Crunchy Parenting and My Thoughts On It

Crunchy parenting a newish trend that started around 2012 time frame and has taken off. I’m not sure if I understand why parents, moms specifically, feel the need to label themselves as a certain type of parenting that is above all other ways of parenting. Don’t get me wrong I fall into some of those categories because that’s what I believe in but I don’t label myself as one thing over another. I’m just a half assed hippie learning from my mistakes and what works my family and yes, I guess you could say I’m a little “crunchy” but I wouldn’t go further than that. Here are some ways of parenting that would label you as “crunchy.”

• Co-Sleeping – I’m down for this, I let Little E co-sleep with me until he was 3-4 months old
• Baby Wearing – also something I’m a big fan of, its nice
• cloth diapering – did with my first and will with my second as well
• Elimination communication
• natural birth – I tried but didn’t make it, maybe number 2?
• home birth – I wish!
• water birth – I want to but don’t have the guts
• delayed cord clamping – no, this is weird to me
• breastfeeding – obvi
• extended breastfeeding – no thanks
• delayed vaccination – definitely did and will do again
• selective vaccination – didn’t with my first but will with my second
• vaccination exempt
• holistic medicine – just getting into this!
• alternative health
• Veg/Vegan
• Tree Hugging drug free Hippy Mama – why do you have to be drug free? do you remember hippy’s from the 70’s? lol
• Homeschooling/Unschooling – i would be a terrible homeschooler
• Natural Products – already do this
• Toxin Aware
• Plastic Free – working on this!
• No Cry It Out – I am for the cry it out method to an extent
• No Spanking – I don’t participate
• Peaceful parenting – always striving for this
• Minimalist
• Free Range Children
• Child Led learning
• TV Free – definitely not our family
• Limited Media
• Eco-Friendly Home – working on this still as well
• Buy WAHM – maybe again one day!
• Buy Small Business
• Buy Local
• Travel Green (On foot or Bike or bus) – can’t do it
• Organic Gardening – starting this summer 🙂
• Buy Organics First – always
• Poison Free Homes
• Midwife Care
• No Circumcision – would like to but doubt it will happen
• Handmade
• Activism
• Human Rights / Animal Right -for sure
• Active Parenting