Thread: Parenting Style?

I forgot about co-sleeping, Andrea... I guess I fall usually in between as well. I also co slept for a little bit and still do sometimes. I just do whatever seems right. :D

Oh, I see now!? I totally knew what crunchy was, but I never really thought of silky as being the opposite.? Too funny!? I think I probably fall somewhere in between as well.? Definitely more crunchy on some things but a little "silky" on others.?

i feel so out of the loop. i don't know what any of those terms mean.

Somewhere in the middle. This is c&p from an old AP thread, but most of this applies more here than it did there. We co-sleep. We selectively vax on a delayed schedule. We don't do CIO. We bathe together. I used a sling for a short period of time, then I frequently used the baby bjorn carrier. We don't spank. We're currently considering homeschooling. We do not eat organic, although we eat nothing but homemade, healthy...

Uhmmmm...I consider myself a normal, common sense using Mom who was raised in the 70's so I've got my quirks. ;-P

I think I am right in the middle--I breastfed for 16 months. I did co-sleep, but was against it before baby came along. It was just easier for us. I am delaying a few vaccines. I love my baby sling (hotslings.com), but don't mind using the stroller when it's just easier. I would never do CIO, but I understand why some parents do it. To get my toddler to sleep in her own bed I had to do the pick up-put down method, but I...

I call myself instinctual, although I've read most of the popular books and have selectively applied good ideas. I just do what feels right for our family. We use disposable diapers, we BF (exclusively and extended), we make our own baby food, eat organic some of the time, co-sleep, baby wear, bathe together, I stay home, and we vaccinate.

Well I guess I'm in between crunchy and silky then :-) I FF, use disposable diapers, gives vaccines on schedule and then on the other hand I baby wear, use organic food for DD and we used to co-sleep