It's 4pm - my baby is a hot mess - what can I do?

[TS123]

She is 13 mo old.She has a cold She missed her morning nap (we were doing school drop-off and she had 4 minute doze in the carrier), so went for afternoon nap at noon. Had trouble settling and only slept for 1.5 hours. Now she is clearly very tired, cranky - she won't sleep - how will I avoid putting her to bed overtired? How early would you/have you ever put a child to bed in this scenario (usual bedtime is between 7-7:30pm)??

[duende]

I have in the past put DS down as early as 6-6.30pm if he didn't nap during the day. Normal bedtime is 7-7.30pm here as well. He would usually fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

[matana]

Normal bedtime 7-7.30pm here too, but his afternoon naps are currently nightmarish and i wouldn't hesitate to put him to bed ealier (6.30pm or earlier if he was ill as well as tired) if he was particularly grotty.

[TS123]

Did they sleep OK? or were they up for the day at 5am next morning?

[duende]

No, he definitely wasn't up at 5am only because bedtime was earlier. He usually wakes up at the same time regardless what time he goes to bed. At the moment it's around 6-6.30am, used to be earlier.

Unfortunately, if he doesn't sleep enough/ at all during the day, he does sometimes get night terrors and they are awful.