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Extra creamy! Lol.

I am pretty crunchy, but it actually kind of goes in fits and spurts for me!

I voted curious, because while I wish I was crunchier, convenience usually wins out for me.

I often say that my dream would be to live on a homestead and be self sufficient, which I think would involve a high level of crunchiness. But in reality, I'm pretty sure I'm too lazy to actually succeed.

I, like you, like to read about 'crunchy' things....but I'm so not crunchy! So crunchy curious

This is a hard one for me- most people look at me and think I'm super crunchy. But I think I'm middle if the road. I cloth diaper, I garden, I cook healthy food from scratch, I select/delay vaccinations, I birth at home with a midwife, I try to depend on more natural remedies for minor illnesses, etc. But to me, my sisters are crunchy and I just pretend, lol. They don't vaccinate at all, birth practically unassisted (I say practically because if they have a "midwife" there, it's just an older woman or someone who's slightly more experienced with childbirth), they live more off the land than I do, they're constantly cooking up herbal tinctures and witches' brews for all kinds of ailments, they stick to natural remedies for things that I would get medical care for (my little girl just cut her toe pretty bad and we took her in for one stitch, but they would have had the skills to patch her up on their own). Anyways, so, yeah.

@highwire: yes but my motivation to breastfeed is based in hard scientific facts about the benefits so I feel like even though some of my actions are crunchy they are not motivated by crunchiness. Hahaha... Does that make sense?

Little bit...but I'm very minimal, so I don't need the modern luxuries, either. I breastfed, but most other things I'm pretty mainstream. I'm not making my own soap or planning on cloth diapering. I just don't have the motivation and skills to be as crunchy as I would like to be.

@FarmWifeGina: wow, your sisters are hardcore crunchy! I am impressed!

@FarmWifeGina: your level of crunchy is what I strive for, so to me, that sounds perfect!

@rahlyrah: haha... same!

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?

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.

Why is EBF crunchy, like it's a negative? And why am I so sensitive about the term crunchy?

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.

But I know a lot of people that would balk at me calling myself crunchy. @FarmWifeGina: 's sisters would laugh at me.

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

@Kemma: I totally agree with you!!

@aprk: I'm actually not a fan of the term "crunchy". It seems negative to me, for some reason.

I prefer "naturally minded"

@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.

Not trying to drag the thread down! I'll embrace crunchy if that's what it takes to connect to other like-minded 'bees!

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!

@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?!

@dagret: hahaha, this!

@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"!