Funny you mention that about your mum Catherine. When I was deciding last year my dad rang out of the blue one day and told me he knew I was struggling with the decision. He told me he had always wished they'd held me back a year, for all the reasons I was giving....shame it was 30years too late lol. But I'm perfectly OK, so who knows

I thought of something else LM, in terms of her getting bored, I figured it was up to me. I enrolled her in a couple of activities (swimming and gymnastics) which she loves. I wasn't a fan of too much organised stuff before they were a bit older, but she loves to go and I'm glad I did. I made an effort with playgroup (until the only one here moved to an unsuitable time), we have more play dates, DH and I make an effort to do stuff (we live in a touristy place in the dessert so there is always somewhere to go and visit) when he's here, and i have started to set up lots of stuff at night for her to be engaged with. Just different little activities she might not think of herself like little invitations to play. I follow lots of early learning/play blogs and get ideas.