A.A.
Hi L.,
During the day and naps you could put one of the child safety knobs on the door, I doubt he would be able to open that. One of the big white plastic ones by safety first. I do close my daughter's door for naps as I am awake in the living room. I would not do this at night though, while everyone is asleep. You never know, and you don't want him to be locked in his room in case of fire, god forbid. I would just calmly take his hand, walk him back to bed, say good night and "you need to stay in your big boy bed, mommy will come get you when nap/bedtime is over." After the first couple times, don't even talk to him, just calmly put him back. You might have to do this a million times for a few days/nights until he gets the point. Just remember not to give him any attention, milk, etc... and reinforce that it is sleep time in his own bed. Make sure his room is dark, that helped my daughter too. Getting up at 6:30a you probably won't be able to help, I have never been able to break my daughter of the early rise time. She gets up at 6am and comes to us too. It's kind of nice actually, I can pull her into our bed for the last hour and don't have to get up just yet. We have been doing that for at least a year, and she still takes two hour naps in her own bed and sleeps the whole night in her own bed, so it hasn't changed that. I was never comfortable with co-sleeping, but I think just an hour in the mornings is more like snuggle time and am fine with. Hope this helps. BTW, now would be a good time to put the know covers on any room that is unsafe for him to go into, like the bathroom or front door =)