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I'm going to go with a solid 5. I eat some organic foods, cloth diaper 75% of the time, recycle, and try not to drive too much.

I put 4. I EBF and will be making DD's baby food so I can control what is in it, but not all will be organic. I babywear a lot and at 4.5 months she sleeps right beside our bed. We have no intention to sleep train any time soon (although we don't judge those who do. Our lifestyle and DD's temprament mean it isn't necessary). We follow a very child-led philosophy of parenting. Whilst LO is only four months old so we can't guarentee, we have no intention of spanking her. I buy 80% of her clothes used.

OTOH I use disposable diapers (I had planned on cloth but never got started). Her Paci is her best friend. I am passionately pro-vaccination (to the extent our doctor uses it as a talking point whenever we come in contact with any other staff member in the practice). I'm a grad student working on my thesis, so DD gets far more screen time than I'd like.

My mother and friends in ECE are very into RIE. DD is like the anti-RIE baby, who loves sitting and standing and isn't really into the floor.

Right smack dab in the middle.

Pretty near 8, I baby wear when it's convenient for me. I ebf for what felt like forever, over 12 months, and then supplemented with formula while we weaned, completely weaned at 15 months. I don't buy organic, but I do buy from local produce stands, I would not cloth diaper, I value my sleep, but that meant co-sleeping at times too, all three kids are UTD on their vacc's. I do try to take a natural approach, we use EO's and acupuncture, but also prescriptions or Motrin when needed.

I baby wear, cloth diaper most of the time, and I'm doing mostly BLW; I formula feed, got an epidural, use a stroller for long walks/running, and i vaccinate.

I feel pretty much dead center, maybe more towards silky?

@keepcalmcarrie: I'm all about keeping it simple lol! I learned early on that the attachment parenting stuff just didn't mesh with my personality and stressed me out a LOT

I think I'm right in the middle, but I lean *slightly* more towards crunchy.

My "crunchy" factors: I breastfed on demand for as long as she wanted and weaned around age 2. All about positive parenting and anti spanking. We co sleep and I regret sleep training. We eat as organically as possible. I'm very flexible with her schedule. Love baby wearing and we hardly ever used the stroller.

"Silky" factors: team epidural. 100% pro vaccination. I let her watch TV and use the iPad. I dont really like used clothing or gear.

I went with a 7. I don't go out of my way to eat organically because it's expensive, but doesn't mean I eat a lot of processed foods. I don't sacrifice convenience for things that are environmentally friendly, so I don't cloth diaper but recycle. I do take medication, but only when necessary and will try natural alternatives first if they work. I do also get lots of organic produce, herbs, and meats from my parents since they grow their own vegetables, herbs, keep chickens (both for eggs and meat), hunt, and can other foods such as jams, tomato sauce, pickles, etc. But that's a convenience and perk.

Maybe a 7? I breastfed for 13 months and baby wore when he was younger. We use disposable diapers. He slept in our room until he was a year old, but in his crib, not in our bed. I sleep-trained, but waited until he was 11 months. We did not make his baby food and we let him have diluted juice.

So different things for both "crunchy" and "silky," but definitely leaning more "silky" I guess.

More on the crunchy side. I like babywearing, but don't have something that is good yet, so the stroller is getting lots of use. We sleep trained and very early, but it worked for us and S. I EBF, but disposable diaper. I did get an epidural, and am 100% pro-vaccination.

I'd say a 5. I breastfed until he self-weaned at 14 months when I got pregnant but used formula for daycare if needed, I babywear (I don't think our stroller has been used in the last 6 months), I love cloth diapers, I made his food, we co-slept for 6 months but only because it was how we all got the most sleep . Im provaccines but didn't have an epidural.

@Peasinapod: I don't really see vaccination as crunchy or not crunchy either...

I just want to say I think it is so awesome to see how different everyone is, and to recognize that even though we are all over the spectrum we are all great moms who love our kiddos. I think so many of these things are about what is best for our individual families and not so much that one way is better than another.

Hmmm...not sure. Both my kids were/are EBF at least a year, I did not co-sleep with LO1 but have with LO2. I didn't baby wear with LO1, but have a ton with LO2. I'm pro-vax. Had 2 unmedicated births. Only disposables around here, screen time happens when I'm busy and need to get stuff done, I probably drive through chick-fil-a more than I should, and we don't really buy organic.

I voted a 7, as I do mostly organic, BLW, and don't do sleep training, but used formula, and disposables. But I feel I should revoke a point of my crunchiness since I didn't know strollers where not something approved.

I voted 6.

Crunchy
Cloth Diapers
Recycle
BF as long as I could
homemade baby food (non-organic)
no screen time

Silky
SLEEP TRAINING (caps because we're all about dat)
Formula when my supply tanked at 7 months
Vaccinations
Epidural
C-Section
Spanking (she's too young right now but we're in favor of it)

5 I guess.

Crunchy: cloth diaper, baby wear (always when out. I hate strollers. But only bc I think they are a pita), lo slept in our room for almost 6 mo, worked my ass of to bf, tried blw, no screen time (but she is only 9 mo, I may loosen up on this later), and I think I'm somewhat ap-ish

Silky: sleep training, vaccines, no herbs or essential oils or whatever, switched to ff when bf didn't work out, spoon fed when blw didn't work out, and I don't really think or read much about parenting philosophy. I just do what feels right and see where it falls.

I said a two, but depending on what aspect of parenting, I think it would range from 2-5.

We cloth diaper, eat a vegan diet, use *some* herbs for things like teething pain, co-slept until 1 year, use an amber necklace, had a homebirth, ate my placenta, and wear the baby around in a sling or carrier. We also garden, use natural cleaners, compost, recycle, and my husband rides his bike to work.

But, I don't always buy organic. We used formula, we vaccinate our child, we give Tylenol and Motrin, I drive a Jeep, I shop at places like Target, and use the shit out of Amazon Prime (so many boxes). I also drank a ton of Coke zero last night (because, bourbon). We also don't practice any of the *kinds* of parenting, like AP or whatever else there is. Just kind of go with what works.

I just do what feels right to us, and if you isolate certain parts of our life, we're totally crunchy. Otherwise, I'd say we fit in with the Portland crowd. Now, where are my essential oils??

I'd say 7/8. I'm crunchy in theory but having twins quickly shot that down for me. I need convenience. Breastfeeding unfortunately didn't work for me so they were formula fed, we use disposable diapers and don't make our own baby food. We vaccinate on schedule and give medicine when needed. I only babywear on the rare occasion and they have never slept in our bed or room for that matter. Hell no, I need my peace & quiet. We do eat organic when it isn't insanely expensive but don't eat fast food and try to stay away from overly processed food.