My 7 yo was 3 when my x and I split and she started sleeping with me after the seperation. Something she never did before. She also became very clingy, which wasn't her personality. She grew out of it and is a happy healthy social butterfly. Just be yourself with her. Don't do anything you wouldn't if you were still with her mother. ie.....give into everything she wants. Use the same discipline as before such as time outs. Try to keep as many of her routines as normal as possible. Like if she always had a story before bed or was rocked for a few minutes before bed or always had the same afternoon snack, try to keep that the same. EVERYTHING can't be the same but the more normalcy she has the better she will do. Trust me she will probly do better than you. (I don't mean that in a bad way, though.) You'll both be fine.
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Re: For all you Moms and Dads out there.