West London June thread (one day early)

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Almost made it to the end of the month. Children are gone. I am free until Sunday lunch

ok this is a good one, don't forget you can put glitter in as well, ds1 like to do that

• 1 cup flour (not self-rising)
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

Mix in saucepan over low heat. (It does not have to heat long.) Dough is ready when it rolls into a ball. Keep dough fresh in an airtight container. If you need to make different colors, add food coloring while mixing over heat.

I do the colour while they are mixing they love it!

cool, thanks quokka, does it have to be veg oil? will expensive extra virgin olive oil not be okay?

Hello quokka,

Nice to "see" you on the thread. I've been beavering on marketing my site so I haven't been around for a while.

I hope your DSs are well now. Did you mean hawker food when you said food hall? Hawker food is notorious for being unhygenic. People put up with it because it's so delicious. They'll probably can only have small quantities of take away food until their bodies are resistant to the germs.

Dd has been having diarrhoea for the last 3 days. My mom says she's teething. I would have thought if it were food poisoning it would have cleared up by now.

Does anyone have similar experiences with their DCs?

yes the squirts are normal for teething babies, my boys get it bad!

The noodle bar was in a very new shopping center so thought it would be ok??!!

if it was food poisoning you would have had vomiting as well I would have thought?

I've only ever used vegtable so not sure but deffo worth a try

Quokka,
Thanks for that. I was getting really worried. Do you cut out dairy and greasy food when they have diarrhoea?

If it isn't hawker food, it sounds like your DSs need to get used to the local water and germs.

Anyway, I hope your family and you are enjoying Singapore.

And how long does the diarrhoea last for your boys, quokka?

Make playdo?

eh?

what are shops for?

Puds - I keep thinking about the book swap as I still have people's books here

Would be v happy if you want to start a thread

usually 3-4 days. Its fine to give diary, doctor confirmed that last time ds2 was vomiting and had the squirts - old wives myth, never cut our diary he said! I find greek yogurt tends to sort things out in their belly, but everyone has their way of dealing with it. Bananas, white rice, white bread, avocado, tend to fill up belly's and thicken number 2's sorry if tmi!

yes but they don't do glitter playdoh!

Ohh I like the idea of glitter playdoh

see, and any colour you want, they can mix colours as well and see them change!

book swap thread

i'm thinking it'll be a good activity to actually make the play-do. I've got blue food colouring and vanilla essence so i'll just have to get some glitter.

then they can play with it while i count the minutes till bedtime!

ps: dd has some pretty full on nappies when teething but i've never really altered her diet. when she really was ill with D&V she didn't want to eat anything anyway.

the only advice I can give you pc when doing group playdoh is have everything at hand before and let them have a bowl each for mixing. Oh and it will be messy

i thought you had to mix in a pan over a low heat?

maybe me and dd will make it tomorrow morning and then they can just play with it!

how long does it take for a jelly to set?

I mix it in a bowl (they love love that) then pour in the saucepan and cook. Ive done it with 3 before (including ds2)

couple of hours?

if i make it today would it be okay for tomorrow eve? the jelly that is!

i'll get all the ingredients for play-do and then see how things go tomorrow regards actually doing it or not i think!

are you going to be our S'pore Martha Steward now Qokka?