Hi can I ask some advice for an 8 year old I child mind. She is a lovely girl who unfortunately struggles with social interaction. She is seeing psychiatrists etc as she has complex issues but I enjoy having her she is challenging with her behaviour and tries to be very manipulative but when you break through her exterior she is a lovely little girl. She comes to me 4 days a week and 3 days of this she is really calm and relaxed and on the whole well behaved. She does need reminders about behaviour but responds well to praise. My problem is on my busiest day I have four 8 year olds and two 3 year olds as well as an 19mth old and a 7 mth old. (I have variation for the 4 under 5's) On Wednesday she can not cope as there are too many children and she struggles with the social interaction. She tries but panics if I have to go and feed a baby or change a nappy as she has no adult directly with her. I don't want to tell her parents I can't have her on a Wednesday as most people have given up on her but don't know what I can do to try and make her day easier. I sometimes get her to help with the babies but this is not always practical. If she is responding to me I can encourage her to do things like craft activities but if she is not can you think of anything else I could try?