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do they weaver lentils into clothes or something? any piccys?

or is it just a term for hippy type?

you also knit your own yoghurt

they're a bit like yoghurt knitters

Same as a yogurt knitter really.

You know. Women who have hairy moles, who wear baggy grey feeding bras and breastfeed their children (who are usually called names like Balthazaar, and Giaia) until they start school. And who wear those elephant bum leggings.....

Other attributes of yogurt knitters/lentil weavers: read the Guardian newspaper, wear Birkenstocks - with socks, home school, purchase organic veg boxes, use home made sanitary towels and washable nappies, make their own baby food - from organic lentils of course. [hmmm]

spooky X posts

lol

great minds

they pick up their babies whenever they cry.

Whoops, meant

"they pick up their babies whenever they cry"

How COULD they?!

The fools! [winks]

OFGS!

they never ever throw food away, just scrape the bad bit off. (well i do anyway)

sabire they use mooncups

cosleep!

wear baby in sling all day with norks exposed for easy access

Storch - I pick my babies up when they cry AND co-sleep and I'm no yogurt knitter/lentil weaver. OK I do wear Birkies all year round - but never with socks, outside the house. I also pluck the hair from my moles and neglect the vegetables in my organic box (because I can't be arsed to peel them) in favour of bags of frozen peas from Iceland.

andiemustlosehalfastonemore - don't home-made sanitary towels go together with mooncups like, um, bread and butter (organic, sprouted, fair traid, traditionally milled bread with organic goats-milk butter that is)?

not sure but probably as they will be ex bf until the child is 21 they won't need any sanitary protection

realised must have lentil weavery tendencies as bf both dcs wear birkies every day in the summer and made lo a lentil thing with ORGANIC lentils the other day

but do wear boden and have nice handbags

boden and nice handbags = latent lentil tendencies

me too.

cosleep, bf, babywear.

don't get an organic box but cook almost everything from scratch.

don't have a veg patch - will some raspberry and currant bushes suffice?

wear hiking boots too much

also neglect veggies in veggie box as can't be arsed to wash them
have now started buying whispers ready washed organic stuff from waitrose

also covet veg patches

i have new and exciting veg seeds every spring. by september they are lanky and reproachful.

fishie my cat would poo all over them and my dh is too in love with his lawn to sacrifice a bit for me sob
but in the next house oh yes we are doing raised beds

"neglect the vegetables in my organic box (because I can't be arsed to peel them) in favour of bags of frozen peas from Iceland."

Lovebird, you is a fraud!!

all the cats for miles aroudn will poo on those raised beds.

fishie do not shatter my dreams

OH NO!!! ===

I have just realised that i must be a MAJOR "lentil weaver"

I even have my kids playing with kitchen utensils, wooden toys, instruments, leather coaster! as well as...
recycling,
knitting,
repairing clothes with sewing machine,
was considering buying a mooncup for when i do eventually need one,
exc BFing,
baby wearing,
Attachment parenting,
co-sleeping,
BLW,
Baby massage and Yoga,
Amber for teething...

the list goes on...
OMG the only thing i do wrong under this title is Iron!

determination buy a mulberry handbag now to throw them off the scent

Is it bad to be a lentil weaver??

fuck - according to sabire's description I am definitely a lentil weaver.
I knew it really, but I was in denial

so lentil weaver doesnt really come from a name trad as such then?
i had visions of people making crafty things from lentils and actually weaving them, is that lentil weaving type thoughts!lol

Tis related to tofu welding, but that is more hardcore.

surely it's impossible to be a lentil weaver AND be on MN 23 hours a day?

at fishie's "lanky and reproachful" veg. Mine too- at least the ones I can see through the weeds self-seeded plants by then.

