I'm feeling a bit better now than I was this morning when I last wrote... Although I'm not sure what A time to aim for tomorrow.
After I wrote this morning I decided to follow Louisa's lead for her next nap. I gave her a bottle at 11 and put her down after that because she was getting very grizzly and looking tired. She was in bed just over 2 hours after she had last woken up, and asleep 10 minutes later (so basically a 2h 15m A time). She woke up and resettled a couple of times, for a grand total of 1h 48m! She was much happier after that. Her next A time was about 2h 20m - I was keen to get her to have a catnap by 4 at the latest.
Unfortunately her BT didn't go to plan - even though she was in bed just before 7 (A 7pm sleep would've been a 2.5hr A time), she didn't go to sleep until nearly 8pm. She was getting pretty cranky by 2 hours after she had previously woken up, so I don't know if I missed the mark and she was OT...
Here is the day in the usual format:
WU 6.40am
E 7.30am
A
S 9.16am-9.42am (Put her in cot at 9.10. I went in and started her elephant at 26 min because she was stirring, but that may have actually backfired and woken her up. I put her dummy back in too, but she didn't resettle.)
E 11.00am
A
S 11.42am-12.19pm (Put her in cot at 11.33. She resettled herself!)
S 12.21pm-12.40pm (I went in and started the elephant and put her dummy back in, and she resettled again!)
S 12.46pm-1.38pm (Total sleep 1h 48m.)
E 2.50pm
A
S 4.00pm-4.34pm (Put her in cot at 3.38. She woke at 34 min, which was my aim due to proximity to bedtime.)
A
E 6.25pm
S 7.55pm (Put her in cot at 6.57pm. Possibly missed tired window - she was grizzly and cranky and then suddenly started squealing and being a bit hyper. I did a calming BT routine, but she still just lay there for an hour before settling. We had to put the dummy back in and restart the elephant a number of times, though she wasn't crying or grizzling.)
Do you have any ideas about what sort of A time I should aim for tomorrow? Also, what are your thoughts on the idea of a shorter A time before the first nap of the time. Could it be she needs to be 2.25/2.5/2.5, for example?
Thank you!