Some more sadness. At the DSAV fun day I saw lots of older children, and young men/women with Down Syndrome. Mostly this was encouraging, the "It will all work out ok" kind of reassuring thoughts. But I think of my nephew, who's using full sentences at 2 and a bit, and I want Ellie to be clever, and witty, and to learn things quickly. I hope she'll be ok, but there's not much I can do to make it happen. There is a limit to the effect of environment, more's the pity.