Should I be worried?

[IsabellaMoltisantixx]

9 month old baby had seemed exceptionally hungry both times she has been to the childminder.

It's all new, originally was supposed to go to nursery but felt she wasn't ready so had a kind of backup a parent of one of my elder dds classmate. She is a registered childminder
And seems really sweet and nice

I'm just wondering because dd has seemed so hungry when she's back I'm just a bit worried to bring it up

Bring it up! You need to be able to discuss the care of your child with the person who’s looking after her. It could just be that she could offer another snack later in the day or an extra bottle or something, easily fixed!

Don't be worried to bring it up, you need to know if your baby is eating or not.
I'm a childminder and sometimes find babies won't eat much until they're more used to being with me, but I always tell the parents.

Just ask, she won't mind I'm sure.

Thanks guys
I was just questioning it thinking maybe I'm being over paranoid again (check out my post about nursery - a lot of posters seemed to think I was over worrying!!) but obviously I can't help it!!

She was a back up so not someone I did so much research about, the only consolation is she is a good community woman and also she only has one other child who she looks after - a two year old.

I am going to write and print of a routine for her as today was a bit rushed so I text it but I think I will definitely mention she seemed hungrier

I think it’s really normal. She won’t be eating/ drinking / sleeping as she would at home just yet, it’s all very new with tons to look at and discover plus the cm is still getting to know her and her cues for food, sleep, and routine. But do speak to her, she’ll hopefully put your mind at rest.

Yes definitely talk to the CM. She may not be eating as much while she's settling in. She may be using up so much mental energy finding her feet in a new environment that she's just hungrier. She may be needing extra milk mid afternoon to make up for one of the above. Your CM won't mind talking about how she's settling and eating.

Just ask the cm. it could be any number of reasons that your baby is hungry. Maybe she doesn’t feel comfortable eating with the cm yet (as she gets more used to going, this won’t be an issue I’m sure), food/milk might have been a different temperature than normal (I don’t mean too hot, but just different), different type of spoon or chair, too tired to eat, different routine and wasn’t quite hungry when food was offered so didn’t want to eat it then, too much distraction. None of these are anything to be too concerned over, they just need to be ironed out. Your cm won’t mind you bringing it up. You should probably be discussing things like food/milk intake for the first few weeks while baby settles. Once they are eating and drinking regularly, I tend to say to parents that I won’t tell them baby has eaten all of each meal/finished x number of bottles but I will tell them if child doesn’t do these things and that seems to work here. But in the early days these conversations are really important.
The last baby I started with hardly anything to eat or drink for the first few days with me. Within a few weeks he was eating more here than he did at home. He just needed to settle in and I needed to get to know him and his routine better.

If you haven't done already, speak with the childminder. It could well be she just doesn't feel comfortable to eat with the childminder yet, which is normal.

But as others have said, you need to be able to discuss things openly and frankly with the person caring for your child.