The babysteppers Chat thread

[BlackCatTryingToFly]

Please come in for tea and biscuits or and chat.

< puts kettle on >

< makes sofa comfy >

I am lurking for a little while.
DD has had to strip down to nappy after spitting her milk down her clothes . She will have her night clothes on shortly. I have just put her eczema cream on (poor mite!). Gets it on the back of her knees and elbows lately.

Ds used to get that too Cats. It's very sad to see.

Carrots I wonder if it's the change in the weather. So much colder today and I feel tired too! We have had the heating on. No snow here though, just a cold wind.

It could be Cats. I always feel exhausted after the hospital as well.

The book I am reading just now gave me freaky dreams last night. I dreamt that a very close friend died and I was sobbing and sobbing for him. It kept replaying in my dream in different ways. It was awful. I woke up distraught and it took me a minute to realise that it was just a dream and he was ok.

I have struggled to shake the "grief" all day.

Sorry, that is a really depressing post. He is totally fine

if it gets really bad cats consider wet wraps
eldest dd had it very bad and they were fab healing it AND soothing the itch

ovens not gas by the way,mangled by fan oven?

I was dreaming I was being chased the other night.
I wish I knew what different dreams mean. They are sometimes quite far fetched aren't they.

is anyone baking anything special/nice for good friday?

im going to attempt some triple choc hot x buns as the ds and little zoo hate originals

i made choc and cherry ones last year-ds hated the glace cherries and the hint of cinnamon with chocolate

being chased is very common cats i was told its your subconcious feeling like things are catching up with you and you need to run away from them

i have them often,people n black i cant see faces chasing me.sometimes i see glimmers knifes or guns

meds make me have odd dreams too.nasty ones

I was thinking of making some nests with the DC some time over Easter.

I'm going to put DD up to bed soon. I feel she needs an early night --I need some quiet time--

Oh dear! Sorry everyone for bringing up scary stuff.

Ds is still not in his bath.

Dd has decided to get in the bath with ds but wearing her swimsuit

I am too woozy to care but know it will end in tears and I will regret it very soon.

we eating dinner.moussaka a hit

1st time had any quiet all day!

hoping top ack them off to bed after eaten

Yes please to the recipe zoo. I am glad someone's tea was successful. Dh reckons the dcs will be talking about the goulash for years

I am all squirmy and fidgety which is how I usually am before bed.

What on earth is going on with me today?

i diagnose fidgetitis caused by too much flying and stress
cure is plenty of chocolate

beany potato moussaka
serves 2-3

1lb spuds
1dsp oil
small onion,chopped
1 large carrot grated
1/2 crushed gaarlic clove
dash chilli
1/2tsp ground cumin or coriander
1can baked beans
1/2pint milk
1tbsp cornflour
grated cheese

peel and boil the spuds,cool and slice 1/4inch slices

meanwhile saute onion in oil for 5 mins.

add carrot,garlic,chilli and either cumin or ground coriander.cover and sweat gently for 10minutes

add beans and simmer to thicken

layer 1/3 spuds into an ovenproof dish

top 1/2 bean mix

1/2 remaining spuds

rest bean mix

layer last spuds

heat milk,mixing 2tbsp of it with cornflour

when milk boils add a little to slacked cornflour then return it to the pan with rest milk and stir ove rthe heat to thicken

pour over the spuds to cover

sprinkle with grated cheese and bake 180oc for 40 mins until golden

zoo that sounds lovely. I may have that tomorrow. Thank you!

i found it in amongst a load recipes i acquired during dd1 refusing to eat meat phase

most of the others are wartime recipes and baring in mind these were sourced 17years ago they mainly use very basic ingredients that are always laying around

ove the next few weeks dcs will be trialing quite a few of them

i was really pleased they resurfaced as they will not only add variety but as a general rule are all made with cheap ingredients

I will catch you all tomorrow now. I'm off to watch telly soon. (Waterloo road)

TTFN.

im off now.night all

Abandoned in my hour of fidget.

The dcs are STILL in the bath. The floor is awash. I walked in and had to walk out again.

Sleep well everyone.

I'm back Toddler down though an hour late which seems the norm when we're here--.

Hi Scout. Mine are in bed an hour late as well. It is mainly my fault as I just couldn't summon it to sort them out. They did procrastinate massively once I got them going though. I think they feel as groggy as I do.

I'm wrapping sweets for the plastic eggs for Sunday's hunt. Would anyone like some jelly beans?