I'd forgotten about this thread, oops.

Night times are working well now! The laptop might have been a problem at the start, but it was done out of necessity. I can't just lie down and wait anymore, that's what was causing all the frustrations. This way I get my work stuff done, and DD gets to fall asleep with me beside her.

The 7:30 bedtime is every night now, and I watch her getting tired from as early as 6. She doesn't fight it at all anymore, and most nights is sound asleep within 10 minutes of hopping into bed.

If she stirs, it's 50/50 on if she goes straight back to sleep or is awake for a while. It's then that I am now sitting in the hall with the laptop and she's quite happy with that. She can't see the screen at all, but she can see me. No tears, no upsetness. She just drifts off anywhere from 15 minutes, to an hour or more later. Depending on the day.

An added bonus is that it's helping me to not 'nibble' at night time! I can't open a chocolate bar in the hall because that she will want to know about. So hopefully, I might even loose some weight!