TBF if my baby woke 3 times in one hour and 6 in the next after being put down I’d give up and reset. Especially if I had a friend over to spend time together.
I spent weeks in the dark trying to get mine to sleep at 8pm, it never happened, they just weren’t ready at that hour. It came back to nap capping, wake windows and all that baby sleep stuff. I didn’t bother in the end, it works better for us as late to bed, late to rise.
I think Ash wants her nights and her mornings though and it’s not always as simple as that.