Trying to extend naps in 6 month old

[Elisabethpate]

I'm trying to extend my daughter's naps to 1.5 to 2 hours during the day. She goes to sleep easily and on her own, but will NOT go back to sleep during the day if she wakes early from a nap. I am not rushing in, have tried shush/pat, back rubs, and pu/pd. None work because she thinks she is ready to get up. My ideal schedule for her would be this:

7- wake and eat
9 or 9:30 nap until 11
11- wake and eat
1 or 1:30 nap until 3
3- eat
5 or 5:30 cat nap
7 bedtime routine (asleep by

THis is how it has been going:
5:30 or 6 wake
6:30 eat
8:30 nap (45 min to an hour)
11-eat
2:30 nap (almost 2 hours or this is split into 2 naps 45 min each)
5 or 5:30 catnap (she HATES waking from this one)
7 bedtime routine

Basically she is taking either 4 short naps or three naps where only 1 is long enough. I know she is tired because I have to wake her from her last nap and she hates it every time. I really want her to sleep a little later and take better naps but I'm not sure how to do this. Any advice? Or am I just hoping for too much?

[Papaya]

I think she needs a bit of an A increase hun - and is probably moving towards dropping that catnap. The average A for this age is around 2hr30-45. Have you read this link?

All about the 3-2 transition- 5/6 months

[Elisabethpate]

Other than the difficulty to put to sleep, she seems to show all the signs on that link. Luckily she is easy to put to sleep  She goes to daycare during the day, so I'm not sure how long it will take to switch her to 2 naps. I will have to let them know that we are trying to switch and hope they can stick with it too. Thanks for the advice!!!