Some of the parents asked for the recipe for our chicken salad, so here it is!

What a great day Friday was! We had a nice open house and featured Beve Pietrowski and family pictures, we had the Beautiful Baby Contest — Connor Day won! — Thank you Connor for all your generous donations to the NIC Units! Thanks to all our generous parents for a job unbelievably well done!

New book might be of some interest:

It’s a monster many parents regard as the nightmare which starts before we sleep and it’s called bed time. Nobody agrees on bed time — especially children.

The best thing parents of infants can do for their young families is to put an infant child to bed early, say 7:00 p.m. If a child’s bedtime is always early — right from the beginning, there is no adjustment later.

Getting a toddler to go to bed early after he’s been allowed to stay up late, is not only difficult, it’s impossible. Getting a three year old to suddenly and routinely go to bed at 8:00 when he has been drifting off to sleep in front of TV at 11:00 is a chore from the repertoire of Snow White’s wicked step mother.

Why put children to bed early? Because they need the sleep. Sleep deprivation is a major cause of illness, both emotional and physical. It’s a primary source of bad behavior. It helps to stunt growth because children are too tired to eat. It retards learning because children are too tired to play.

Children need at least ten hours of sleep a night. That means 7:00 to 5:00, 8:00 to 6:00, or 9:00 to 7:00. Some children need more. Few, if any, need less. Yes, children can get away with less, and learn to endure it, but sleep deprivation will show up later in a child’s poor constitution.

Question: “But if I put Sally Anne to bed at 8:00, when does Daddy get to play with her?” Answer: Daddy can play with Sally Anne when Sally Anne is up. Sally Anne’s basic health is more important here than playing with her.

Besides, mom and dad need time AWAY from children for the sake of their marriage and the sake of their own needs. It builds a much stronger and healthier home environment for Sally Anne when mom and dad can enjoy one another — without the chaperone of children.

Even parents who use day care should not feel the guilt pinch here. If the child care arranged is good child care where children are playing and learning, then the few hours you spend with your child in the evening during the work week should be a loving cap on a successful day.

A schedule of good bed time order is important. After day care, while mom or dad is arranging dinner, children might be helping out in the kitchen — being around the parent. This is a good time to keep the TV off. Get kids to set the table and help with other household chores if possible.

After dinner, while one parent prepares a little tea is a great time for the other parent to bathe the child and get him ready for bed. A few bubbles in the tub means I care.

Then, a cup of decaffeinated tea with lots of milk, a few special cookies, and a story read by both mom and dad will end the evening nicely. Keep the lights low, and the TV off and don’t do this in the child’s room.

After one really fun story, it’s time for bed. Up the stairwell, or down the hallway to Sally Anne’s room where the bed is turned down, and a favorite teddy is waiting. Kiss Sally Anne, and make good nights short.

Bed time is a routine — not a play scheme. Putting children to bed is not the highlight of an adult’s evening. It shouldn’t be the nightmare either.

UNKILLED HAMBURGER MEAT

Note To All Hunters: This is from a San Francisco newspaper

I Thought you might like to know about this dog and his history. I especially like the hugging at the end ……….. The K9 above is Brutus, a military K9 at McChord.. He’s huge – part Boxer And part British Bull Mastiff and tops the Scales at 200 lbs. His handler took the picture. Brutus is running toward me because he knows I Have some Milk Bone treats, so he’s slobbering away! I had to duck around a tree just before he got to me in case he couldn’t stop, but he did. Brutus was the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor last year from his tour in Iraq. His handler and Four other soldiers were taken hostage by Insurgents. Brutus and his handler communicate by sign language and he gave Brutus the signal That meant ‘go away but come back and find me’. The Iraqis paid no attention to Brutus. He came back later and quietly tore the throat out of One guard at one door and another guard at Another door. He then jumped against one of the Doors repeatedly (the guys were being held in an Old warehouse) until it opened. He went in and Untied his handler and they all escaped. He’s The first K9 to receive this honor. If he knows You’re ok, he’s a big old lug and wants to sit In your lap. Enjoys the company of cats.. K-9 Congressional Medal Of Honor Winner Thought You’d find this interesting. Talk About animal intelligence and bonding With humans! Remember that they can’t do a lot of things for Themselves and that they depend on you to make Their life a quality life! Instructions for properly hugging a baby (from a dog’s point of view): 1. First, uh, find a baby. 2. Second, be sure that the object you found Was indeed a baby, by employing classic sniffing Techniques. + 3. Next, you will need to flatten the baby before Actually beginning the hugging process. 4. The ‘paw slide’ = Simply slide paws around baby And prepare for possible close-up. 5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute The difficult and patented ‘hug, smile, and lean’ so As to achieve the best photo quality. It will be a shame if you Don’t pass this along!!

Great facts for us to be aware of!

This week!

We had a crazy week! Monday was a holiday, so the kids came in tired on Tuesday! We have had 13 children out with head, chest, stomach, and lower intestinal yuck. Terry and I were talking about why this is so, and we think it might have to do with three things:

Johns Hopkins Update –

This is an extremely good article. Everyone should read it.

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (‘TRY’, BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER,JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins:

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer

cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have

multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients

that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after

treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the

cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable

size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a

person’s lifetime.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer

cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and

forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has

nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic,

but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies,changing

diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day

and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing

cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells

in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can

cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7.. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars

and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often

reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of

chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor

destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from

chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either

compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb

to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to

mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy.

Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other

sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer

cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

*CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made

with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute

would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small

amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in

color Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the

gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting

off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer

cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based

diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat,

like chicken. Meat also contains livestock

antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all

harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole

grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into

an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked

food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live

enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to

cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance

growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building

healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most

vegetables including be an sprouts) and eat some raw

vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at

temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high

caffeine Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer

fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or

filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap

water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of

digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the

intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic

buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By

refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes

to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the

body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system

(IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,

EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy

cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known

to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body’s

normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or

unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.

A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior

be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put

the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to

have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy

life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated

environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to

get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen

therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer

cells.

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave..

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.