Need to teach my son to play in his room when he wakes up early. Any tips?

My 3 yr old son comes into our bedroom whenever he wakes up. Sometimes it's in the middle of the night to use our bathroom (which we are completely fine with- the other bathroom requires navigating stairs which I'm uncomfortable with him doing in the middle of the night). However there are two other wake up behaviors we are trying to curb.The first one is that he wakes up in the middle of the night multiple times sometimes and just comes in our bedroom and stands ar the end of the bed. When he does this, I quietly walk him back to his room, and put him in the bed with a hug and kiss. Sometimes this is a one time thing and sometimes it takes like 3 times.The other thing he does is wakes up only a little too early, like one hour. I have tried to get him to play quietly in his room for a little while but he doesn't really get what I'm saying.I did buy one of those clocks that you can set to be red until a certain time, and then it turns green. I initially introduced it too early I think (like 4 months ago) and he didnt really understand so I stopped using it.Does anyone have any ideas on how I can teach him to stay in bed at the appropriate times? I want him to come to the bathroom when he has to go but not a bunch of times a night or when it's like an hour before it's time to get up.Thanks for any ideas. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2myJ9to