You Might be a Crunchy Mama if...

• You use cloth diapers
• You have a slight obsession with essential oils
• You know that raw garlic is a potent antibiotic
• You're totally cool with breastfeeding for longer than a year
• You're very proud of your 4 year old who is still rear facing
• You're all for home births
• You prefer midwives to OBs
• You make your own baby food
• (or practice Baby Led Weaning)
• Your baby wears an amber necklace for teething
• You wear an amber necklace/bracelet for various aches and pains
• Instead of tums you successfully use hazelwood necklaces for you &/or your baby
• You know what mama cloth is
• You call yourself a lactivist
• You're against RIC
  
• You know what unassisted childbirth is
• You encapsulated your placenta
• (or made a smoothie or just flat out ate it)
• You've watched The Business Of Being Born repeatedly
• You know who Ina May Gaskin is
• You love your doula
• You love everything organic
• You still buy wooden toys for your kiddos
• You have a nice stash of vitamins
• You love babywearing
• You made your own cloth baby wipes and wipe solution
• You know what Sophie the Giraffe is for
• You made or bought reusable nursing pads
• You put your essential oils in everything
• You know coconut oil is great for literally everything
• You have Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap in your bathroom right now
• You make your own toothpaste
• You regard artificial dyes as the plague
• You have your placenta in the freezer so you can plant it in the spring
• You grow your own veggies and fruits
• You homeschool
• You gave birth in your living room (on purpose)

My boss at CVS actually used to refer to me as his "hippy employee" because I told people about natural alternatives, and because I'm a birth doula, and because I frequently wore my son in a ring sling when I shopped there. Everyone I know sort of views me as the "hippy mom" but, I'm pretty okay with this.

And, a final note, this is not to bash anyone's parenting, and this is not intended to say that crunchy moms do ALL of this. It's a post made in fun and good humor. :)