You can try setting his bed up as a "tent" my daughter usually set pillows up or throws the blanket over herself to make an enclosed space and says "camping" make a big deal about it "look you have your own tent right in your bed" to be honest I'd give some melatonin as well you can get gummies, liquid, or jelly beans give it before food so it will kick in if he just demands to sleep downstairs it might be easiest to let him crash out downstairs then put him in his bed upstairs so that's we're he wakes up. My husband and I do shifts I'm a morning person so I do the wake up breakfast get ready take her to school hubby picks her up from school does dinner most of the time I do the bath hubby is to impatient to condition her hair properly so I generally do the bathshe typically goes to sleep in his bed once he's ready to go to bed he brings her to my room and puts her in my bed she sleeps through till 6 am for the moment mine does have her own room she can sleep with me till age 6 I'm slowly purchasing what I want to make her bedroom but that will take time idk how much your son weighs so it could be a feat just to get him upstairs we call the melatonin jellybeans super candy and only those are called super candy that way it's not confused with actual candy and she learned only mom or dad can give those to her...I wish you luck

My daughter used to do this as well. We just made up the couch each night and let her sleep there. We had a monitor in the room so we could hear her.
At the same time, we kept adapting her room based on her likes and voila one day she liked it and sleeps in her bed every night.
It just takes patience and trial and error to find what works.
Most doctors will tell you not to worry about it as long as your child is getting a good sleep.

Well I normally went in the room if there’s too much company around. I noticed that’s the only time I returned to the room when I was living with my parents. It’s the open space I like so much but if it’s taken up then where else to go: lol. So yeah I don’t know about putting the couch in the room but I do know if there’s company taking up space is when I went to my room until they left, lol. Look as long as he safe and not walking out the door; you shouldn’t worry about it. Try putting the couch in his room then see, but don’t put the bed downstairs to replace the couch.

What about if I brought the couch up to his bedroom? Do you think that would work or make it worse?...
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Oh it sounds like your son likes the couch more than the bedroom. Just like me; I like the couch more than the bedroom. I used to sleep on the couch when I lived in a two bedroom apartment by myself. Now I gave my room to my daughter and back on the couch again. It'll be a time when he'll return back to his room.