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I want this!!!

High Road Kids Car Organizer XL(approx. $34)

This looks like a nice option for older kids if they don’t mind turning to the left or right side to play with their toys or to draw and color. However, it can hold a LOT of stuff so it is better than the other options that we are showing today. This High Road Kids Car Organizer can end back seat boredom by keeping toys, music, movies, and games handy. It can also eliminate back seat chaos by organizing your child’s snacks, toys,and gear in an easy to find place. Another benefit is that this car tray / organizer makes moving kids toys, food, and arts and crafts supplies easier to move to and from the car a LOT easier. This Child’s car table and organizer is also a Parenting Mom-Tested choice so you know that it has to be good. This is also tall enough for kids in booster seats to reach comfortably. Also, you all your child has to do to use the table is to flip up the sides of the reinforced lid for a fun play space where toys, crayons and even grapes won’t roll off. This children’s organizer table also secures to seat belts and releases quickly when you need to get up and leave the car. Personally, I love the side pockets because they are large enough to hold large cups and a LOT of little items such as crayons, colored pencils, markers, little matchbox cars, and other small items.

November 5th, 2008

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My Angel...

My Little Firefly

Introducing, My Asian Princess Giorgia

Common Abbreviations Used

DTC - Dossier to China
LID - Log In Date
PA - Pre-Approval
TA - Travel Approval
LOA – Letter of Acceptance
CA - Consulate Appointment
LOI - Letter of Intent
DC - Dossier Consultant
HS - Homestudy
SW - Social Worker
CCAA - China Center of Adoption Affairs
USCIS - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
WC - Waiting Child
SN - Special Need
NSN - Non Special Needs

Other abbreviations you may hear -
HFS - Harrah's Family Services agency
FCC - Families with Children from China
APC - a parents china yahoo group
LWB - Love Without Boundaries chinese adoption charity
HTS - Half the Sky chinese adoption charity
CCAI - Chinese Children Adoption International agency
GWC - Great Wall China agency
CHI - Children's Hope (or House) International agency
AHH – A Helping Hand agency
CWA - Christian World Adoption agency
FTIA - Families Through International Adoption agency
IAAP - International Assistance and Adoption Project agency
CAWLI - Chinese Adoption With Love agency

TRAFFIC LIGHT EATING

I also found this on my Dr. Sears Newsletter...

"One of the best ways to help your child eat healthy is to teach them Traffic Light Eating. Just like when we are driving a car, a traffic light tells us what to do:

Green means “go”
Yellow tells us “slow down”
Red means “stop” and think

Green light foods are “grow” foods. You want to help your child learn to eat as much as they want of these foods that include all fruits and vegetables. Green light foods are: grown and not manufactured, low in calories, high in nutrients, colorful, and usually can be eaten raw.

Yellow light foods are “slow down” foods. These foods are OK to eat everyday, but not too much. Yellow light foods include: Pasta, rice, bread, tortillas, noodles, eggs, lean meat, chicken, lowfat yogurt, nuts and seeds, olive oil, soy foods, whole grains, fish, low fat cheese and vegetable oil.

Red light foods are “stop” and think about - make a different choice or eat a smaller portion. Red light foods are low in nutrients, high in calories, fat or sugar or contain artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils or tans-fats. They include: butter, cookies, candy, frozen yogurt, fatty meats, pastries, chips, and white bread."

HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

I found this info in Dr. Sears Newsletter...

"News about this inexpensive highly concentrated sweetener seems to be everywhere. This product which is synthesized from cornstarch is widely used in the food industry, most notably as the primary sweetener in soft drinks and baked goods. Cheaper to produce than traditional sugar, use of it increased 1,000% from its introduction in 1970 to 1990.

How it is different from traditional sugar (sucrose)?

High-fructose corn syrup is processed differently by our bodies than with sucrose. Our bodies instead tend to send fructose directly to the liver, instead of through the intermediary breakdown steps that sucrose goes through. The liver’s response to the fructose is to generate new fat cells, which it then dumps into the bloodstream as triglycerides (fatty acids).

How Does it Affect My Child?

Studies have shown that fructose does not illicit a response from insulin and other hormones that signal that a child is full, which helps regulate food intake and body weight. Also, those triglycerides that we spoke about above are increased and develop a resistance to insulin. High-fructose corn syrup changes how a child’s body handles fats, so we end up storing fats and burning sugar.

The risk with high-fructose corn syrup is that it can contribute towards weight gain and type II diabetes in children. However, a child may not necessarily be overweight or obese to acquire type II diabetes."