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BANGKOK MOTHERS & BABIES INTERNATIONAL, A PROJECT OF CHILDBIRTH AND BREASTFEEDING FOUNDATION THAILAND SEPTEMBER 2016 www.bambiweb.org Give Your Student a Jump Start Cow’s Milk Allergy in Children: What’s in Your Lunch Box? Prevention and Symptom Management Steps with Theera: Helping Young People September 2016 with Special Needs Transition to Employment September 2016 CONTENTS 5 Chairwoman's Letter Welcome to BAMBI 6 Editor’s Corner Banghkok Mothers & Babies International 8 Contributor Profiles “Support and Features 16 Helping Your Child Adjust to a New School: A Teacher’s Perspective friendship through 19 Give Your Student a Jump Start the common bond of 22 A Letter to Parents Who Were Children Once 26 Back to School Basics motherhood” 34 Steps with Theera: Helping Young People with Special Needs Transition to Mel Habanananda Employment 36 Top 10 Things Parents Can (Finally) Do When the Kids Go Back to School 37 What’s in Your Lunch Box? Departments 6 BAMBI’s Newest Addition 10 Kute Kids in School We are a group offering support and 24 Review: Moomin Cafe companionship to each other through the 28 Bumps & Babies: Take 5 early years of parenting. 31 Health: Cow’s Milk Allergy in Children: Prevention and Symptom Management We offer prenatal and postnatal support, 33 WOMBLES Face of the Month: Frederique-Ann Lock regular playgroups, fundraising for charities 40 Recipes: A Knock-out Recipe for the Hungry Kids and more. If you wish to join, come to our 42 Review: Children’s Discovery Museum New Members’ Coffee Morning or any other regular BAMBI activity. To volunteer 43 Introducing the Support Groups: Made in Bangkok (IVF Bangkok) to serve on the committee, contact any 44 Committee Member Profile: Emily Geglia, Website Coordinator of the committee members listed in this 45 Creative Kids: DIY School Organiser Station magazine. 58 Maternal Musings: Fra Martino, Frère Jacques, Brother John: A Song to My Third Culture Kid BAMBI is a project of the Childbirth & Breastfeeding Foundation of Thailand (CBFT). Playgroups & Events Mission Statement 10 Chairwoman’s Committee Breakfast and Playdate The CBFT is a non-profit networking and resource center dedicated to ensuring the best possible start in life for our 12 BAMBI British Club Playgroup babies. 13 BAMBI Nana Playgroup We believe that this can best be achieved through: n Encouraging the appropriate use of technology and medication for all births. References n Promoting breastfeeding for every mother and baby in 30 BAMBI Needs You! the community. n Providing information and training to health 32 WOMBLES Invitation professionals involved in maternity care. 46 September Birthdays n Supporting parents through the pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. 46 BAMBI New Members 46 How to Renew Your Membership For more information on CBFT, contact: English speaking, Tel 05-310-4573; [email protected] 48 Member Benefits Thai speaking, Mobile: 081-776-9391; [email protected] or 50 Playgroup and Activity Listings [email protected]. Or visit: www.cbfthai.org and www.facebook.com/pages/ 54ฅ Support Groups ChildbirthBreastfeeding-Foundation-of-Thailand 57 BAMBI Committee Follow BAMBI on Facebook: Cover Photographer: Azusa Uchida facebook.com/BAMBIBangkok Cover Subjects: Clara Abigail Uys and Stella Smith CHAIRWOMAN'S LETTER Dear Members, When I was young September was always For him it's too restrictive and doesn't allow a special month for me. You can call me a kids to shape enough their own personality. nerd, but I liked to go to kindergarten and He believes we should allow more flexibility school. Following a structured schedule for kids to be inspired by their own life suited me and I had always fun there. experience and to gain self-initiative. So WSo every year I waited and prepared for in the end, what is really better for kids? the first day of school with anticipation. Strict school structure or learning through life Unfortunately, when you grow up, many experience? I guess the truth lies somewhere special occasions and holidays loose their in between and it's up to each parent to find importance. Now, September is for me the right balance for their kids. For us, finally like any other month, Christmas means my husband “won” and we are keeping Lia mostly crazy last-minute shopping with no out of kindergarten for some more time. And idea what to buy and birthdays I would at the end of the day mommy is happy too, like to forget all together. It's sad how age I was not ready to give up playgroups and Triin Kassis squeezes out of us the ability to enjoy the playdates yet :) simple things in life. Luckily, when we have amazing job they have done for BAMBI children, it