I'm going back to work May 1. DD will be 1 ( her birthday is April 24). She's going to start transitioning into her in-home daycare at 11.5 months.

I've been corresponding with her care provider about naps. She says that she's happy to keep DD on two naps, but that to coordinate with her schedule they'd need to be at 9 and 1. She's really big on routine and that's something I really like about her, so I do understand that she can't accommodate every kid's individual schedule.

Right now, DD takes two naps a day, and they usually fall around 10:15-11:30 and 3:00-4:30. She needs 3.25-3.75 hours of wake time before she's tired enough for a nap. So, the only way I could get her tired enough to nap at 9, would be to wake her up before 6 - not happening!

I'm wondering, based on all the above info, if I should just let her transition to one nap when she starts daycare? She's a really good sleeper and I don't want to mess with that, but I feel like with the daycare schedule she'd actually get MORE sleep with one nap than two.

Thoughts?

Has anyone else done this successfully? Tips?

ETA: There's a daycare centre that we really like and have a slim chance of getting DD into and they will work with each kid's personal schedule and let them nap whenever. I'm toying with calling them and seeing if there's any chance of us getting in there, but I realize this is kind of insane, given it would only be a few months before she'd be down to one nap normally anyway.