Coprophagia with my 2yr Granddaughter.

[poo466]

  I'm a concerned grandma, as my beautiful youngest grandaughter will put her hands in her diaper, as soon as she has had a bowel movement, and pull out handfuls of her feces and eat it or start smearing all over everything, mostly, lately, her 3 year old sister's bed and belongings, etc.  This has been going on for almost  nine months. The girls main caretaker is their father.This behavior is mainly done when her and her sister have to stay in their room for LONG periods of time. They have lots of toys to play with and age appropriate programs to watch on TV.  Thier father has a video monitor hooked up in the living room, to constantly keep an eye on thier behavior.  He also has a CB radio rigged up to be able to commuicate to them, if any problems arise. He feeds them VERY nutritious meals and they have great appetites.Their father loves them very much, but can be quite controlling.  Thier mother works 40 hrs. a week.  When  the kid's  dad picks her up from  work each day, she'll state she can't wait to get home & play with the girls, etc.  She loves them so much & misses them while at work.  But, when she actually does get home she rushes in the house, changes her clothes, grabs her cigerettes, and goes and sits out on the front porch and makes endless phone calls and talk for hours, except to eat.  Sometimes  dad can get her to help give the girls a bath & get them ready for bed, but can't get much else from her. But, mostly I'm so concerned about the littlest ones habit of eating her feces.


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[RockRose]

Honestly,  this sounds like gross neglect to me.  

Children in orphanages commonly have coprophagia - from the neglect,  boredom and sadness of having no adult to take care of and interact with them.

How many hours a day are these two little girls locked in their rooms with no parental interaction,  would you guess?  Is this like,  all day every day?

Dogs also do this, when caged and neglected - it's not unusual for a puppy coming from a petshop who's been there a couple months,  with no cuddling,  to develop coprophagia.

A small child should not be left alone for hours to play with a sibling -  they need care and attention.

[LRM1021]

Have to agree 100% with post above. Children will do this when they are left alone for too long.
Having a video monitor on a child is not the same as interacting with a child.