Hi again
When first starting EASY, it is not uncommon to have good days and bad days. And to be honest, I think it is harder to implement when they are younger because they do change so much
And too, I think personal temperament has a lot to do with it. I'm sort of a control freak so **I** need some sort of routine as well...thus, I implemented it at birth. But it was HARD. Now my SIL..she's a go with the flow person, doesn't do EASY at all and she's fine with it. Now, she does wish she could just put her baby down to sleep when he was tired and I've seen her pop the bottle in his mouth every time he cries - but it works for her and they're happy
And oh yeah, missed this in your first post....I agree, there is very little Y when first implementing it. But the advantage is you get much more Y time later on when you have it in place
So ok - let's get started
First off, which of Tracy's books do you have? If you don't have the 3rd one - HIGHLY recommend it. It's basically a "how-to" for all of her philosophies.
With the 2 hrs nap - that again is Tracy's guideline. Not all babies will sleep that long. At 6 weeks - her A time is probably only 45min-1HR. That includes feeding and diaper change and any "playing" time leftover. Since you are just starting EASY - can you let us know what a "typical" day would look like? That will help too.
Also - you had mentioned wether you should implement EASY when she's older. I would implement EASY now (as far as the feedings go) - but you can decide if you want to start sleep training now or when she's closer to 4 months. In my experience, sleep training a newborn is VERY HARD and will take about 2 months. If you start when she's older it will probably take up to 3 weeks...though you may have to break any "habits" that were created. What's hard when they are newborns is that you want to be consistent, though in reality we don't know yet what actually "comforts" them. So it's a lot of guess work, a lot of hit and miss and a lot of time. You could also give yourself limits if you want to - meaning you could try pat/ssh for up to 45 minutes and if it doesn't work then rock her. It could turn out that she will always wait for the rocking (which you could "fix" when she's older), or it could turn out that you end up teaching her to sleep on her own. I sometimes ended up trying to rock too because nothing worked...but the rocking didn't work either (enter confused emoticon here).
Now...what I would start with is that anywhere between 5:30 and 7 I am guessing that she's wakes for the day? Most babies wake pretty early I think. If she is yawning "right after" she wakes up...I would consider that just part of waking up. Since she's 6 weeks old...we know that she will be tired as early as 45 minutes (Zoe was ready for a nap after 30 mins actually a lot of times)...so 30 minutes after she wakes up I would watch her behavior closely and see what she does. Younger babies, the only real sign is yawning (as they get older they might rub their eyes, pull at their ears). If she yawns at 30 minutes - she is tired. Tracy recommends putting them down no later than the 3rd yawn - I agree
Now if she only sleeps 45 minutes vs the 2 hrs - you can try extending her naps with pat/ssh or other method that comforts her - or take her out and have some A time. Is she bf or bottlefed? If bottlefed, she probably can go 3 hrs at this point. With short nappers, it isn't uncommon for the EASY to become EASAE or EASES....the main thing you want to avoid is feeding her to sleep. If she falls asleep with the bottle or breast, do a quick diaper change to wake her up a little bit and then put her down right away. You may also end up having 2 short naps in between feedings. All of this is OK - besides avoiding feeding her to sleep - you're other goal is to get her eating time on a routine to avoid the overfeeding. If it turns out that she is sleeping at the 3 hr mark when she should be eating, it's ok to go to 4 hrs....even 5 if having problems with naps, but I would definitely wake her at the 5 hr mark. (but honestly, with a newborn, I wouldn't go past 4 to avoid mixing days and nights and you want to get the majority of calories in during the day
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I hope this helps some - let us know of any questions you may have
She's young yet so it might be hard to tell...do you know the temperament of your little girl? Angel, textbook, etc.?