KitKat - My DD has had a pillow in her cot for a while now. It started when she had a cold and I wanted to raise her head, then I've just left it in there. From a safety POV you shouldn't use pillows under 12 months, so we are absolutely fine to use one if needed.
Nazly - We bought our current house when I had a toddler and a baby and was due back from maternity leave. We had some major structural changes done to the house but the saving grace was that we didn't live here during most of the work being done. Still stressful though. Once you have children even the simplest things can become stressful!
You'll have a lovely house when it's done though, so that should help you get through it.
Cookie - while the system is crap (its a sticking plaster rather than an actual solution for the summer babies), personally I do have faith in the system. Unless the school is over-subscribed, then you will probably be persuaded to change your mind but if you are clear and decisive that you absolutely definitely want her moved back a year and will not be swayed - then I think that the system will work.
For what its worth, I have given this a lot of thought myself (3 children all with early Sept due dates, so could have easily been August babies) and if one of my children had arrived in August, I would have delayed them starting reception class. But that's easy for me to say when I don't have to face the practicalities of doing it. Rubbish system, I do wish they'd not done this half-assed attempt at dealing with summer children achievement and had instead done something through and better thought-out that properly works.
How does nursery provision work if you delay entry into foundation? Will he still get funded nursery places for the extra three terms that he 'should' be at school? What about UCAS university applications? Will he have to explain why his GCSEs are taken 'late' even then?
Polka - Your only eating beige food thing reminded me of my firstborn who went through a phase of only eating food at room temperature. I used to have to microwave anything from the fridge (god forbid she was served anything cold) and had to wait at least 45 minutes after cooking a meal before she ate it because she wouldn't have it warm.
Sorry about his nose, hope he's feeling better soon. My now 6 year old was around 18 months old when he went backwards down ten steps in our garden while sat on a tricycle. It felt like slow motion as I ran and reached for him, but didn't get to him in time.