Filth: What would you do?

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I babysit for a young mother, who has become a friend of mine over the past little while. Her daughter, 15 months old, is a complete angel and I love her to pieces. However, the house is filthy. Completely and utterly filthy. I literally gag the entire time I'm in the kitchen. The woman NEVER cleans anything. She is the laziest person I have ever met. The sink is always full of food, curdled milk, dead flies. There are fruit flies and house flies everywhere...food and dirt all over the floors...dirty diapers...they rarely take out the trash... I try to clean up a lot. Today I emptied out the utensils because the tray in the drawer was full of dirt and food. I cleaned the tray and the utensils and then put it all back in the drawer. I scrubbed the sink and then did the dishes... after cleaning the rack the dishes go on to dry because it was moldy. There was a nice humongous drowned moth behind it too. I cleaned the microwave...swept and mopped the floors... I don't even want to THINK about the fridge...god knows what the hell is in there. There is a trail of stuff and clothes up the stairs and the entire upstairs floor is covered in clothes, and I am not exaggerating. The bathroom is disgusting. I don't know how they can bathe her in that tub and think she's clean. I'm just the BABYSITTER. I don't mind helping out a bit extra...cleaning the messes I make... doing some dishes... not a problem. But this is RIDICULOUS. I don't even make that much money for watching the little one. Me cleaning up the house teaches the mother NOTHING...but I fear for the baby! She shouldn't be raised in this pigsty!and they wonder why she is always covered in bug bites!I'm so upset, it's been bugging me since I started the job...but I have NO idea what to do. I don't think talking to the mother about it will accomplish much. She'll just be angry or casually brush it off...but I can't just keep cleaning the house. Especially not when I go back the next day and it's even WORSE than before I cleaned it. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? I seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.