What I did is just a set time...for just transitioning I chose 11:00...I would give Carmela a snack at 10:30 a.m. and then start our nap routine. She would sleep from 11-1 .... then she would go to bed at 7 p.m. each night. I found she slept better on the days of one nap and would wake around 6:30ish. No matter what time she woke though, her nap was at 11....
After a few weeks, I pushed it back to 11:30 and now we're at 12. Although we did regress a bit and I'm now considering making it 11 again and "starting over" just because I was putting her to bed late for awhile :oops: and we never really got back into the swing of things....so now I find she's falling asleep in the car at 9:30 :roll:
It's always a work in progress. Good luck. Forgot to add that my daughter is 16.5 months.