Hi corelly! I've just joined here too! You mst be so happy to have your little girl out of her brace! She sounds like she's going perfectly well! Actually she sounds exactly my dd1 but my dd didn't have a brace. So I don't think she's behind at all. It's so exciting when our kids learn new things! I'm 26, married and have two little girls, Amy who just turned two in Jan and Skye who was born April fools day! I don't go to a mothers group irl either. Never found a good one. I'm looking forward to getting to know all you ladies in here. Thanks for the info on sleep. It's nice to know there's a variation in what other kids are doing. I'd rather Skye stayed up a little later but she gets SO cranky. She only has one sleep at 10am for about 2 hrs and will sometimes sleep for fifteen min in the arvo. It's amazing how different kids are although both my girls are early risers and always have been. I never get used to it though!