To be worried about filthy childminders house?

Your posts are very passive and contradictory OP. Very strange.

You say the house has a general sense of filth, yet you’re happy to leave your child there and you’re “sure she’ll be fine”.

If the house really is filthy then no child should be left there in unsanitary conditions and you’re being a shitty parent to make your child endure that. Even if it is for a couple of hours.

Come on OP, you should be able to articulate exactly what you mean by a filthy house. Even my imagination can describe a filthy house - visibly dirty grimy, stained toys, mounds of plates/dishes stacked up/lying around, no kitchen bench visible due to strewn dirty crockery everywhere, carpet/floors looking black, sticky, trodden, worn, door handles with sticky residue from grubby fingers or months of not being wiped/cleaned, thick dust covering surfaces, dog/cat hair lying in clumps, cobwebs dangling in corners or from lampshades … you get my drift? …. Yet all you can say is it just looks dirty 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Is that it?

You just know the replies pretending to not know what the OP means are written by scrubbers 😂 they know exactly what the OP means.
I get it @tennispros I didn't realise how other people lived until I started in a community based role.
Plates and bowls left all over with food left on them is bad enough nevermind the grime.
I shudder to think what some of these posters houses are like. * *

Op would you want to be there twice a week for 2 hours? Doesn’t sound like it!
why on earth would you leave your child there? It’s dirty and therefore unhygenic.
It’s a no brainer! Report cm to Ofsted and find another one.

I wouldn't want to leave my child there if it was dirty. That's one of the things you look out for when you visit, surely? I looked at one place that was dirty and rejected it. It's paid for, planned, professional childcare - you are allowed to have standards.

However, if you are sending your child regardless, I'm not sure what the point is? You either choose to send your child and accept it, or don't and (if you want), complain to Ofsted.

My honest take is that if you felt it off-putting enough to post on here, your gut already knows the answer. Find an alternative...even if that's not possible immediately you can make it happen.

If it felt off, it IS off. It's off for you regardless of any objective assessment. And that's all you need to know x

Food isn't rotting all day though is it food takes days to rot !

Many children playing will get lots of toys out.

I don’t understand what you mean. To be clear my point is that if the OP has OCD regarding cleanliness then it is very unlikely she will find a childminder that lives up to those expectations. If the house is just untidy - that’s ok to try and see if it was a one off but if grimy I would not put my child in there.

As pp said it's hard do get upset about dirty plates id rather my child minder was looking at after child than fussing about getting plates into a dish washer . However it's hard to say.

I'd be worried too OP. I used to be a child minder when my eldest were small and it's part and parcel of the job to keep on top of your house being clean. I know you say there is no alternative but I'd start looking for one, if I were you.

Hang on a minute.

Would you have her make you some tea and toast on the plates/ cups etc and in the kitchen you saw?
If the answer is no then you should take your dd out now.

From what you described I am genuinely shocked you’ve left dd there. No job should come before her wellbeing.

Messy or grimey? I would call plates mess, maybe you caught her on a bad day! But if there’s like pure built up grime then no way I’d send my kid there.

But it is your business, if you’re sending your child there?

Honestly, there’s no way I would leave my toddler anywhere I had even the smallest doubt about. Especially as you can’t find the Ofsted report?

But you keep saying..
”it’s only 2 hours”
“only twice a week”
”DC won’t be eating there”
”I’ll have to muddle through”

Your mind is obviously made up, so bit of a pointless thread tbh.

Yes, this is what matters. Unhygienic, filthy surfaces etc. is a worry. Dirty plates on the counter or sink are not, unless they’re covered in mould/have clearly been sitting there for days.

I don’t think a few plates are an issue but actual filth would be

ubu as a few hours in that hours is too many. That’s disgusting for a childminder to have kids in a place like that. Totally unprofessional.

Dirty plates in the sink is still dirty.

So you dont mean the floor was dirty. There was mud cacked in everywhere. Surfaces were covered in thick dust and everywhere looked grubby. You mean she hadnt yet washed the plates up in the kitchen?

Seriously unless the kids are in the kitchen, thats not a big issue. She just needs a bit of time to pop them in the dishwasher or to manually wash them.

You have no idea if she was about to sort it when a kid needed changing or was about to have an accident.

Keep an eye on it, but if no risk or impact on the children, then it's no real issue unless shes supposed to have help and hasnt arranged that...

If you’ve got no choice but send her there then try and not dwell on this. The house may be a bit grubby but so is the school playground and toilets. Kids are very resilient, and coming into contact with some germs will build up her resistance. Loads of kids grow up in grubby homes and think about farmers kids running round with all the animals and poop. The main thing is that she is happy and safe there.

Yes, they choose. You're still searchable but just by number, not name/address.

I stand corrected! I just had a little look, and some of the childminders I know came up while others didn’t. Do they choose whether to be “searchable” or not?

I would imagine that yes, a child minder does leave dirty plates out all day, and washes them in the evening.

Because during the day, a child minder would be too busy doing what they're supposed to be doing to wash dishes... you know... watching children?

You can find some, but lots don't publish their names and addresses on the Ofsted website so you won't be able to use a name to find a report.

Do the childminder a huge favour and don't send your child to her.