how crunchy are you?

[Lily84]

Post your crunchy score!
CRUNCHINESS QUIZ: If you were a cereal, what would you be?

Where does your baby sleep (usually)?
a) in his or her crib in his or her room 0
b) in a bassinet or playyard in our room 2
c) in our bed 3

Do you practice CIO?
a) yes 0
b) yes, but only after 6 months old 1
c) no 3

What did baby eat as a newborn?
a) formula 0
b) formula and milk 2
c) mama's milk only 3

What did baby eat at 4 months old?
a) formula and solids 0
b) Mama's milk AND solids 2
c) mama's milk or formula only 3
d) Just mama's milk 4

Is baby still nursing (or taking in breastmilk)?
a) No, just formula 0
b) Yes, but I supplement 1
c) Yes, all the way 3

Do you make your own baby food?
a) Nope 0
b) Yes, but we also use store bought 1
c) yes, we only feed baby homemade food 3

What about diapering?
a) we just use disposables 0
b) we use both disposables and cloth 1
c) Gdiapers 2
c) just cloth 3
d) We use EC (Elimination Communication) 5

Discipline, how do you plan to do it?
a) spanking 0
b) Spanking + another method 0
c) time outs 1
d) We don't believe in discipline 3
e) another method

Vaccinations?
a) yes, on time, exactly as doctor reccomended 0
b) Yes, on time, but we picked and chose which ones we wanted 1
c) Yes, but we were selective and we delayed 3
d) No vaxing at all 5

Do you believe in circumcision?
a) Yes, would definately circ 0
b) No, but would circ anyway if DH wanted 1
c) No circing 2
d) I am an Intactivist 4

Do you boycott Nestle? (for imformation on the boycott do a search on Nestle Boycott in Google)
a) No, I don't care about the boycott 0
b) No, I don't know anything about the boycott 1
c) I try to avoid it but buy Nestle sometimes 2
d) I don't buy any Nestle 3
e) I am an anti-nestle activist 5

What about school??
A) regular school for my kids 0
b) Montessori for my babes 1
c) Waldorf school 3
d) Homeschooling 3

Babywearing?
a) no, not ever 0
b) yes, but not anymore 1
c) yes, still 2

If you had a choice, how would you give birth?
a) in hospital, planned csec 0
b) in hospital, epidural 1
c) in hospital, narcotics 1
d) in hospital, no drugs 3
e) at home, midwife assisted 4
f) at home, unassisted 6

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SCORING

0-10 You are.....
BABY RICE CEREAL

No crunchiness here! Out of my way dirty hippies!

11-25 You are....
OATMEAL

Soft with just a bit of texture, you usually stay with the croud but sometimes may be convinced to stray.

25-35 You are....
MILK SOAKED CHERRIOS

Hey, you have loads of texture and a little crunch, but you're pretty normal! People probably don't notice your crunch unless you show it off.

36-52 You are...
GRANOLA

Crunchy and crispy, the ultimate hippy treat. Pour on the soymilk, rub on some patchouli, and you're ready for Woodstock Revisited! You kids may be a little embarassed when they get older, but hey, you've never been one to run with the croud.

[Lily84]

i got 35-
25-35 You are....
MILK SOAKED CHERRIOS

Hey, you have loads of texture and a little crunch, but you're pretty normal! People probably don't notice your crunch unless you show it off.

[moogie]

lol. i got 47.

I modified my score down in a couple of answers to make it more accurate.  like i do cloth and ec.

[Lily84]

i saw what you said on bbc regarding an option for positive parenting, that would have affected my score, also the nestle boycott thing, i didnt know about that but now that i looked it up i will not buy that anymore. so i guess if you do those things my score would be like 42

[heathernkids]

I'm oatmeal, did any of you find some of the category answers bizarre? Gdiapers got their own point system? LMAO

[moogie]

wheres the question about cloth pads or  wee rags? i suppose that would be way too much for some.

[heathernkids]

LOL go ask! I am sorry I'm so obnoxious!

[moogie]

i love to stir and our resident pot stirrer hasn't been on here for a while.  he's a little too busy.

[Lily84]

thats funny you mention wee rags and cloth pads right now because i was just in the bathroom literally 5 minutes and i just told myself i was going to stop using toilet paper and use cloths and i just switched to cloth pads. haha i make fun of myself for being cruchy b/c i dont know where it came from- and now i am rubbing off on dh he looked up info on how to live completely self sustainably and he wants to do it. he used to laugh at me for all this stuff, but now  he is looking for houses in the middle of nowhere for us to go to and farm and stuff. at leats its a good habit that we've picked up

[moogie]

i still think all the members of this forum should create a sustainable commune somewhere.

You still up for it Shannon, though you are moving to a great place. 

[Lily84]

we would come definately

[Marnie]

Hey Lily - how are you going with the wee rags?  We are going OS soon and I am thinking I should sew up some travelling ones!

I'm def granola on this one - and that doesn't count the cloth pads/cup, wee rags and I'm sure there are other things - like don't you think it is worth extra points to be still nursing a 4yo and carrying her in a sling sometimes??  ;-)  And what about co-sleeping with two children, or tandem nursing??