Crunchy Moms ::: About

A blog for moms who refuse to be fit into a box, Crunchy Moms is geared toward those who practice natural, attachment style parenting but still live in the real world. I promote breastfeeding, co sleeping, and babywearing awareness, as well as taking ownership of the birth experience. I want moms to be informed, without having choices or decisions forced upon them. Crunchy Moms provides information and resources to parents who want to raise their children in a natural, earth friendly, gentle, and closely attached manner, but who are aren't sure where to start or who want a new perspective. Open minded, (hopefully) funny, always opinionated, and occasionally offensive, Crunchy Moms is for real moms in the real world.

I'm a breastfeeding, baby wearing, cloth diapering, non circumcising, vegetarian momma of two.

I love nature, hiking, reading, singing, dancing, and police procedurals.

My family and I at my recent birthday

outing at the Mall of America.

My hair is "interesting" here. :)

I was lucky as a new parent, as I was mostly unaware of baby training books and methods. With the exception of the relatively neutral "What to Expect the First Year", I didn't do a lot of research into parenting. I just went with my instincts. Later I would discover that what I was doing was called Attachment Parenting and that there were others like me, a community of parents practicing kind, gentle, attached, and loving parenting. The more I researched, the more I became a part of this amazing group of people, following their instincts and doing what feels natural in raising their children.

I created this blog to connect with others who practice similar, crunchy, parenting styles. I believe that being connected with like-minded people is necessary for emotional support and to truly love and believe in ones parenting choices.

My two beautiful children are Aria (four and a half) and Parker (eleven weeks). My fiance is Nate. Rounding out our family is a Jack-a-bee named Plankton and five cats named Dylan, Squishy, Tiny Cat, Penelope, and Lily (aka PurrPlopper).