Film & Discussion night at BirthKuwait

Mark  your calendars!

First ever BirthKuwait Film & Discussion Night ~ Bringing the worlds best documentaries about birth, babies, and parenting to Kuwait!

What Babies Want is an award winning documentary film that explores the profoundly important and sacred opportunity we have in bringing children into the world.

Come learn about your baby in an entertaining and engaging film designed to enlighten parents about the amazing unconsciousness of their new infant.

When:  Sunday October 21st, 7:30pm. 

Location: BirthKuwait, Mishref, Block 4, Street 4, House 4, Basement

 

Prepare for a Healthy Ramadan with Food Revolution’s 3rd event

Food revolution team are on a role! I’m loving all the events they are having. I wasn’t able to attend their previous event but I’m definitely going to their Ramadan one. For more information check out their website here.

“JUMPSTART NUTRITION!” For Kids

 

“JUMPSTART NUTRITION!” A Nutrition course  for 7-9 year olds will start Today May 29th ending June 12th!

Join our doctor and nutritionist to learn about food and balanced meals in a fun and interactive way! Students will discover

*food groups and their importance,
*the new USDA guidelines of MYPLATE
*know how to create a balanced breakfast and snack.
*They will also learn to visualize portion sizes
* learn about food labels and how to make choices!
We will meet twice a week, Tuesdays and Saturdays from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Our course is 10 hours long.
You can register your child by texting them on 90026059 with their name and age!

Checkout their Facebook page for more information and Follow them on twitter and instagram @youngdoctorsq8

Breastfeeding workshop in Kuwait

Join BirthKuwait, La Leche League of Kuwait, The Breastfeeding Support Club, and Kuwait Lactation Consultants for a breastfeeding workshop.

The first part of the meeting will be about the state of breastfeeding here in Kuwait, and will then spend the rest of the meeting providing mothers with everything they need to know to breastfeed successfully. They will also be availalbe to answer individual questions.

Tuesday 29 – May – 2012

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Women’s Cultural and Social Society of Kuwait.

Food Revolution Kuwait

Breastfeeding is revolutionary ~ especially if your mother didn’t…your sisters or friends aren’t…or your work and other life circumstances make it difficult to support. All these scenarios are likely here in Kuwait where the exclusive breastfeeding rate at 3 months is only 12%. So the decision to breastfeed is counter culture, with large marketing industries and social pressures trying to convince you to do otherwise. For those of us who were raised by hippies…or at least mothers who believed everything that was natural was better (garlic paste under the feet or in drinks for illnesses, comfrey tea for congestion, homemade home-ground wheat bread)…it was a decision that was second nature. But if you are new to to breastfeeding, your decision could be revolutionary for you, your children, your sisters and friends, and everyone you influence. Read the rest of the article on Birth Kuwait.

Food Revolution Kuwait will be held on Saturday May 19th from 11am-7pm

Location: The Women’s Culture and Social Society.

Get the chance to meet  local farmers and chefs, taste free organic nibbles and find out how to get the best food for you and your family!
By, Sarah Paksima Co-Founder BirthKuwait, Doula, Childbirth Educator and Prenatal Yoga Teacher

Food revolution’s first event

Reduce, reuse and recycle

A fun little song to teach your kids about the meaning of reduce, reuse and recycle.

Via Elementary Matters

What are you feeding your kids?!

A friend of mine who is a dietitian decided one day to buy a meal from McDonalds and leave it to see what happens to it after a couple of weeks. He posts pictures every once in a while to show us the progress and how the meal changes throughout time. After looking at the pictures you truly wonder what do they put in our food??! I’m going to share with you a few of his pictures. This is the meal after 2 months. He says that the meal still looks edible, it has hardened  but no mold has appeared.

Is this what we want to feed our kids? Remember this the next time your decide to treat your kids to junk food!

Photo credits to Sami AlBader. Follow him on twitter @Ilbader

Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs

A very interesting talk about how to raise an entrepreneur. I highly recommend you watch it.

Doula Birth in Kuwait

For more information about the Doula Training Course check out our Doula Training Post as well as visit Birth Kuwait’s website. You can also call them on 5536-8636