After about 5 minutes of head debate (a debate that happens between the inner voices of me within my own head) I decided to call this blog "The Crunch". Why? Well, I have come to realize that I am not as conservative as I once thought, in fact, some people may label me as "Crunchy".
If you are anything like me you will not know what this term means and may google it ASAP. For those that don't wanna google, here is an explanation;
Care of Urban Dictionary:
A Crunchy Mom Is...
A member of an increasingly growing group of moms who are neo-hippies.
They generally believe (for varying reasons) that there is something bad or less beneficial about buying mainstream products or doing other common activities in the mainstream way.
You might be a crunchy mom if you:
...bake all your own bread ...make your own jam, jelly, pickles, applesauce, etc. ...gave birth at home -- by CHOICE! (With a midwife, doula, or unassisted!) ...prefer to teach your children yourself at home instead of letting the public or private schools do it for you. ...grow your own food as much as possible, and buy the rest at farmer's markets or health food stores. ...are vegan or vegetarian. ...choose not to use birth control. ...don't wear a bra or shoes. ...don't use shampoo or soap, but instead maybe sea salt or a variety of other things. ...had your placenta chopped up for an anti-depressant pill or smoothie. ...have no television in your home -- and actually read BOOKS for entertainment! ...grind your own grain to make your own bread with (did you know that wheat looses about 90% of it's nutrients within 7 days of being ground?) ...don't cut your hair or wear pants (not going around half-naked, but wearing skirts! Silly people! Get your mind out of the gutter!) ...can add 10 more things to this list that I didn't even think of!
If it were a spectrum, on the extreme far end you would find Amish.
Most of these don't apply to me...the reasons I feel I may be termed as crunchy would be;
- I am all about natural birth
- I am all about natural birth with midwives and doulas
- I read things like Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth and Birthing From Within
- I want to breastfeed.
- Even crunchier, I want to breastfeed IN PUBLIC!
- With NO COVER!
- If I have a boy, I do not want to circumcise him.
- I'm not going to find out the gender of my baby before birth.
- I think that ultrasounds might harm babies.
- I am only having one ultrasound at 20 weeks.
- I want to breastfeed for up to 2 years, maybe longer, who knows.
- I want to be a stay at home mom.
- I want to research attachment parenting.
- And the list goes on....
So there it is folks. Why I think I may be termed as a 'Crunchy Mom'. Lol...but it always just makes me think of cereal................
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