all comes back. We can relive After a long summer-sleep BAMBI is also during the last year. Now Ema, former the joy of buying new colorful notebooks for ready for the new school year. We will kick Assistant Editor, is stepping up to become school or counting the days until Christmas :) off this year with the Yard Sale on September the BAMBI News Editor; Josephine, Yard 24th. Don't miss your chance to come hunt Sales Coordinator, is changing to Events For our family this year the school bells, for good bargains on used baby, kids and Coordinator, and Emma, Bumps & Babies more exactly the kindergarten bells, did not maternity items. At the end of October, be Co-Coordinator, takes on the next Yard Sale ring yet. Lia is now 1 year and 5 months ready for our Halloween party. This is the as an additional project to her already-busy old and we discussed long whether it's time biggest event of BAMBI and this year we Bumps schedule. I wish them luck with their to put her into kindergarten or not. For us, are working hard to bring it to you even new adventures! the question was not 'Is Lia ready?' but 'Is bigger, better and scarier! kindergarten really necessary for her now?' Happy September and see you around! I can't wait for Lia to start kindergarten and Summer also brought some changes to our have some routine and structured activities Committee. I would like to thank Akiko T Cheers, in her days. But as an opposite to me, my (Events Coordinator), Roz (BAMBI News husband doesn't believe in the school system. Editor) and Leenah (Secretary) for the Tini www.bambiweb.org • 5 EDITOR’S CORNER Dear Readers, I hope those of you who had summer I’m also ‘back to school’ for this issue breaks—as well as those who as the new Editor. Having thoroughly didn’t—spent a wonderful July and enjoyed being assistant editor August making new memories. for almost two years under three I wonderful editors—Becky Horace, For many, September is a time to go Melanie Stainlay, and Roslyn Uys— back to school so start off by writing I’m excited and honored to take on a letter to your child’s teacher with this new role, and of course a bit “Give Your Student a Jump Start”, scared with the idea of filling in their and check out two teachers’ advice big and beautiful shoes. on helping your child prepare for and adjust to school in “Back to School Thankfully, we have a wonderful team Basics” and “Helping Your Child of assistant editors, and Jinae and Saara Adjust to a New School”. took on the full summer burden of doing a stellar job making sure the writers’ The Naito-Bhakdi family. Photo by Seksan Manee. Also along the school theme: Take voices are coming through, while Azusa a peek into some families’ amazing made sure we have beautiful photos Finally: My heartfelt gratitude to Roz lunch boxes in “What’s in Your Lunch throughout the magazine. A big thank for staying on through the transition Box?”. Make a “DIY School Organiser you especially to Jinae, as she goes and lending an experienced hand Station” to help your little ones keep on maternity leave—all the best for a with editing. Roz’s ability to keep organized. Understand how for smooth and safe delivery and we look things moving with utter calm is young people with special needs, forward to introducing your newest something to aspire to, and I’ll miss bridging the gap between education family member soon! working with her. Good luck, Roz, and employment is essential, in on your family’s move and in the next “Steps with Theera”. And don’t forget We are looking for another one chapter of your life! the playfulness of the holidays over or two assistant editors to join this the school year: “A Letter to Parents fabulous team. If proofreading is your Ema Naito-Bhakdi Who Were Children Once”. guilty pleasure, please volunteer! Editor, BAMBI News BAMBIの皆さま、新しくBAMBI Newsマ す。Kute Kidsなどへの写真提供をして プレイグループリーダー、新会員コ ガジンの編集長になりました、内藤絵 くださる方、記事の投稿や取材協力し ーディネーターなどを通してでも良 麻です。バンコク在住10年くらい、 てくださる方(ブロガーの方々、どう し、[email protected]まで直接メー 弁当係、寝かしつけ&送迎屋、3児の ですか?投稿は日本語でもOK、こちら ルくださっても結構です。ご気軽にご 母です。 で英訳させていただきます)、「○○に 連絡ください! ついての記事を読みたい」などのアイ BAMBI各部同様、このマガジンの制 ディア・希望・ご意見などなど、随時 ではではこれからもよろしくお願いし 作もボランティアで成り立っていま 募集しています。 ます。 BAMBI's Newest Addition Please help us welcome one of our newest member to the BAMBI family: Congratulations to Leona and Brad Taylor, who welcomed their son, Phoenix Taylor, on 14th June 2016! Wishing the Taylor family all the best! BAMBI News * If you have or know of any new additions to our BAMBI family, please share by sending an email to [email protected]. 6 • September 2016 CONTRIBUTOR PROFILES Sara Coggiola Lisa Cook Suneet Sachdev Sara Coggiola was born and raised in Ita- Lisa Cook is a Science teacher and the Key "My name is Nita.