I'm the OP and this post is a little old, but I thought I would give you an update. I did end up offering the pt family the open spots but only gave them 3 days to decide because the full timer could start immediately and needed to know if they had to look elsewhere. The pt had a nanny that that watched the kids when I didn't and they didn't really want to hurt her feelings by letting her go. I didn't hear from her by the 3rd day so I told her they lost the spots. Then they were mad at me because they felt I hadn't been fair, yet they didn't want to let the nanny go anyway? The whole thing was weird, and I was glad I got them out of here. It was one of those situations where my stomach would turn as soon as they pulled in the driveway and I would count down the seconds until they left. Not fair for those children or for me. Dcm and me are friends again after it all blew over
