My new mindee started last week. I have her every day for 6 hours. Shes a lovely little girl, very happy and affectionate, a little behind verbally but a bright spark neverthless. The first time I ever held her I noticed a strong smell of wee. She is nearly 2 and still in nappies. My son is the same age and still in nappies also so I cant understand why she smells of wee, its very strong. I think the Mum has a few hygiene issues tbh with you. I noticed the first day i looked after her that her clothes were dirty and when I took her shoes off her tights were sticky and filthy on the bottom. 3 days later she was wearing the same tights and they still hadnt been washed.
The thing is, I dont think she is a neglected child, I just think the Mum has different standards to me...Im in no way a clean freak but I dont think Id send my lo to a childminders in dirty clothes. Also, she knows that she is to provide nappies wipes etc,but she only ever sends 1...2 at most. Today, she didnt send any! The other thing is that the lunch she sends is a bit rubbish....today was a big stodgy white bun and a pack of mini cheddars. So far this has been a pretty standard lunch. I feel really bad because we will be eating our nice lunch and she wants some of ours so I keep giving her some because otherwise I feel mean.
How would you approach the Mum about these things without upsetting her? She also had a mishaped toe which looks to me like it is because of wearing shoes too small for her. One of her toenails had all but disappeared and the half that was left was poking out about half a cm too long. I told the Mum about it last week but this week I cut it myself because she ahdnt done it and it looked painful.
Last moan...I asked to be paid in advance but still have had nothing, usually I would get a deposit etc but it was all such a last minute thing but it didnt happen. Gulp, I have a worried kind of feeling about this already.