and it still amazes me how well she knows who's who at nursery — not just her fellow toddlers, however unusual their names are, but their parents too: the nursery pickup is an endless litany of "that's Jessica's mummy and daddy", "that's Johannes's daddy", "that's Romaro's mummy" etc — though since I don't know most of them from Adam she could just be bluffing!

Almost certainly not, judging from Sophie and her nursery mates - they do the same thing with e.g. Luka's mummy and Seamus's daddy, and also whenever I appear, the kids will immediately start trying to get Sophie's attention because they know very well whose mummy I am. I have to admit it's a pretty handy crutch for me!