I just need to vent. It's been two weeks since we sent SD9 back to BM. And, SD9 is back to acting like her old self, at least according to BM. She claims that SD9 hides under furniture, is not sleeping, and randomly cries. Apparently, she is afraid of DH and doesn't want to come back to us.

When she left two weeks ago, things were fine. She was acting normally and was hugging all over DH. She was excited about visiting her mom, but told us that she was looking forward coming home. She also said she was dreading having to live with SD12. Now, she acts like a different person on the phone. I can't believe how quickly she has slid back into the way things used to be.

I am just glad that we are going to court in September to try and have BM's visitation reduced. BM was told by the judge that she would reduce her visitation if she did anything to damage DH's relationship with SD9. Now, we have SD9 telling DH that she doesn't want to come here and that she is afraid she will be abused by him like SD12. For the record, SD9 has never before claimed that SD12 was abused. This is clearly coming from BM. It is so frustrating because it is like it never ends. One year of work completely undone in 2 weeks...it's ridiculous.