17 week old sleep

[Cluelessmam]

My 17 week old naps well during the day but remains nocturnal and refuses to sleep before 1am every night. What can we do to bring this forward?

We don’t have a set nap schedule and I have tried apps like Huckleberry but these haven’t helped.

He usually goes to sleep around 7:30pm but is usually wide awake by 9pm. I always wait until he is in deep sleep before transferring to the next to me but sometimes he wakes up again as soon as my head hits the pillow! He sleeps in a sleeping bag which he seems to like but isn’t bathed every night as I worry about drying out his skin. When he does eventually go down, he can sleep for a good 8hrs so I know he’s able to.

Any help would be appreciated.

I'd wake him at the same time each morning so that naps and bedtime don't get pushed further and further back.

My comment probably won’t be popular but dc is still so young and barely out of fourth trimester, and I Do think they work it out on their own. IF you’re not feeling sleep deprived you could start waking in the morning at a set time. I didn’t start doing that until much older. Sleeping 8 hours already is pretty good!