Yep, you're being hormonal.

DD started full time childcare at 13 months. DH is a teacher so she does have holidays off, but she spends a lot of time in care. She just turned 4 and I am amazed at some of the things that she comes home telling us about. She found a redback in the garage yesterday and came and told us that there was a red spider and they are dangerous and she had to tell us so she wouldn't get sick - all things that have been discussed at childcare, not by us. She just came home one day singing the alphabet song. Her development has not been affected in anyway, in fact it's probably doing better than if I'd been at home where I go crazy after the third 'Why?' of the day!!

Also, don't forget there is different names in different states for the whole school / preschool / kinder thing. Your DD going off to kinder in VIC is a year behind what we call kindy in NSW (the first proper year of school). So there is a year of difference between your DD and the DD in the other thread.