changing sleep patterns?

[maddymoo]

Hi, I just have a couple of questions about my 9 month old DD. She has recently started waking very early in the morning (between 3:30 & 5:00am):mad: I don't think she's cold. so normally give her a feed and sometimes she'll go back down. Thismorning she woke at 4am and went back to sleep till 7am. Most mornings she just plays in her cot till I can face getting up!
I'm wondering if she's changing her sleep requirements??
She normally has two naps of 1.5 hrs during the day. Today I thought i'd try to get her to have one big midday sleep and so far she's been down for 2 hours!:smiliedance:
I thought this pattern is a bit more typical of an older baby?
We have always had a great sleep routine ( I worked at it though!) She goes to bed everynight at 7pm - no matter what!
Is it pretty normal at 9 months?
It seems, when i look through this forum alot of bubs this age are still having 2-3 sleeps a day! If she sleeps in till 6am tomorrow - we're going to go with the new plan anyway!
just wanted a bit of feedback on your experiences:)

[annb]

in my personal experience i would think that a 9mth old still needs 2 naps a day, say an hour in the morning and then a couple of hours in the afternoon....i found that when DS started waking early I just used to go in and resettle him, I stopped giving him a feed in the middle of the night (ie 3am) gradually by cutting down the amount of the bottle over a 2wk period, he stopped waking for it eventually and of course was eating more solids during the day....i would try and go with 2 sleeps still for as long as you can!!