General idea of wind-down...sleepy cues or time pasted, whichever comes 1st?

[liv'smom]

Hi Ladies,
So specifically, if DD has been up for almost 1.5hrs, she is 3mo old, but is not necessarily showing sleepy signs, should I take her upstairs and start her wind-down ritual anyway? 

She is on a 3hr easy routine currently and doing pretty well, but naps are definitely the biggest challenge.  I keep playing with the time I keep her up to catch her sleep window.  It just seems that no matter when I start winding her down she does a lot of fussing and crying once we go up to her room.  Although she's not a big fan of a pacificer, she will on occassion take it, like this morning, and it soothed her to sleep...yeah!  I'm just hoping it will get better soon 

[debo620]

yes, actually you should start your windown at a certain time (1.25hrs sounds about right) BEFORE the sleepy signs. that way she is not fussing through the windown and OT by the time she is in crib.