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Hi, as a foreigner I had been thinking where to go and check myself if I have pain or some other health problems.

What do you recommend? Government hospital, private hospital, clinic...? What differences are there? Don't know how everything works for foreigners here. I would of course need somewhere where they speak English (although I have a Thai girlfriend). I live right now in the San Sai area so I don't know

What do you guys think of this one? Sharp FP-J30TA-B?

Any experience with this one?

Where I live now is around 50 sqm and well, I need the purifier for maximum 6 months since I will later move to Sweden. 

Thanks for the recommendations everyone. Another question...I have a newborn (or 1 month old) and feel that I don't want to expose him to such bad air when I have to go outside with him...are there any "masks" for babies too that you could recommend or know of?

Best regards

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Whether you need 21 days remaining depends upon where you are applying for the non-o visa. Not required at a embassy or consulate but it is needed to apply for a non immigrant visa at immigration.

If you already have a 90 day entry from non-o visa you can apply for the the extension of stay based upon being the parent of a Thai during the last 30 day of it up to the last day.

The 400k baht only needs to be in the bank on the day you apply according to the rules but some offices will want it to be there two months. There is no requirement to keep it in the bank for any amount of time after you apply  but many offices will want it to be in the bank at the end of the 30 day under consideration period when you return for the one year extension stamp.

Are you the legal parent of your child by way of marriage or legitimization of your parenthood.

Well, it's to apply for the Non-O Thai child visa through the immigration in Chiang Mai.

I only have the on-arrival tourist "visa".

What do you mean with "legal" parent? The only thing I have is the results of DNA test and when the baby was born, we registered it and in the paper it says I am the father, don't know what other documents are required. Actually to register the baby as Swedish (I have Swedish citizenship), I will need some other paper (civil register) that I have no clue of, but that is another topic

Hi, does anyone KNOW about this type of Visa? I'm gonna apply for it and one of the things I need is a proof of income of 40000 baht per month or 400000 baht in my Thai account...so to my question: after applying for that visa and showing them proof that I have the 400000 in Thai account, do I need to continue to have that much money in my account or is it enough to have it there when applying only?

Aaah, and another question...why do I need to have 21 days on my visa that I have now to apply for the Non-O Thai child visa?

Best regards

Ok, cool, thanks for the recommendations. Since I know nothing about air purifiers...how big of a surface does one purifier cover? I ask because some people say they have three in their home etc, so I want to know if one is enough for my place ?

Thanks in advance

Hi all!

I recently became a dad and being here in Chiang Mai last year at this season, made me a bit concerned now since last year the air pollution was horrible. It was ok then anyway since I didn't have a kid but now with a baby, I feel that it cannot be good to expose it to such. 

Don't really have the money to just move south during the burning season and I well, I read that some people use air purifiers and it works good. 

Thus my question, do you recommend this solution and what purifiers do you recommend? 

Best regards

On 12/30/2019 at 11:53 PM, Bangkokhatter said:

We were lucky that Mum produced enough, however I would check with the wife if she is just reluctant to breast feed, many are brain washed into believing formula is better.

Regarding formula you will just have to try different options, my friends daughter took about 4 different options before finding 1 she liked.

Also are you sure she is constipated, maybe like me you were expecting a whole lot more mess ?

No, she actually wants to breastfeed but either, for some reason she is not producing enough yet or she is simply one of those that don't have much production of milk at all, so that's why we are at least alternating with formula. 

Well, the thing is that of what I read, the baby should poop at least a couple of times per day, but as it is now, he poops if lucky, 1 time per day

Hello, we recently got our first baby and seems like the mother is not producing enough milk for the demand so we started to bottle-feed him using formula (is that the name?). Seems however as though he poops very little (max 1 time per day if lucky) so I am wondering if any of you have recommendations on some formula brand that doesn't constipate as much for newborns?

Thanks in advance

20 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Learn the language and talk a lot about the problems

She speaks English, so it is not really a language problem even though sometimes, misunderstandings happen due to that

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if anyone here know about some recommended family/couple therapist in Chiang Mai. The reason is basically that me and my Thai girlfriend (and now mother of our child) sometimes get into fights/arguments that seem to be due to our differences in culture/religion, or simply opinions. In case we would need it some day, I would like to know about some place where we can go to "solve" these problems so that they don't become a major problem in the future, since my purpose is to keep the family whole!

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

33 minutes ago, Mickeem said:

I got a test kit from an U.S. company on Ebay and took swabs from the babies mouth

sent the swabs back and within 10 days got the full printout emailed to me confirming my suspicions

 

I think after research found the only place in Thailand was the Police forensics lab in Bangkok that provide a pricey but legally proved service

 

 

How much did it cost?

It is for citizenship purposes. Partly so that I can register my baby as Swedish citizen. So BKK is the only place? I was hoping that there was something in Chiang Mai...

