10 Most Popular Posts of 2013
I can’t believe that today is the last day of 2013. The year has gone by so fast. It has been a really big year for Rock-A-Bye Parents. Thanks to all of you the blog has grown by leaps and bounds and it was chosen as the number one review blog by voiceBoks! For the final post of the year I thought it would be fun to look back and see what the 10 most viewed posts of 2013 were.
Number 10: What to do with Ripe Bananas – Do you ever end up with a lot of ripe bananas that no one in the house will eat? Well, I have compiled a huge list of recipe ideas of what you can do with them. Now you don’t have to waste your money by throwing them out.
Number 9: Cars Birthday Ideas Pinterest Roundup – For Nick’s second birthday this year we did a Cars theme. To get decorating ideas I did a lot of searching on Pinterest and I put all of the inspirational pictures into a blog post to share with all of you.
Number 8: 10 Sites to Make Money Online – Over the years I made extra money for gifts and vacations by taking surveys and doing other activities online. In this post I compiled a list of the 10 sites that I liked using the best.
Number 7: How to Create the Scent of Christmas with Cinnamon Ornaments – Not long ago I posted about how to make cinnamon ornaments. These are such a fun and easy, decorations to make. You can’t beat the smell that they’ll add to your house either!
Number 6: Egg Free Doughnut Recipe – I’m a big doughnut fan, so I was saddened by the fact that Nick couldn’t eat them because of his egg allergy, but where there’s a will there’s a way. Here is our family’s recipe for egg free doughnuts. They’re easy to make and they taste great!
Number 5: Walt Disney World Dining Plan: Is it Worth the Cost? – In September we took Nick to Walt Disney World. On our trip we took advantage of their free dining plan deal. Many people really like the plan, while many others find that they could save money by not getting it. In this post I break it all down to help you decide if the plan is right for your family.
Number 4: Halloween Craft that Promotes Learning – Before Halloween I posted a fun and easy Halloween craft for kids to make. In the post I also added lots of different ways that this craft can be used to promote learning. It’s easy to get kids to learn if they are having fun while doing it.
Number 3: How to Make a Money Pizza – One of my favorite gifts to give a high school graduate is a money pizza. They always appreciate money, but this is far more fun than getting yet another check. In this post I’ll walk you through the steps for how to make one.
Number 2: How to Get Rid of Cradle Cap – This one is actually a post from 2012, but it still gets a lot of visits because it’s a problem that so many little ones have. Nick had a bad case of cradle cap, and months after we had cleared it up it came back! In this post I tell about the wonderful product that helped get rid of his cradle cap once and for all.
Number 1: Ways to Use a Boppy – The most popular post of the year is another oldy but goody. In fact this post is almost two years old! Even though I didn’t nurse I still loved my Boppy and we got a ton of use out of it. In this post I highlight all of the different ways that you can use a Boppy.
Thank you for helping make 2013 such a successful year! I look forward to sharing more stories and tips with you in 2014.
Now how on Earth did I miss that your boy has an egg allergy too? And how on Earth did I miss the egg-free donuts? I am so so so so so making those! I had looked at a lot of doughnut recipes (not sure which way to spell it, LOL) and all seemed to have egg in them. I also have two containers of ripe bananas in my freezer so will have to check that one out too. Congrats on a good year! I can’t figure out a way to “be notified of new replies to comments”. Did I miss it? Happy New Year!
I don’t know how you missed it! LOL Of course I didn’t realize it was a problem at your house either.
I hope you guys like the doughnut/donuts! I’m not sure which way to spell it either. Maybe one it’s like grey. Multiple OK ways to spell it. 🙂 How ever you spell it they’re really good!
Well, it did notify me of the reply so maybe it is automatic 🙂 Egg allergy is tough because it is in SO much. How did you guys figure it out? It took us until age 4 because his allergic response is to be very nauseous or throw up. But one day he peeled eggs for me and broke out all over his face and that’s when we went to the allergist and had a blood test. I always wondered why he just randomly threw up over the years.
I fed Nick a scrambled egg. He had a major reaction. Throat swelled up, blood pressure dropped (he was white as a ghost), and eventually his entire body broke out in hives. It was pretty scary. Since I knew what it was though it was easy to figure out. His allergy was so strong that it didn’t even take the entire test time for the allergy test to come up positive. He’s almost outgrown it though, and can eat things with egg in it. In fact we’ve now tried feeding him almost everything with egg. The only things left are French Toast and eggs themselves. It’s amazing how you learn to work around it though.
Wow, how scary that must have been! Maybe good that it was so clear though. Brady’s was only nausea or throwing up, I just never associated that with an allergy. But then he maxed out on the blood test for both yolks and whites. Sigh. He’s outgrown it??? Wow. I didn’t know that was possible. Our allergist said no, he wouldn’t. The last time Brady had something with egg, it was almost 2 years ago. A cream egg at Easter. He only had 1 bite before I realized it had egg and be threw up 30 minutes later. An odd side effect of all this is that he hardly has a sweet tooth. He naturally avoided cookies, cake, brownies, muffins, pies. I thought it was so weird that my kid didn’t like sweets, well, I guess it’s cuz they made him nauseous!
That’s odd that they didn’t mention that he could outgrow it since it’s the easiest allergy for kids to outgrow. In fact a most of them will outgrow it by the time they go to school. Although our allergist did tell us that less kids are starting to outgrow allergies and they’re not sure why. I wonder if it’s harder to outgrow since he’s allergic to the yolk? Nick isn’t allergic to that part of the egg. What’s funny is that now Nick can eat baked goods he is obsessed with them! It’s like he’s making up for lost time.