Daycare starts in May. Did a gradual start help your baby, or just drag it out?

He goes five days a week from mid May. The daycare offers a settling week: an hour the first day, then two, building up to the full day. My partner thinks that's sensible. I think it means a week of both of us leaving work at odd hours, and him getting upset five separate times instead of once. For anyone who did this with a baby around 5 or 6 months, did the slow start make a difference? Or are they too small to care much either way 🤷