My Non Sleeping Son!!!!

either you will have to keep putting him back in his bed and he'll have to just learn that it won't get him what he wants that he needs to stay in his bed , let him sleep with you or put a gate in front of his door so he can't leave his room. They have extra tall ones if he's a climber.

We just let ours stay. We do have a king-size bed, so that helps. But we've found that we all get more sleep if we just leave him be. He tends to do this when he's needing extra snuggles. He just needs that extra love.

He will grow out of it. He will come to the decision that he's a big boy and he wants to be in his own bed.

If you're ok with it, I'd leave the situation alone. It's not going to hurt him, so it really boils down to whether or not having him in your bed effects your sleep.

You probably don't want my advice, when my kids do that I let them stay. I enjoy the cuddle time and we all sleep better in the end.

When I was a kid, I did that.
I would, creep down our dark scary hallway, and go to my parent's room, to sleep with them. They let me. It was no big deal to them. They knew I would grow out of it one day, and I did. They got sleep and I got sleep. It is one of my fondest memories, of my parents.
The way a child goes to bed, will be a fond or hated memory. And they will remember it.

Developmentally, kids from this age get "fears" of the dark or noises or anything. It is normal. They also start to have nightmares. They like to be near their parents.
Me, I missed my parents, sleeping in my room. Even if my sister was there too. I was close to them. My sibling was not and was a cold snarky person who teased me about it.

For me and my kids, they did that too. No biggie. We had a floor mattress in our room that they could sleep on if scared or it sick. It was fine. They got sleep and we got sleep. And they are very confident self-assured kids.

We would wake up and find half of them with us! Even if we heard them come in we let them stay. As they grew they realized it was very crowded and would leave lol.

Do you ALWAYS immediately take him back to his own bed. If, even once, you let him sleep with you he'll keep trying. I agree with Beth. You have 3 choices. I let my daughter and my grandkids sleep with me. It worked out fine.

Ditto Beth...or lock you door.

We installed a crib tent. Keeps him securely in his bed till we let him out in the morning. I couldn't sleep soundly with the thought that he could get up, be about and be getting into mischeif in the middle of the night.

Our neighbor's boy got up in the middle of the night, pushed a kitchen chair to their apartment door, undid the deadbolt, walked out of the apartment, took the elevator, walked out of the building, and three blocks away in his footy pajamas alone. We lived not far from a 12 lane boulevard. Some good samaritans found him, called the police, and returned him to her. She was asleep the whole time.

No need for that sort of drama.

Good luck to you and yours,
F. B.

What I do is a half step.
Put a blanket & pillow on the floor by your bed, and have him sleep there. Less comfortable than IN your bed, so not as much fun, but better than in his room - so more comforting.
It is a stage, and they grow out of it.... :) For us, this way worked that we all got reasonable sleep. :)