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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would talk to MB and ask whether she would be confortable with you leaving the house while grandma has playtime with Larla.  If grandma is a competent caregiver then giving her 45 minutes alone with a (freshly changed, recently fed, well-rested) grandchild every week will gradually build their relationship.

If that is not an option, I would look for ways to make grandma’s visits a special treat.  Either by watching a movie together or playing with special toys you reserve only for her visits.

Another solution might be to meet on more neutral turf—a restaurant or indoor play space or paint-your-own pottery place, or museum, etc.  so that there is less focus on grandma as the new element.  At home everything is familiar but grandma.  Go somewhere that grandma is only one of many new and interesting things for Larla to inteact with.[/quote]

Thanks for the response.

No, I am not comfortable leaving my charge with her grandmother alone - no one is.  Grandma is very forgetful.

My charge does do one class with her grandmother - I wait outside - and that is going fine.  But the grandmother frequently cancels and this once a week class is not enough.

The idea about letting my charge watch cartoons/TV with Grandma is great - thank you.  My charge gets no screen time with me and this would be a huge treat for her.

Thank you, PP.  [/quote]

I would talk to MB about the music class.  If grandma is not consistent it is actually worse.  If MB thinks it is a priority then she should talk to grandma about being consistent.  If not then stay home and have intermittent grandma visits when they watch an episode of a special show and maybe have a special snack.[/quote]

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