C.S.
We just broke our newly turned 5 year old from sleeping in our bed. We started a point calendar and each night that he slept in his bed, he rec'd "points" at the end of the week if he had 20 points he could select an activity of his choice.
We are still working on getting him to go to bed while awake - around 7:30-8:00pm he gets his pajamas on and lays on the couch - if he's not asleep by 8:30 he goes to bed and my husband & I will sit with him until he falls asleep. 99% of the time, he is fast asleep and we just carry him to bed. It's not the ideal scenario but it works and my husband and I are back to having the bed to ourselves!