[jennymac527]

Hi! We had our first child placed with us and she is 19 months old and has been with us for a little over a week. She is as smart as a whip and I am beginning to see that she knows how to manipulate adults and can be a bit sneeky. I have 4 bio children, ages 10, 7, 3 and 15 months. The older kids and our little FD get along just fine. The issues arise with my FD and my baby BD. If I leave the room, our FD literally attacks our BD. Pushes, shoves, hits and bites! The older kids tell me what has happened. I have only left the room for about 30 seconds - to answer the phone, etc...but she doensn't miss an opportunity to get to our BD. When I return, she is all smiles and sweet and "pats" our BD very gently on the arm. Any advice? I think she is just exerting some form of control, since her life has had so little of it ... but I'd like very much to not have our BD take the brunt of it - I guess I am looking for ideas to positively channel these feelings in such a little girl.
Thanks!