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At the FF, Jorge slept from 8:30 or 9 PM until 6AM but we suspect that was mostly due to the schedules at their house and close proximity of bedrooms to living spaces. Within a month of him being home he'd was going to bed at 6:30-7 PM and sleeps until 7:15-8 depending on the morning.
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You could have written this about my son! Once we recognized that he was actually tired at 7pm and tried putting him down then we found that he slept much more. He did wake up in the middle of the night for one bottle (until he was 11 months old), but that was it. (With his foster family he didn't get up for a bottle, but instead got one before going to bed at 9pm and again one at 6am when he woke up. For us we would do a 7pm bottle, 1am, and 7:30am).
Try watching for subtle tired signs much earlier in the evening. It might help you to identify an earlier window for bedtime. And if she doesn't fall asleep right away but is playing quietly, that's fine. I'm someone who can't go to sleep right away either -- I do crosswords or read a novel. Some kids are the same way, but for them it's talking or playing quietly in their bed until they fall asleep.