https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:51:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902610 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:24:54 +0000 Arden 902610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I consider myself pretty crunchy (although I'm beginning to question that term), but I certainly don't do "crunchy things" just to "be crunchy". That's absurd!</p> <p>I chose a natural birth/co-sleeping/alternative vaccine schedule/extended breast feeding/cloth diapering/baby wearing/etc because I believed these things were best for my child, not because I wanted to fit into the "crunchy group".</p> <p>Also - sorry but I don't consider breastfeeding "crunchy". It's biological, and very normal. Not "alternative" at all.<br /> I agree with @zippylef - breastfeeding does not make a person crunchy, and not being able to breastfeed certainly doesn't make a person not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902515 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:13:45 +0000 aprk 902515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: ditto!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902511 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:08:18 +0000 plantains 902511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think there is anything crunchy about BF or cooking from scratch. It s very much the norm in so much of the world. I don't consider myself remotely crunchy, but I hate processed food and I BF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902493 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:46:34 +0000 JerricaBenton 902493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm partly crunchy I guess. We cloth diaper during the day. We babywear often but I have no problem with the stroller if it's more convenient. I plan on breastfeeding for as long as LO wants. I make my own detergent and some cleaning supplies and I cook most of our meals. We like to eat mostly organic. Im extremely particular about cosmetics and toiletries, and prefer to use natural things. But I'm all for vaccinations and hospital birthing. And I'm definitely not a minimalist, lol. We all have a lot of stuff and LO's nursery is pretty decked out. I guess my crunchiness is more about health? I don't know. I feel like I'm pretty crunchy compared to people I know in real life but barely at all by internet standards. I hate the term but I don't know what else to call it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902482 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:34:48 +0000 googly-eyes 902482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted crunchy curious but I meant that literally...I'm curious but I don't do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902199 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:42:47 +0000 mrsmate 902199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I'm sprinkled too. 51! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902144 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:57:19 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 902144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: bahahahahahahahahahah ! Martin!</p> <p>I'm not crunchy. Started off wanting to try things but now I totally don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902131 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:48:05 +0000 loveisstrange 902131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate when people claim BF is crunchy. Its not. Its a biological process. Extended BF is crunchy, IMo, not just BF in general. Youre not automatically a crunchy, hippie mom because you BF and not automatically notone because you dont or cant.</p> <p>Im maybe like 10%? Lol. Hardly crunchy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1/page/2#post-902112 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:35:26 +0000 FarmWifeGina 902112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and I have a medical condition that has made EBFing impossible so far, so that brings my crunchy score down by a LOT, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-902111 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:30:13 +0000 rrachael 902111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: same here! I love baby wearing, co-bed out necessity and am trying really hard to get into blw ... So think I'm more crunchy than just curious, but could go a lot further. Oh, and lo is ebf ... But I wish that were mainstream, not necessarily "crunchy"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901949 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:14:43 +0000 swurlygurl 901949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess crunchy curious... cloth diaper, garden, make my own detergents/cleaning products. Had to use formula though, had an epidural... I guess I'm crunchy where it's convenient for me, but not willing to make *too* many sacrifices </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901947 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:12:58 +0000 Penny Lane 901947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: it's funny, i think to non kiwis i'd be pretty crunchy (cooking from scratch, BFing, wanting to grow own food etc) but it's just normal here, right?!</p> <p>@dagret: hahaha, this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901942 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:11:33 +0000 lovehoneybee 901942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm a mix...EBF, BLW, co-sleeping, some baby-wearing, saw a midwife during my pregnancy, cloth diaper...but I also did CIO, had a hospital birth with two epidurals, vaccinate on schedule, love my stroller..</p> <p>I don't aim for anything either way. A lot of what I do I do because it's cost-effective, or was otherwise needed for my family (for instance I had no interest in co-sleeping before I had E, but it was the only way either of us got any good sleep). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901939 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:10:15 +0000 lawbee11 901939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at all. If I happen to do something that is crunchy I don't do it for "crunchy" reasons. For example, we're not planning to CD, but the thought crossed my mind only because they're cute, not for environmental reasons. I also plan to breastfeed but that's mostly because it's free and I am hoping it'll help me lose weight! Now give me my epidural! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901934 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:07:00 +0000 aprk 901934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@allison: I like your "naturally minded" wording. Some of my friends/family think I'm cuckoo for doing what I feel is so natural. Really pisses me off. But yeah, didn't mean to be a downer! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901929 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:04:42 +0000 allison 901929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: I totally agree. Especially because I feel like we're all just trying to do what we feel is best for ourselves and our families.</p> <p>Not trying to drag the thread down! I'll embrace crunchy if that's what it takes to connect to other like-minded 'bees! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901923 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:01:44 +0000 aprk 901923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@allison: I think it just sets up a large group of similarly minded people as "other." Pinning it opposite mainstream just doesn't help. Who gets to decide mainstream anyway? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901919 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:00:11 +0000 allison 901919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: I'm actually not a fan of the term "crunchy". It seems negative to me, for some reason.</p> <p>I prefer "naturally minded" :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901914 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:56:43 +0000 doodlepoodle 901914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty mainstream :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901908 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:55:51 +0000 aprk 901908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: I totally agree with you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901907 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:55:07 +0000 dagret 901907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: Daaaaayyyyummmm, Gina! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901904 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:54:12 +0000 allison 901904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My level of crunchiness is totally relative. My family thinks I'm crazy crunchy because I cloth diaper, baby wear, recycle, eat organic and mostly meatless, make my own cleaning products, had a natural birth, and plan to let baby self-wean from breastfeeding. I'm also interested in a home birth for #2. That would REALLY freak some people out.</p> <p>But I know a lot of people that would balk at me calling myself crunchy. @FarmWifeGina: 's sisters would laugh at me.</p> <p>I would LOVE to grow all of my own food! That's like the ultimate dream. But I'm currently working on changing my black thumb to green :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901897 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:50:27 +0000 Kemma 901897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: is it wrong that I'm sad that breastfeeding is considered "crunchy" rather than mainstream?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901881 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:43:51 +0000 aprk 901881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why is EBF crunchy, like it's a negative? And why am I so sensitive about the term crunchy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901877 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:41:38 +0000 runsyellowlites 901877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: I felt kinda weird picking "crunchiest" b/c I know I'm far from it, but do enough things that I would consider myself more than "curios" :/</p> <p>@VEGMAMA: lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901875 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:41:06 +0000 Boheme 901875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say I'm about 70% crunchy - EBF, baby-wearing, cloth diapers and wipes, selective/delayed vax, make my own cleaning products, co-bed, etc. I did have a hospital birth, but it was unmedicated until we discovered how badly positioned my LO was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901873 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:40:33 +0000 sunny 901873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Living in the PNW, crunchiness is part of the mainstream. So I would say I'm slightly crunchy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901871 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:39:50 +0000 cmomma17 901871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Curious crunchy is a funny term. :) I feel "crunchy light, "but to some people in my area (in VA) I'm probably super crunchy. I EBF, I had a pain-med free birth with a doula (but in a hospital with an OB). I wanted to babywear but LO didn't like it very much. :( Does being vegetarian make my crunchier? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901863 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:37:32 +0000 Cherrybee 901863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm seriously mainstream!! I recycle, grow a tiny bit of food in my garden.... but that is absolutely where it ends! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-crunchy-are-you-1#post-901845 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:32:57 +0000 photojane 901845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: haha... same! :happy: </p>