It looks like this an age where it is pretty varied, so i guess we will stick to what is working for us at the moment. I think i just felt a bit bad that poor DD walked around with big black circles under her eyes today and wondered if she was getting enough sleep. I think i might reel back the 9pm bedtimes, these are usually the nights DF puts her to bed, eg. when i go to the gym or want to watch a show on tv and insist that he get her in there a lot earlier as we know it will take her longer than usual to go to sleep.
DD hasnt had a day sleep since she was probably 2.5 and even then it was a struggle. She goes to bed at 730 and sleeps till 630, doesnt matter what time she goes to bed. If she happens to fall asleep during the day she refuses to go to sleep until about 10pm.
I know I shouldn't complain at all - especially as they both sleep at the same time and James sleeps for 3 hours They do all vary though, just going to mothers group all of ours are different and I am very aware they can change at any time so I make the most of it! To get Iz to sleep some days she insists on me lying down with her too so I get a forced rest!
Claudia is not far off turning 4 and since we moved to China and she started full time school, she is sleeping anywhere up to 2 hours at school & then overnight she is sleeping from 8pm til just before 7am. I find that some night I find it extremely hard getting her to go to bed at night & that's usually when she has had one of the big sleeps at school. Sometimes it's 2 hours, sometimes only 30 minutes.
In Australia, before she started school, she wasn't having a day sleep at all (or they were very rare) & she would go to bed about 6:45pm & sleep through til 7:30 the following morning - sometimes later.
IMO, if your little one is having the sleep, she must need it? KWIM? I always figure that kids don't sleep for fun, they sleep because their bodies need it.
You can always give it a try & go back to the day sleep if you find that she's very irritable?
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They do all vary though, just going to mothers group all of ours are different and I am very aware they can change at any time so I make the most of it! To get Iz to sleep some days she insists on me lying down with her too so I get a forced rest! 
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