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In addition to the no engagement march back to bed routine, you might consider this:
You can punish undesirable behavior or reward desirable behavior. What motivates him? Toys? Zoo? Video? Movie? Figure out what really motiviates him and offer him that as a reward for some number of successful evenings. He's young so it will have to be a small number. Start with something like, three nights of cooperation equals one reward - for instance, a trip to the video store to pick out the movie of his choice.
Have him design a chart where you'll track his successes with stickers (of his choice, of course). Celebrate each success. Celebrate the completion of the sticker charts. Celebrate the trip to the video store. Hang that chart in a place of honor and design the next chart... five days this time. Each one is a little longer than the previous one. We started using this for general behavior when our daughter was very young and only recently discontinued it, once she was well past 8 yo.
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Lee
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