14 month old only sleeps 11 hours in 24 hour period

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My 14 month old only sleeps 10 hours at night and an hour in naps in the day, split in half. Is this normal? She doesn’t seem overtired at all? is there anything I can do to lengthen her sleep at night, or do I just need to accept it? All relevant info I can think of is below.

consistent bedtime routine happens 7:45/8:00, asleep about 8:20, awake 6:30
we’re still cosleeping and currently feeding on demand through the night, (working on this) but she goes to sleep without milk, just songs and cuddles
it is not possible for her to have her own room right now
screens don’t happen at bedtime, light levels are low, we do calm things
screens do sometimes happen in the morning while I try and wake up.
milk always happens towards the morning.
hubby travels for work a lot so he’s not always around to help
she has been known to nap longer in the day if we are in the car or something and it doesn’t impact bedtime, but if left to herself she’ll only have half an hour at a time

Have you tried transitioning her to one nap a day in the middle of the day? 14 months is fairly usual to go to one nap. You say you co sleep but does she have somewhere to nap in the day like a cot? Can she self settle? Also does she go to nursery, they are usually good at getting them on to routines and usually 1 nap a day. I’d also think her bedtime is quite late, you could try brining it earlier. Her wake up time is normal for a child though. Mornings can be hard but try not to get in the habit of screens first thing, especially for a baby. Shell get used to it and expect it.

Thanks for your tips overthebow. I would like to get her on one nap but I’m not sure she’s quite there, most days she’ll get tired three hours after she wakes up. She normally goes to sleep in the buggy or the car, she has a travel cot I could put her in. She can’t self settle. She doesn’t go to nursery, I’m with her all the time.

11 hours at 14 months is within normal range, albeit at the lower end. It’s quite possibly just how she is, especially as you say she isn’t tired.

Our sleep was like this at this age - it increased when we dropped to one long nap (1.5-2hrs ish) and ended up with 10.5-11hrs overnight. You could try limiting the first nap to 10/15mins and then bring the second one forward a bit before dropping the first one completely and bringing the main nap much earlier. I think their sleep needs can temporarily drop below the averages in prep for a nap drop

I think this sounds ok. I have three DC and they needed completely different amounts of sleep. DS1 was like your DC, while DD needed about 14 hours!

If she's managing well, then sounds fine, the average range at that age is 11-14 hours within 24. My 12 month old has two half an hour naps most days. I have no idea how she'll transition to one nap but trying not to worry about that...

It’s normal. BF babies sleep less I find. More active hours to play and learn.