Kazbah - I was fairly similar when DD1 was going 2 days a week, it was easy then to have childcare specific clothes. Now, with DD2 going 5 days, almost everything is for childcare, except for a few outfits.

Made the big decision today to see if MIL will come over for the school holidays. Way to busy time for me and I really need to be able to work longer days (currently 9-3) and all 5 days. DD1 does not want to go to Vacation care as it is very hit and miss whether she knows any of the other kids. I could organise a couple of play dates for her to break it up, but hate relying on that just so I can work. We can fly her over for the same cost as Vacation care (after CCB and CCR). Seeing that work will always be busy with this lot of school holidays, we may need to make it a permanent arrangement.