Ramblings of a Semi-Crunchy Mama

Ok, so I've decided to start my own blog yet once again. The first blog didn't make it so long - maybe one entry, but I'm turning over a new leaf and I'm going to do it. Not that I really have anything overly important to say, any wise proverbs to share, or poetice verses to pen, but I do have the ramblings of a semi-crunchy mama whirling about in my brain, and for better or worse, I've decided to share.

What is a semi-crunchy mama you might ask? I guess that should be the first thing I attempt to explain. A semi-crunchy mama goes something like this:

• Believes completely in uninhindered natural childbirth (though the thought of meconium aspiration syndrome at a homebirth stills scares the s*** out of me)
• Adores attachment parenting in all forms (minus the co-sleeping of wiggling, writhing toddler bodies)
• Supports extended breastfeeding (although my ever deflating breasts make me wanna run to the first plastic surgeon I see for some saline)
• Identifies the value of good nutrition and attempts to purchase all organic foods (while secretly eating lays ruffle chips and helluva good dip)
• Denies routine infant vaccinations for the misguided proof that they are safe (however immediately vaccinates daughter with DTaP vaccine after she fell and sliced open her lip)

Aside from the comedic attempt, I am a huge believer in physiological/out of hospital childbirth, attachment parenting, extended breastfeeding, organic nutrition, and selectively vaccinating. These ideals do not define me as a person, but rather shape the person I am and want to be. Above all professions in my life, the most important thing to me is being a loving, supporting wife and a caring, compassionate mother. Everything else falls under this umbrella of family.

I am confidant that at the end of the day, no matter what life has delivered on my doorstep, I am surrounded by people who love and applaud me for who I am. I do not have to be a supermom or a stepford wife, I just get to be me - a semi-crunchy mama who loves her life and her family and all that is good and pure in this world. That is by far, the best feeling anyone could ask for.