https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:01:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492947 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:04:18 +0000 JennyD 1492947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do a lot of the things listed commonly as crunchy, but didn't consider myself crunchy. Mainly because I love my car, work in oil and gas, run my dishwasher nightly and have only purchased one item of used clothing in the last 5 years. And I shave my armpits, semi-regularly, but that has more to do with time and organization, less any sort of theory or drumbeat. Haha. </p> <p>I have always associated crunchy with something less desirable. I was just wondering if that was just me. </p> <p>Ps love the MOHs scale of crunchiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492942 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:03:55 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1492942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh I am so NOT a hippy! I like lipstick and wearing all black or polka dots. But I definitely practice some parenting that could be deemed crunchy. I don't think all women who Cosleep or cloth diaper or breastfeed for lengthily periods of time are any more like hippies than a person who sleep trains or puts their child in their crib and formula feeds is a yuppie. I get where the reference comes from but it still irks me. I feel like most of us are a hybrid of lifestyles that work for us. I prefer the term attachment parenting verses traditional or modern parenting because they seem to imply less of an overall lifestyle and aesthetic. I know some people feel attachment seems to imply other types are unattached though so maybe we need to come up with some new terms that are less annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492936 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:02:34 +0000 chopsuey 1492936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>everything @Mrs. Pen: listed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492924 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:58:07 +0000 Mrs. Chipmunk 1492924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha i almost feel like a bjorn is not the carrier a crunchy mom would pick. oh wait, that's step one. nevermind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492870 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:35:00 +0000 ShootingStar 1492870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that I have a bay I find I so funny that baby wearing and co-sleeping are considered crunchy. I am one of the least crunchy people you'll ever meet, but I do both those things. Why? Because they're convenient! Lol. D wouldn't sleep at all at first if he was more than a few inches from me. He sleeps at least of every night next to me. Evacuee I get tired of getting up to get him from the PnP every two hours. And baby wearing calms him down a lot if them time and makes it easier for me to do things like grocery shopping and getting ready in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492863 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:32:36 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1492863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: hahaha that was hilarious! I love it. </p> <p>I think there are many things that could contribute to someone being crunchy- but I don't think of hippie or weird. Maybe because I come from a generally pretty crunchy family??</p> <p>I am pretty down the middle though. I know and identify with both sides but pick and choose what works for me. I think general green living is more crunchy-</p> <p>Gardening<br /> Composting<br /> Natural birthing<br /> Baby wearing<br /> Cosleeping<br /> Organic/local eating and lots of homemade foods<br /> Only using glass food containers, and cloth instead of paper towels<br /> Limited tv time or technology<br /> Alternative healthcare<br /> Cloth diapering </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492804 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:06:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 1492804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: I love that. I saw it the first time and it still cracks me up.</p> <p>But yeah, 'crunchy' to me is pretty earthy, hippie, natural... in terms of parenting, I would say it implies extended breastfeeding, cosleeping, BLW, cloth diapering, not taking drugs/ pain relievers but being into alternative medicine, and natural child birth. </p> <p>I think I am crunchy in some ways but not others. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492789 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:01:01 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1492789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: hahaha I loved that! </p> <p>For me, crunchy is living on a commune, don't shave your body hair type thing. &amp; while I actively admit that I genuinely envy that type of lifestyle, I like a lot of non-crunchy things too. I do classify myself as a "hippie" though &amp; have decided that being a hippie means that you stand for something &amp; March to the beat of your own drum without fitting into any specific stereotype. (I'm kind of all over the place when it comes to stereotypes!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492708 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:18:47 +0000 Greentea 1492708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it generally refers to down home hippie type stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492649 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:00:21 +0000 heartonastring 1492649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I posted this awhile ago. It's obviously meant at least partly in jest, but it has a pretty good summary of crunchy parenting practices :)</p> <p><a href="http://crappypictures.com/crappy-mohs-scale-crunchy-mamas/" rel="nofollow">http://crappypictures.com/crappy-mohs-scale-crunchy-mamas/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-crunchy#post-1492638 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:58:09 +0000 JennyD 1492638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What does crunchy mean? What's everyone's definition?</p> <p>I'm curious. </p>