Hi all - nice to hear how everyone is doing, even those of you who are just checking in. I really just visit this thread not so much for the EASY part of it, but just to see how other babies of Katie's age are doing.
Kate - HTH = hope this helps
KWIM = know what I mean
Karen - When we were transitioning from 3 to 4 hour EASY, I did an extra feed between her last two feedings, so she ended up eating around 3 PM, 5 PM, and 7 PM which seemed to work for her. I still do it sometimes if she seems like she needs it.
Bianca - loved the picture - time really does fly!
Arwyn's mom - Katie used to sleep later too (until 9ish sometimes, but it seems like since she has gotten more of her day/night sleep sorted out, she's up pretty consistently around 7:30-8. Oh well). In looking at your schedule, I think maybe you need to find the right amount of time to keep her up. 4 hours is a really long time at this age (between your last two feedings). That might have something to do with her waking up every 2 hours a few weeks back.
I also think she's kind of backwards in the morning, as in she eats, goes back to sleep, is awake, and then eats again, but is really too tired to eat. Do you think you could give her a shorter feed when she wakes at 5:30-6 and then feed her again when she gets up for the day and start her routine that way? Eventually I would think she would drop the 5:30-6 feed and if you shortened it, that might help it along.
As for the short naps, there's a huge thread on that on the napping board - I used lots of the suggestions the ladies did on there to extend Katie's naps although it did seem like she did it herself after awhile.
Take care all.
-Erin