Hi, hope it's ok to drop back in, even though it has been a while.

I'm going to keep Eleanor in a cot until about 2.5, unless she is trying to climb out, in which case I don't want her to hurt herself.

She fell off DS bed (which has a little ladder, but isn't bunks), I didn't see it, but apparently she fell on her head last week. She seems ok.

DS was in a cot until 2.5yrs, which was 3 months before Eleanor arrived, and that worked well. I'm not in a hurry and she loves her bed, snuggling in to her pillow and blankets.

As for an update from us, nothing much, just the usual. I just find Eleanor so much more confident and courageous than her brother, and the tantrums are starting if we don't get our own way.

And at 18months she showed confidence in swimming so I put her in her brother's class, she hasn't done Mums & Bubs, just went straight to the class and is now trying to use a kickboard - she wants to run before she can walk.

I was working ft when DS was this age, so I am really enjoying still working 3 days per week and getting to spend so much time with them both, especially since DS is off to school next year!

Cheers,
MG