So my almost 10 month baby has been an average sleeper nut recently the pattern has been good ish ..

Goes to sleep between 7 and 7.30pm

Wakes maybe 1 or 2 times in the night for a little cry or wince usually just needs a pacifier or a comforting hand and sometimes she needs nothing and goes back to sleep on her own quickly.

But now between 5 and 6am she has been waking for a longer period - 10 to 30 minutes with a little cry or sometimes a crawl around the bed or sometimes the need for comfort and pacifier again to help go back to sleep (she's still clearly tired).

Then... and this is the bit I need help with - she sleeps until 8 / 8.30 / 9am!!!

Normally she wakes between 6.30 and 7.30am latest and we start our day

(Feed, nap again at 9.30ish, lunch, nap again at 2.30ish, snack, dinner milk etc bed at 7ish)

But with this new late wake up she refuses her morning nap until about 11am and then she refuses her afternoon nap (even if I try putting her down much later) but gets exhausted by 6pm and that's too early a bedtime for our household (working parents)

So what do I do!?

Do I wake her in the morning at 7 or 7.30am everyday like routine like the books all say?!

Or do I let her sleep until what time she wants in the morning and rush her out the door with no breakfast?!

Help!!?!?!