Why I started this blog

I am hoping this blog will be an outlet for me and that maybe some like minded moms will stumble upon it. I will start by saying I am not “anti crunchy” per say. I am a former vegetarian, I have breastfed all of my children, coslept, had natural childbirth, and we are currently homeschooling. Yet, in spite of this, I have found myself slowly but surely becoming more mainstream.

It started when I gave up vegetarianism. I was a vegetarian for most of my adult life but I would find myself having dreams about meat and eating meat in my dreams. It was like my self conscious was saying it is okay for you to eat that. I think being a vegetarian was a way for me to feel elite. I took a lot of pride in the self discipine that went into being a vegetarian and I enjoyed calling myself a vegetarian. All of a sudden once you are a vegetarian you are part of a “clique”. When I originally became a vegetarian it was mostly motivated by my desire to be thin, fit, and healthy, but in time I started feeding into the vegetarian propoganda. I started feeling guilty about eating dead animals and I really convinced myself of this. I think I wanted to feel guilty because the more I did it, the more I felt like a real vegetarian. The truth, I never really felt like I fit in with vegetarians. I wanted to but I just never felt like a real vegetarian. When I was pregnant with my daughter was when I started “cheating” with my vegetarian diet. I hid this because I didn’t want anyone to know. Eventually I just came to term with things. I enjoy eating meat. This was the first step in me leaving “Las Crunchy”.

I have started to look really hard at the whole crunchy life style that I idealized. I had this picture of what I wanted for myself and my family. I wanted to be that perfect “crunchy” mom. I has this vision in my head and in my head a crunchy mom was a perfect mom.

And what I find funny now is watching new young women falling into what I call the “crunchy cult”. They stop using common sense and slowly stop thinking for themselves too. I am all for breastfeeding, natural childbirth, homeschooling, and some of the other crunchy ideas but I also believe women should use common sense and do what is best for their children.

This blog is going to be dedicated to the moms that have given their babies formula because they were smart enough to know when their babies needed it, to the moms that give birth in a hospital because the health of their babies is more important than having the “perfect dream home birth” experience, and the moms that put their kids in school even though it is hard for them to do because they know that it is what is best for their kids. Now please keep in mind that I AM a breastfeeding supporter but I believe that baby’s health should come first. I am also a natural childbirth supporter and although I don’t think it is my place to decide how someone else should give birth, I believe that the safest place for a baby to be born is in the hospital. I am also the biggest homeschooling supporter you will find but I would not let my desire to homeschool supersede what is best for my child and his education. If I was not giving my child the best education at home or if I was not able to dedicate the time to it that I knew in my heart that my kids deserved, I would get over myself and put my kids in school.