How to push back bedtime

[Sparklesandglitter]

DD 12m usually wakes at around 6.30 then naps mid morning for an hour then want to sleep at 5.45/6.00. Even if she naps in the afternoon instead of mid morning (rare) she will not got to sleep any later.
Part of the problem is I work f/t and have other commitments making it difficult to get home, bath, tea, bottle and bed in before she becomes overtired.

How do I get her to sleep later (ideally 7/7.30) because if I try keeping her up she gets horribly over tired and stressed. She often naps 9am-10am then nothing till bed time
Thanks

Push it back 15 minutes each time rather than in one swoop. You may have to do it for a few nights before moving back 15 again.

Just to warn you it might not stop the early waking ...

Early waking is fine she goes to nursery at 7.30 its just at bedtime!!

Ha fair enough. Good luck.

Push it back 15 minutes every third night until you get to 7pm

Can you push back her nap and simultaneously her bedtime?

I would also try to push her morning nap a bit later so she's not so tired at bedtime. My DS went through the same thing when he was transitioning to just one nap a day (which he did between about 12-13 months).

Perhaps if she were consistently able to take a second nap she would be able to last until bedtime. We were recently struggling to get dd (11 months)to take an afternoon nap. She used to sleep for about 90 minutes in the morning but then refuse a 2nd nap. We've found that limiting her to 30 minutes means she takes a nap of about 90 minutes in the afternoon.

The problem is because she is not with me from 7.30 till 5.45 I don't have a lot of say over naps and when she is busy like in nursery she will fight sleep.

I was hoping for a magic cure that would sort out naps and bedtime really! Lol I think I will try putting bedtime back and hoping that it will sort out her naps
Thanks all