Hmm... tricky! He certainly does seem tired at bedtime, especially if he hasn't been napping well, so I don't think UT. If naps haven't gone well then I try for a longer 3rd nap instead of the catnap, so the last feed doesn't get too early...
But sometimes the problem is that by the time I give up trying to resettle and give him the next feed, he's too tired and wound up to take it well (plus maybe not quite hungry enough yet), which means it ends up being really long and drawn out... which pushes bedtime later than intended and then he's perhaps too OT to settle! So although we aim for bedtime by 1830 (or 1900 if he's had really good naps - unusual though!), he doesn't usually get to sleep before 1900 and then yes, when he's waking early he doesn't get enough sleep overall... in fact he's never got the recommended amount of sleep per 24h for his age, however hard we try! I suppose I could just not spend any time trying to resettle him once he wakes from the last nap and just see how the feed goes, maybe I'd then try to squeeze in another dream feed after bedtime if he doesn't take it well??
