Sacha - we have been for a look around but haven't left him there by himself. My sister actually works there and runs the toddler room next door to the baby room, so am i pretty confident she will help him out if they decide to sticky tape up his mouth and lock him in a cupboard. There was an article about that in the paper the other week and i just thought God, another thing for parents to feel guilty about!
As for your question about the Brauers Teething relief, I haven't noticed it with Tom but he does spit out 99% of it. I am now trying those Teething relief tablets and they seem pretty good.

Jess - you should give playgroup a go. I am the shyest person ever but it is so much easier to talk to people now - you just talk about kids and if other conversation follows then great! You can go once and if you hate it, don't go back. Are you in a mum's group or anything? I can't believe Ethan is standing up! He is obviously doing very well after his horrible time with the spider bite.