and than catnap; still I am on the verge as catnap has to be APOPed and we already has two days were he just refused it
LOL maybe I should follow my own suggestion then! I was doing this actually, but then the problem was I didn't always get a long second nap so then ended up with 4 short naps. Not the end of the world really I suppose, but just a bit more of a faff to fit into day.
Last nap is usually/often APOP'd here anyway eg on way to get L from nursery.
What A time is your DS doing after a 40-45 min nap?
I think I need to figure out what that should be and then hopefully I can get a more consitently long second nap.
Short am nap also fits well into our day cos then we can go out to groups and things in the morning before being home for lunch. Otherwise, H would sleep mid morning and mid afternoon, not ideal esp when L is around too and wants to go out to places.
Yesterday was crazy in the end. After she woke at 3pm we went to the shops and she nodded off again at 4pm on the way back! I couldn't wake her so let her have 25 mins til just before 4.30pm. However, L was tricky at BT which affected H, L woke H a couple of times just as she was nodding off, so H ended up not going to sleep til 8pm! Got an OT WU 45 mins later

I too am wary of EBT. I know it's worked with L at an older age, but at this age I think it would just bring WU earlier once H has had enough night sleep. I don't think she'd tack on yet.