Very late bedtime

My 17 month old has 1 nap a day but naps late like 2.30-3pm and this can be 2 hours or less. She does wake up at 9.30am but then doesn’t want to go to bed until 10.30-11pm I don’t mind it but just wondering if anyone else’s little one is the same? Should I change to try and get an earlier bed time ?
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we wake our little one up at 7, to ensure she naps from 12.30-2, then she goes to bed at 8 x

They usually need about 5 hours of awake time before feeling tired again, so putting her to bed earlier she probably won’t be tired with such a late nap time, I live in Spain so the routine you have ( late nap and late bedtime) is very common over here, but for me what works best is an earlier nap and earlier bedtime, which of course results in an earlier awake time. We usually do awake at 7/7:30 am and nap at 12:30-2:30 ish I’m not super strict on the nap time, as long as he’s awake by latest 3pm so say we are out doing something and he doesn’t fall asleep till 2pm, that’s fine but I’ll be waking him up at 3 pm latest and then we start bath time at 7:30 and after that it’s get dressed for bed, brush his teeth, read a book and rock him to sleep with a bottle, he’s usually black out asleep by 8:20/8:30. All the advice I’ve received on this app has recommended 5h of awake time before and after their nap to help them sleep better xx

@Sidney ok thank you x

@Gaynor ok thank you so much ☺️ x

Only change her routine if you feel it would suit you better, if not I wouldn't worry about it! Like if you wanted some time for yourself in the evening after putting her to bed, you could shift her routine to waking her at 730, nap 1230, bedtime 730/8 x

If ur happy with her routine don't change it unless it isn't working for u, My.boys still often as two naps at moment but he's a restless sleeper and a contact sleeper. So he goes bed normally between 9.30 and 11 depends on his naps. Like today he went bed last night at 10 woke in night loads. I woke him at 7.30 as we had to take big brother to nursery he is napping now. This be his big nap then he may nap again this afternoon around 4pm have his tea and he be still.up until I get bk from work have a hr with me eat me tea and go bed with me.at 10pm ish if he dnt have that second nap he'll go bed at about 8pm just depends on him. I wanna try get out of contact naps and stuff b4 I change it up

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