7 Year Old will not stay in bed at night

[wmax33]

My 7 year old daughter has recently started waking up around 2am and crawling into bed with my husband and myself. I tried for the first few times putting her back in her bed only to have her start crying and waking up everyone in the house. When asked why she can't sleep in her own bed she states that she misses me (mom). I reassure her that I'm right across the hall and I will see her in the morning, but this doesn't help. She shares a room with one of her older sisters but this doesn't seem to help the situation. She falls asleep fine on her own but in the wee hours of the morning has to come in our bed to fall asleep again. Please help!

[BA2]

I understand your pain. Our 6-yr old has suddenly started waking up terrified at night. He has always been a good sleeper, but ever since he saw (inadvertently) a scary arcade game he is waking everyone in our house.....Ugh!...Are you able to spend some one-on-one time with your daughter prior to bed time? Maybe reading books, doing a puzzle something fun? Has your schedule been more hectic lately? My son definately gets upset when we don't get "special" time together.

BA2

[wmax33]

Nothing in our househod has changed. I do try to spend some time with her prior to bedtime and she always falls asleep easily. She is to the point where she doesn't want to spend the night at anyones house (not even relatives) because she misses me. I just don't know what to do. I'm thinking that even though I may be sleep deprived I will just try to keep putting her back in her room and hope for the best.

wmax33

[MassMom]

Just wondering  if you ever resolved the situation.  Our 7 year old dtr comes into our bed everynight.  If we try to walk her back, she'll cry and wake up her sister.  (We also moved her sister into her room for company, to no avail).  If we carry her back to her bed after she's fallen asleep, she'll come back into our bed about 2 hours later.  Our 4 year old sleeps through the night in her own bed.  What can we do about the 7 year old?