The Waldorf school near us has a wonderful feel to it and I actually know a lot of graduates who had a lovely time and turned into lovely human beings. I found their open day quite enchanting when DD#1 was a wee baby. I think like Montessori, the individual schools can vary a lot. But I still just couldn't come at it once I really started reading and thinking about it seriously.
I think things like not crawling, not yet having adult teeth, etc are markers that you may find in a disproportionately high number of children with a reading delay - but lots of other kids will have those things and learn with no trouble at all.
