Congratulations PP on 6 years, I hope you and Mr PP do something nice to mark the occasion! Fully agree with what you say about diff bubs doing things at different ages. My cousin (who has little Amelia who's 3 weeks younger than E) commented on how "advanced" she thought E was. I was shocked because - apart from obvious vision issues - and A had just started walking (much earlier than her older sister too) I had thought they were pretty much doing the same stuff/interested in the same stuff. So I really think a lot of those comparisons really are in the eye of the beholder, kwim?

Arte - thanks for asking, she is *wonderful*. Fully qual'd childcare worker, lovely home, lovely bunch of kids, lots of activities set up (including a permanent "reading corner" - 10 gold stars!) So it looks like E will start on Friday morning, just for a half day. In the meantime E will continue to go to the other lady once a week until the new FDC lady's DD start school midyear then we can have more days.