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Bento Family Fun, not forgetting Hygiene

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This is Boon Xin and Daddy’s Bento creation. We have been invited to Dettol’s Bento workshop at Nourish Studios earlier.

To quote from Dettol :
“We were demonstrating proper hand washing techniques and the importance of hand hygiene during food preparation. In addition, having a nutritional breakfast is important in bringing up healthier and smarter kids!”

Teacher Shirley, aka littlemissonigiri, is our Bento specialist.

Pretty, friendly, and good with instructions. No wonder everyone was paying attention.

Curious kids, they were trying to pay attention to what teacher is saying.

In between food preparation, we need to remember to wash our hands properly, Dettol is recommending 8-steps formula (refer poster below)

The last thing we need is to contaminate our food with germs from meat to other ingredients.

( Credit Dettol’s photographer Marcus )

This will be our Bento ingredients and tools.

Daddy and Mummy in action. Actually, Daddy is only posing for the camera, his only Kitchen recipe is French Toast 🙂

Nevertheless, Daddy thought the kids were “impressed”.

( Credit Dettol’s photographer Marcus )

Kids will help to pass us the ingredients, sometimes minus a mouthful!
Everyone is hungry already.

Boon Yee is curious about Mummy’s pan egg sheet.

Boon Yee is very serious about his own bento hotdog. He is designing heart and star shapes from rock melon.

With guidance from Shirley’s team, we follow the steps one by one.

Before and after, we can see our Bento slowly taking shape. Add one lettuce here, one ham there, and two flying bumble bees.

We even tattoo our group name onto the banana skin.

This is Mummy’s impression of our Bento workshop :

1) Well organized – all foods are well prepared in advance (there was extra for hungry kids too!)
2) Kids enjoyed the cutting of carrot, cheese and fruits in different shape (Arts and Craft)
3) Easy and simple step to make sandwiches Bento.
4) We learned the 8 steps of washing hands
5) We love the simple Banana crafting trick (tattoo)
6) Healthy Snack, Nice outlook, Kids will be encouraged to finish their meals.

More than competition, both Mummy and Daddy really enjoy bonding with Boon Yee and Boon Xin. They were very curious about the whole process.

Thank you Dettol (sponsor) and Teacher Shirley, for bringing Fun and Kawaii creations into our meals.

Can you tell us whose Bento’s looks nicer? Daddy or Mummy’s?

How can anyone bear to eat the beautifully crafted Bento sets?

Cleaning up with Dettol’s help, kids got an early training on keeping the kitchen spick and span. Daddy cannot cook, so he always wash the utensils.

Group photo – Thank you Dettol, for this interesting workshop. Not only did we learn the importance of proper hygiene, we even pick up some cool Bento skills.

( Credit Dettol’s photographer Marcus )

Daddy could not bear to eat his Bento, but Boon Yee did not hesitate to munch.
Bye bye hotdog bun.

Boon Yee is plesantly surprised to find ourselves in last Sunday’s Life section.

Video : Clean Hands, Healthy Minds. Watch how Dettol boy teaches us to wash our hands.

Do pop by our Fanpage for more Bento Fun photos or you can checkout how cute cleaners (Boon Yee and Boon Xin) help keep our home clean.

More tips can be found at Dettol Fanpage.
Bento recipes can be found at Shirley’s fanpage (Bento Singapore).

Dettol helps us combat HFMD

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Mummy and Daddy likes to tell us, that our floor used to be so shiny…

However, once the kids came out, we always see milk, noodle, rice, fries, and sweets after meal times! No wonder our pets are all so fat.

Maybe Dettol noticed our family is bigger and somehow our hall is often not tidy (embarrassing), they offer us some Dettol products to trial hehe.

One thing we cannot compromise is sanitization. Kids must wash hand before and after food consumption. Germs spread through touch, and our hands are always the first point of contact.

If your child attends preschool at childcare centres, you will NOT want to hear about HFMD (Hand Foot Mouth Disease) ! During HFMD outbreaks, parents must cooperate with teachers to contain the outbreak, the sanitzation enforcement become even more critical.

There were 20,687 cases in 2011, till date 2012Sep, Singapore already has 31,590 cases! (reference from “Reckitt Benckiser”‘s report)

In the video, Boon Yee and Boon Xin shows you how Dettol protects our family with 8 steps of washing hand 🙂

Dettol believes that “A healthy body = A healthy Mind“. Recently, Dettol conducted a study on children’s health. Daddy would like to share a few points :

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a) In a recent Child Health Intelligence & Performance (CHIP) Study1 commissioned by Dettol India, it was noted that those who fall sick less frequently and go to school regularly are likely to do much better in exams.

They may not only be at an advantage in terms of learning and knowledge but also in terms of cognitive development.

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b) Although the spread of germs is inevitable, the rate of the risk of infection can be dramatically reduced through the simple act of hand washing. Hand washing with antibacterial soap and water has also been proven to reduce chances of falling sick.

For example, results have shown that hand washing after using the toilet, as well as before and after handling food, can reduce incidences of diarrhoea among children under by almost 50%.

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c) Dettol would like to share the 8 steps of washing hand.

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For additional perspectives on HFMD, please visit :
– HFMD resources (MOH, HPB)
– ** Inconsiderate parents are not helping to contain disease (in childcare centres)
– Dettol’s auto sanitizer
– Boon Wee caught on TV8 inspecting toilets

Looking at the hardworking kids photos above, we hope fellow parents would be inspired to make their kids sweat :p

We are giving away two bags of Dettol products worth $40.

Contest Instructions :
1) “Like” fanpage SengkangBabies and Dettol
2. Click to go to our Fanpage, and tell us what difficulties did you encounter, when you try to teach kids good hygiene practices.

3) Two winners will be randomly picked on 04th Oct 11pm.

We wish our contestants luck, and we would like to thanks Dettol and Vibes for keeping our home safe.