One Short Nap at Daycare, anyone?

[Mama2Athena]

My almost 13 months old DD attends daycare 5 days a week (has since 4 months old).  She's never been a good napper at daycare, usually 40 minutes per nap and once in a while she will give me a 1 hr 20 min nap.  So far she's managed by taking 2 daily naps (or more when younger).  However the time has come that her daycare is pushing her to one nap.  Today she did a 1 hr 20 min nap after 6+ hour A time and they didn't even try a PM nap.  When I picked her up, she looked completely shattered and didn't even want to play.  We rushed through dinner and then I put her to bed almost 1 hour earlier than normal.  My DH and DS didn't even get to spend any time with her as they were at baseball practice

I guess I'm just looking for BTDT experiences.  If you had a short napper, how did you he/she survived on one nap?  Did they eventually learn to nap longer?  My DD does play a bit of catch up on weekends, where she'll usually give me two 1 hour 20 min naps, sometimes 2 hours if really tired.  Oh and I don't think she is LSN as she will gladly take both naps if offered.

[anna*]

My son never really napped well at nursery BUT once he was consistently on one nap he did start to be able to cope better and as that nap got longer at home (2.5-3hrs) it also got somewhat longer at nursery - though I don't think he never really did more than 1.5hrs. Yes there were many days where he had to go to bed super early but as the months went by he did get better able to cope.

[TracyP21]

Same experience as Anna - when one two naps, terribly short ones at daycare initially.  We switched to one nap at 14 months and naps lengthened at home and have got longer at daycare (our record is 1hr 20!).  For my DS it was a case of getting used to the noise and feeling comfortable in general.  He's also so busy there that he finds it hard to switch off.  He's there 3 days a week and has catch up naps at home on the other days.