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Well, our honeymoon with princess T is officially over. Today was a crazy day she was picked up, dropped off, and picked up again for parenting classes with biomom before she even went.

Well she came home in a drenched little swimmer with a chapped butt. So I changed her and put lotion on it. Anyway the phone rings it's cwer with strange news about parenting classes. I hang up and 10 minutes later T is scratching her butt. Oh well, she does it all the time. So I went into the kitchen left T with DH & Om & Raj in the living room. DH was reading a book on the couch. No big deal until after about 15 minutes of doing dishes and checking on the laundry I go into the livingroom. And what do I see but T throwing something and eating something. Then I look down on the floor and see the poop smeared into the carpet, all over her mouth and clothes as well.

So I clean her up, essentially wet wipes followed by a bath. Then get her dressed into pajamas. I put her in her crib until I can clean up the carpet with a spot scrubber. Well then I go to get her out of the crib after 15 minutes to find her diaper off again.

Honeymoon is officially OVER!

I think they may be trying to potty train her at parenting classes. But obviously she's not ready or something happened today. At our house we use the no pressure approach, a child wears training pants and we just use the potty every hour. And if something comes out that's great, lots of praise, and if nothing comes out we still praise.

Should I call the parenting classes and let them know? Call the cwer? What?

We went through this with Om when he first arrived (adjustment & atttachment issues). With Om our solution was duct taping his diaper closed and tight enough that he couldn't reach in and get the poo. But then again Om wasn't in parenting classes with his parents as TPR had already occured.

We suspect T has some attachment issues, but we really have so little time with her each week to even work on these issues. We see her awake for about 3 hours monday-thursday, most of the time is eating & bathing.

Any suggestions? Should I send a note tommorrow with information on fecal smearing?

Thanks,
LeenaB