I don’t want to be difficult, but…

Bump goes to a licensed in-home daycare four days per week so that Mr. G can teach and I, of course, can blog. His provider, a young postgraduate (MS in some child-centered “ology”) is great. She’s just getting started, and we were the first family she met for the pre-care screening deal. We love her: she feeds em’ organics, has lots of great books, and lets Bump nap in the crib still (he’s just about to turn 2).

Then today happened. Here’s how it went:
Me upon arriving for the drop of at noon: “[Bump] had his nap really early today, so he’s not tired. He was up for a lot of the night (teething) and crashed around 10:00AM”

Provider (with slight grimace): “Oh. No. Because Finn (baby in her arms) has to sleep at noon. So, um, even if [Bump's] not tired, he’ll still have to sit in his crib (with a doubtful expression on her face).

Me (wanting to be conciliatory and perhaps a bit duplicitous because of that): “Oh, yeah, I understand. He didn’t get a good night’s sleep so I’m sure he’ll eventually nod off.”

P: “Yeah. Because, well…I mean I can push nap-time back a bit. You see, [Bump's] young. Unlike Ellis (four year old toddler), who can play quietly, I just don’t see [Bump] being able to be quiet while awake.”

Me: “Well, um, I would take [Bump] with me [even though I've already PAID for this month], but I have meetings on campus.” [OK, so this wasn't true. But somehow saying "I have to write" seemed too risky that moment.]

We ended things carefully amicable: she reiterated pushing nap-time back, and I said “call me if you find yourself totally stressed out,” which in retrospect I find somewhat too conciliatory.

Question: if I’ve already paid the monthly tuition and if I cannot find anything on her contract stating “children must be dropped off after designated nap-time if it is parent’s opinion that they will not fall asleep by noon,” am I right to assume that I was not being at all difficult or unfair? In other words, who’s right here? As a mother who has occasionally watched more than one kid at a time, I wholeheartedly sympathize with Provider. It’s noon, she’s been watching kids since 7:30AM, and nothing sounds nicer than the 2-hour break she gets after Bump, who naps there like clockwork, arrives. But she’s charging us for the convenience of having somebody care for our tots while we work (or blog). I have a hunch this might happen again tomorrow because Bump isn’t sleeping well (molars) and has napped early all week so far. What is a sympathetic working mom to do????