[Ladylavender]

Ok, you do need to breathe deep and relax.

1st off what is her feeding schedule. At this point in the training you probably should only be feeding her 2x a day. Once in the a.m. and once more in the evening when you get home. (In this way you can control when she eliminates her bowels better.) Also, don't allow her any water after 7pm. Pick up her bowl. This will help in controlling her need to urinate in at night. You may need to have her out for a walk or stroll before bedtime to see if she needs to Poop. Until you learn her elimination habits, you are going to have to figure out what works best for her, to avoid mistakes in the crate.

2nd - when you get up to take her out to potty, don't go back to bed until she does. She has to know with 100% reliability, that when you get up and take her out of the crate in the middle of the night, it is to go potty and only to go potty. That way she will come to know that she will get a potty break and she will be more inclined to hold it until then or she will learn to whine to be let out to go potty. You may have to be out there for 15-30mins (I know you need your sleep, but this will just be a short time, until she understands why you and she are out there)

3rd - do you think she could have whined to be let out before she did her BM, but you did not hear it? Does she sleep right beside you in your bedroom?

4th - when she is a little bit older, maybe in a couple of weeks, she will not mess in the crate, because you will have established a routine that is reliable and she can count on and will not soil her area of sleep (because really, they don't like it and she may be just a bit young and does not understand the concept of where to go potty, just yet.)

Just hold on, she will get it, as long as you are very consistent and persistent.