Anyone have experience/knowledge about this? Where can I do and what are the prices? 

Thanks in advance

52 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Not required for Thai children, everything is free including the birth.

Not sure why you are going to a private hospital for the birth either, seems like wasting money to me.

My kids have always gone to the government hospitals, bit of waiting around sometimes, but that's the only downside.

 

The mothers all seem to enjoy the social event of the waiting room.

I'm not going to a private hospital, as far as I know. We are going to Mother and Child Hospital because yes, private hospitals seem quite expensive.

However it seems like it's not completely free, but rather cheap and seems ok

Hi

My girlfriend is late pregnant and we have been going to the Chiang Mai Mother and Child Hospital and it seems ok, but would like to check with you people if you have any experiences to share about it?

Best regards 

I don't have any insurance and neither does my Thai girlfriend. Not sure if we need one if the baby is Thai and what kind of insurances there are for babies. 

Hi everyone

Do you recommend some good place to repair cars / change/install new parts for cars?

Would appreciate if it is not a where they charge overprice but still good quality! 

Best regards

18 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Will the child be a Thai citizen? If so already covered by the universal scheme for all health needs.

 

But worth considering where you live as must use the government hospital that covers that district. (or higher level hospital they refer to). Best is to live in a provincial town where the government hospital is a regional level facility; second best is any other provincial town.

Yeah, the baby will be Thai citizen since the mother is Thai. 

Was thinking if it is enough to rely on the health system here or if it is good to have an insurance anyway

Hi you, all knowing creatures!:)

I'm soon gonna become father and want my baby to have some insurance (not sure if there are many types and coverages). Gonna read about how it works but what experiences do you have and what do you recommend? 

Thanks in advance

On 10/16/2019 at 6:00 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Vast numbers of people make stuff that people don't really need. Reducing demand would consign millions to abject poverty as their work disappeared.

Western females buying clothes to replace almost unworn clothes keeps millions in work around the world- growing the cotton, or making the synthetics to make the clothes, transporting the materials to the work shops, designing and cutting, sewing, packing ( + making the packaging and printing the labels ), transporting the finished clothing to the docks, loading the containers, crossing the ocean, unloading, transporting to the warehouse, selling to a shop, transporting to a shop, employing shop staff, employing cleaners, accountants, IRS staff. How many millions of people are employed because western women don't want to keep wearing the same clothes? Fashion! It's just a way of making the economy go around. Next time you are in town, look at how many shops there are selling clothes to women to replace clothing barely used. All completely un needed, but essential to employ people.

Reduce consumption, cast people into poverty. Reducing the population is the best way to limit excess exploitation and pollution.

Well, it has to do with the system we have created, maybe time for revolution and the adaption of an alternative non-capitalistic system. Even if population reduction is a "good" solution, the question still remains: how is population reduction gonna happen?

10 hours ago, BritTim said:

Do you mean a border bounce with a visa, or do you mean returning by air to get a visa exempt entry? If you have a visa, there is no limit on land entries. If you are planning to return by air for a visa exempt entry, reconsider. You might be denied entry, and should attempt to get a tourist visa from a Thai consulate (perhaps in Hanoi) instead. Direct flights from Chiang Mai to Hanoi are not very expensive.

I was thinking of a visa exempt entry. I just need one because after the end of this year, I can do again border bounce by bus through Mae Sai two more times. But well, the idea is to get a one year Visa but cannot apply for that yet so have to wait, but until then, I need to make sure I can stay in Thailand as much as possible. 

So the cheapest place by plane is to Hanoi? ????

I managed to already do my second land-border run which means that next time I'll have to get outside the country and enter by airplane....any suggestions on the cheapest and easiest way to do my next border run from Chiang Mai?

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Every new person born will grow up to need a fridge, transport, food, health care etc etc etc. Multiply by the billions that will  be born in excess of present population to have an idea of the resources needed to support them all.

The ONLY answer is to reduce the population if we want to preserve our way of life.

It's not the only answer, as you state. Maybe it's the one with biggest effect but if the current population consumed less, it would still make a change. And I'm not talking about having a fridge and such things, but if we didn't buy so many things that we don't really need and buy for our "short" happiness, and reduced the amount of meet consumption, if we reduced all that to at least a half, it would still make quite an impact. And there are more things to do. Human population is something we cannot do much about unless we do like China did before but that is still not something many humans are willing to do as individuals. Or we can hope for big ass wars that will half the population but still, I'm not sure it is a price many are willing to pay...

(What we actually need is an environmental global dictator :p)

On 10/11/2019 at 11:49 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

It's ironic, but the people that will probably survive are the "nutters" that live in self sufficient communities and have lots of guns to kill the city dwellers looking to steal their food after it all goes bad.

That's why maybe it is important to start checking on options to become at least more self sufficient.