hi, i am really shocked at wat im reading,as a childminder myself, i would never dream of bein unshowered or not fressed, wen my families came, at 8.50 i think this is discustin that the cm was not dressed, i have never read or replyed to a message b4, just landed on this and the topic caught my eye!!! but after readin it i was so shocked,that i sat and read all the replies, that i decided to add my reply, i agree with most replies i would deffo not give a reference, just put in the letter facts eg dates times,i would not let her look good in any comments u made,and as 4 her gettin satisfactory,personally i think she should of got inadequate,,as she obviously is, i wonder if she ever is in the showeer wen ofsted come out,she deffo needs reportin, and then maybe u should put all ur concerns in the letter to ofsted, i would never expect my families to walk in to my home in the dark and wait till i come out the shower, glad to hear u have got out of their,it will make u weary about leavin ur child again, as this kind of thing gives us good cm a bad name, but we r not all that bad, most of us put our families first, have respect for them and throughout our day r very proffessional, i personally r always ready at least half hour b4 my 1st child arrives, with all the toys/activities out ready, we all have 1 off days, but this clearly isnot a one off, its unproffesional, i could not imagine leavin the children to go in the shower, or not even be in wen the parent arives to collect the child,please report this unproffesionalism, and deffo dont recomend her to any one else, and good luck xx