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Not really. I'm not a super crunchy person but we do use cloth diapers, I do a combination of making my own food and BLW and we did at least partial cosleeping until we sleep trained at 5.5 months.

However, DS is FF (even though I worked sooooo hard to make BF work) and we used extinction CIO to sleep train.

Urfh I daemi crunchy i guess. We did bed share for months til he grew out of it (sad!), cloth diaper, mix of blw and purees. However bf didn't work out so my son is ff. but for #2 I am hoping it will and then my Plan is to offer bm to my older child thrpfuh a sippy cup or even the breast. I have no qualms bfing ta toddler and don't have a specific age limit to when I would stop.. We also don't sleep train but this is just right for *my* baby. So I don't judge others who do

Yes! I actually made a post awhile back that has a "quiz" to rate your crunchiness! lol

http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-crunchy-are-you#post-605221

Not a bio mom yet but I think I will be 50-50. I will use a crib, skip baby food and go right to real stuff, cd, wear occasionally, use stroller a majority of the time, will do CIO, etc.

No I am not. I was the crunchiest at labor ... had a med free birth, but not much else after that!

Still pregnant, but moderately crunchy. Using a birth center, and hope to be intervention free. Plan to breastfeed for at least one year, and will make my own baby food, unless we skip purees all together. We will use a co-sleeper for the first 6 months, and will baby wear.

We eat mostly organic/free range already, and try to use all-natural cleaning products whenever possible. Have sought out only wooden or organic fabric toys, and will not introduce children's television/iPad/smart phone for as long as possible.

I would say that I'm fairly crunchy. Where I come from (Mississippi), I would probably be labeled extremely crunchy. I had an unmedicated l&d, we cloth diaper, only buy organic dairy, eggs, and produce. We don't co-bed except for a few hours in the morning, but we do room share. We don't own a stroller and prefer to baby-wear on the go. I typically only buy organic cotton clothing for LO, but we have several things that aren't and I don't have a problem putting him in those pieces, either. Only use organic toiletries for both LO and me. Only clean with vinegar and baking soda. As I type this, I sound much more crunchy than I previously thought!

I am. But I'm a pretty crunchy person. However, I live in rural BC, so I fit in just fine.

@Navy_Mommy: Nice!

I guess I should add "why" I consider myself crunchy.
I....
-see a MW, not obgyn
-we use natural remedies & rarely see the MD for sickness
-plan homebirths
-have unmedicated births
-we don't vaccinate
-we homeschool
-cloth diaper (now fitteds which for some reason I find more crunchy than pockets or aio... idk why)
-breastfeed & delay solids
-hope to tandem breastfeed (I would totally nurse someone else's baby if needed)
-believe in self`weaing
-do blw
-babywear (although I am needing a new carrier so we've been using the stroller more recently)
-co-sleep & co-bed (we have a sidecar setup still at almost 14 months
-don't sleep train
-am considering momma cloth & the diva cup
-don't do hormonal bc
-try to eat organic/free range (although that's been harder since P can eat regular food again...... the horrible things I missed dearly)
-will be growing a garden come this next planting season
-use natural cleaning products (no scentsy, febreeze, bleach here)

I think the only way I could be "more" crunchy is to become liberal... which I'm not. lol
ETA: We are very tech & media friendly too since that's where DH serves so I don't think we'd ever cut our iphones, laptops, or much screen time (although we don't have cable, just netflix & hulu)

I do "crunchy" things (co-sleep/co-bed, BLW, babywear, eat locally sourced food, have a (small) garden); but I don't consider myself crunchy. I just do those things because they work for us, and we eat local/organic food (especially meat and eggs) because simply they taste better.

I would never, ever homeschool (and don't even get me started on "unschooling"), I would never consider a homebirth, I will always vaccinate and I had an elective c-section; so I know I would never really be considered "crunchy" which I'm totally fine with.

Oh, and you can pry my TV/iphone/ipad/laptop from my cold, dead hands!! LOL!

Not really, but the crunchy quiz said that I am haha. I personally think I'm probably 40% crunchy, 60% not.

I have an OBGYN, had two medicated births, I don't cloth diaper, I fed purée's for a few months, vaccinate, did CIO.

I also baby wear a lot, once both kids wake up in the middle of the night, my bed is their bed and it's a nightly routine. I breastfeed and they did/will self wean. Hmm what else...we eat organic, use a lot of natural cleaners (white vinegar and baking soda).

@Espion: Yup, I work a lot. At the time I was full time clinical and had a grant... so pretty busy. Plus we do overnights 1-2 times per month most months. I was lucky that I had great supply though. So each time I pumped I got 9-12 oz, which made it much easier

Yeah, I'd consider myself crunchy. Not totally, and definitely not as crunchy as some, but where I live I'd be considered extremely crunchy, lol.

Extended breastfeeding, natural birth, baby wearing, cloth diapers, mama cloth and menstural cup, cosleeping, no sleep training/CIO, gental discipline, try to eat organic, etc.

I don't think I am. I am however a little more baby led than I thought I'd be. I don't baby wear because my son hates it. As for sleeping I let him set his own schedule I let him nap when he wants and go to sleep when he wants. We use 7 th generation diapers. We will be making his baby food. and I did just buy him his first set of blocks that are made in USA and made from recycled plastic. Oh and I drive a Subaru lol.

What makes baby wearing crunchy? I didn't think I was crunchy at all until I saw some of the traits you all have listed.

I'm still pregnant, but I don't think I will be very crunchy at all.

I will breastfeed, but do not plan on doing it past a year, and my goal is only 6 months. I will only babywear when it is convenient. LO will sleep in the Rock N Play in our room for the first few months just to reduce the risk of SIDS. I will not be attachment parenting. I will vaccinate. I will send my child to public school. I cannot afford to eat purely organic. I will use disposable diapers. I will have a medicated, hospital birth with an OBGYN. I am also kind of grossed out by the mama cloth!

So, yeah, not very crunchy!

@yoursilverlining: I'm with you. We do things that are considered "crunchy" by some, but mostly because they work for our family - not because we are crunchy overall.

We cloth diaper, I plan on breastfeeding until at least a year and probably beyond, we baby wear, do BLW, I had a nearly medication free birth, I see a midwife, and we co-sleep for most of the night.

BUT, we also use a disposable overnight, occasionally use a stroller, put our son in his crib for the first part of the night, have him eat store-bought purees at daycare, and use technology (TV, iPad, etc) around our son.

We're middle ground.

Oh yeah. I'm a doula, had a med-free birth (planned birth center birth with midwives), breast feed (and will until at least age 2, maybe more), vegetarian/organic, baby wear, co-bed, alternative vaccine schedule, cloth diaper, homeschooling, no screen time for kids, attachment parenting, no CIO, plan on BLW, etc.

We're also middle ground. I wish I had more time to do all of the things I want to do, but it's just not possible with my work schedule at the moment. It's not limited to just care of my son, but the way we live our lives.

@runsyellowlites: I can't believe I missed that thread before! :). I got pretty crispy

@Navy_Mommy: I'm more crunchy than I thought I would be before baby! We EBF and she refuses a bottle if I'm even anywhere near her. I do baby-wear at least once a day, if just so I can get some stuff done with my hands free. I'm all for all-natural cleaning and laundry products. Everything on her bed (mattress, pad, topper, some sheets) are organic. I plan to make my own baby food. I've let her co-sleep with us as needed. Thought about CD and have a small stash, but find disposables just more economical and convenient for us. I would never do cloth diaper wipes. We vaccinate but will separate them and possibly delay some. So I think I'm middle of the road crunchy?