Congratulations on the filled spot!

I love to wean children in myself so would not mind the 'slow ease in' between now and September for the right family ..... however my unsolicited advice would not to do the one day a week FULL DAY with a child who is already exhibiting anxiety with GRANDPARENTS who have been in her life since birth - imagine how hard a total stranger is going to be for a whole day

8-9 hours is a VERY long time to be crying if she is that 'sensitive' she is likely not going to be 'consolable' by a stranger so it is going to be HARD CRYING

Personally I have more success with that type of child is they come EVERY DAY but for a short period so that the child can learn within a reasonable time frame that the parent always returns and in the meantime you will meet her needs and keep her safe ... I generally have the clients come for daily visits at different times of day and STAY on the property with the infant - we discuss before hand the 'time line' for the parent to return if the babe is crying so 20 minutes to 30 minutes of me 'trying' to console and redirect and if I CANT than the parent will return to the room ... and than we will try again the next day with the parent leaving the room but staying within ear shot and I will try again to 'console' child and we keep extending the time before parent returns. Next phase is to do the parent OFF SITE so I am flying solo to try to console but still in that 'shorter' time frame if they have been crying. I would prefer to have the child all 5 days for an hour or two initially but as a minimum 3 alternating days ... two hours is plenty of time for all involved to have to COPE if she is crying the whole time she is there ... I find that when I do it that way the child is much quicker to bond and we wean up longer and longer days until by the time we get to being left a full day while there may be 'some' tears during transitions or busy times of day when anxiety seeps back in - it is not all day long or inconsolable crying for long periods so the 'new babe' is not stressful on the WHOLE group myself included - cause I HATE crying if I had to listen to it for FULL DAY ALL DAY I think my head would pop off from the stress of it