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That is a good amount of night sleep for a child that age. Total sleep for most toddlers is between 12-14 hours (and that includes the nap(s)). I always recommend blacking out the room, and I do think it helps. You may not see your son sleeping more than 10/10.5 hours over night until they switch to 1 nap. My son didn't start sleeping 11 hours over night until he was 22 months old and firmly on 1 nap.

My only real advice is to get black out curtains, and make sure your son has 6 hours of wake time before bed. Otherwise, it sounds like he's sleeping pretty good.

Here's our experience with a 17 month old, just for comparison.

We are very strict about sleep training in our house. At home, he takes a single 3 hour nap in the afternoon (we usually have to wake him up!), and sleeps about 7:30-6:30 every night. We leave him in his crib awake until we are ready, usually around 7. And he doesn't make any noise.

When he's at daycare his single nap is more like 1.5-2 hours, but it doesn't change his overnight sleep habits.

We use blackout curtains, a sound machine, a pacifier, and do not respond to crying (though we haven't heard anything from him since he was around 6 months old). At daycare they don't use blackout curtains or a sound machine, and he sleeps on a mat on the floor instead of a crib.

@JJ2626: I agree with your advice. I would try for an earlier bedtime.