My ds (3) went for his 2nd settling in session with our CM yesterday (I am due to return to work next week).
My ds goes to pre-school until lunchtime, then is collected by the CM and taken back to her house for lunch.
When I arrived to collect him, the CM had my ds, another 3 year old and 2 babies. According to her registration, she is allowed 3 under 5 years. According to her latest Ofsted report (which was good), there has previously been a complaint which led to Ofsted doing an unannounced visit, where they did find she had too many children).
On Tuesdays her husband is at home (as far as I'm aware he is not registered as a CM, or CRB checked). My friend saw my ds collected by the CM from pre-school and she didn't appear to have any other children with her at this point, so I am assuming that the others were left with her dh at home.
In addition, I have provided a car seat (whole other thread!), which was sitting in the hall when I arrived to collect ds. The CM said that she has to take it out reguarly, in order to collect her other children from school, so this is probably okay, but it still concerns me slightly, especially if she has 3 other little ones to fit into her car (a 7 seater) - not sure how she manages this...
My ds had a nice time, and appears to be happy to stay with the CM. Am I being neurotic to worry about these things?? I am aware that I am worried about returning to work anyway, and don't want to go charging in with a list of questions if I am being daft. What do you think???
TIA.