Is 15 months to early yo try to 'set' a bedtime?

[Oorki Galoorki]

have you had a read of the no cry sleep solution book?? there is one for babies and one for toodlers too.
in there they recomend the ideal bed time is 7/8 pm. but that the wind down actually starts at 5/5.30.. if you can get your hands on it i might be a great resource for you

[Haydies]

Aye, have that book. It's how we managed to move away from the feed-to-sleep habbit.

[Spring Angel]

I think you could try to reduce her bedtime gradually as Fionas suggested. DS crashes between 6.30pm and 7.00pm every night and I love my time at night to do what I couldn't get done in a day.

Perhaps have the last BF, cuddles and then let her know that you are leaving but that you'll be back in 5 mins to check on her. I would attend to her straight away if she's upset, but if she is just calmly lying on her bed with her elephant then I think that is fine. I know sitting with her doesn't bother you but I wouldn't want to get her into the routine of taking 2 hours to wind down regardless of the time she is actually going to bed.

HTH
Spring

[Haydies]

Unfortunately leaving her line of sight is not an option at the moment. She gets upset when I get out of bed until she realises I am going to be staying, but just sitting on the floor.

The bedtime routine we have at the moment is fine, as I said, I have no problem sitting there. I'm more curious on if I'm just trying too early.