What we need is one of those womens (womyns ?) magazine quizzes here - rate your Lentil weaveriness.
I'm scoring well - bf, use a sling, pick up when crying, buy organic veg box, use washable nappies, read Guardian, wouldn't know a jar of babyfood if it hit me, and would be using a Mooncup if I wasn't bfing and had a Mirena coil. Recycle, Freecycle, and made lentil curry only yesterday.
Would wearing Merrells or walking sandals whenever I can get away with it count ?
However - am wearing a v nice bra, and def no elephant bum leggings. Refuse to grow own veg (despite pressure from fully lentil weaving parents who do self sufficency), and drive.

Quiz to test lentil weaverniness/crunchyness that does the rounds on some forums every few years...

How crunchy are you?

1. Do you have homebirths?
15 points for “yes” (unassisted)
10 points for “yes” (with a midwife in attendance)
5 points for alternative birthing centre
2 points for “thinking about/would like homebirth”
0 for “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

2. Will you circumcise future sons?
5 points for “no”
-5 points for “yes”.

3. Do you use cloth diapers?
20 point if you do Elimination Communication (no diapers)
15 points if “yes” (wash and make your own)
10 points if “yes” (wash your own)
5 points if “yes” (diaper service)
2 points if “thinking about it”
0 points if “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

4. Do you observe your fertility signals using Natural Family Planning/Fertility Awareness and use that for birth control/trying to conceive?
10 points for “yes” (observe and use for birth control/ttc) or you use ecological breastfeeding/lactational amnorrhea
5 points for “yes” (observe for trying to conceive)
2 points “thinking about it”
0 points for “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

5. Do you breastfeed exclusively for the first 6+ months?
10 points if “yes”
5 points for “no” (use occasional bottles of expressed breastmilk)
2 points for “no” (use occasional bottles of formula)
0 for “no” (don’t breastfeed by choice).

6. Do you co-sleep?
10 points for “yes” (all night every night)
5 points for “yes” (part/all of most nights)
2 points for “thinking about it”
0 points for “no”.

7. Do you use a sling/soft carrier?
5 points for “yes”
2 points for “thinking about it”
0 points for “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

8. Do you believe in/practice child-led weaning (even if that means breastfeeding for several years)?
15 points for “yes” (complete child-led weaning)
10 points for “yes” (up to 3 years)
5 points for “yes” (up to 2 years)
2 points for “thinking about it”
0 points for “no” (you’ll wean the baby at 1 year or earlier).

9. Do you tandem nurse/nurse during your pregnancy?
10 points for “yes” (nurse during pgcy and tandem nurse)
5 points for “yes” (nurse during pgcy, but wean before birth)
2 points for “thinking about it”
0 points for “no”(wouldn’t consider it).

10. Do you eat organic/whole/natural foods and limit your meat?
15 points for “yes” (grow own/buy organic, shop only at health food store, grind own wheat, vegetarian, etc.)
10 points for “yes” (grow some of own food, buy organic, use whole wheat flour, bake own bread, eat some meat occasionally)
5 points for “yes” (try to buy natural, whole grain foods, etc.)
2 points for “thinking about it”
0 points for “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

11. Do you use herbal/homeopathic remedies?
10 points if “yes” (very rarely see a regular doctor)
5 points if “yes” (but use a doctor occasionally)
2 points if “thinking about it” (see a doc for now)
0 points for “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

12. Do you homeschool?
10 points if “yes” (currently homeschool)
5 points for “yes” (will homeschool)
2 points for “thinking about it”
0 points for “no” (wouldn’t consider it).

13. What's your take on childhood vaccinations?
15 points for no vaccines
10 for delayed, selective vaccination
5 points for selective, on schedule vaccination
2 points for thinking about not vaccinating
0 points for vaxing on schedule.

14. Would you/have you ever breastfeed/fed someone else's baby or have someone else bf your child?
10 points if yes (have or someone has bf your baby)
5 points if yes (would)
2 points if maybe
0 if no (wouldn't consider it).

15. Do you use cloth/re-usable products for mom?
10 points if yes (make own)
5 points if yes (buy own)
2 points if thinking about it
0 points if no.

Ratings
120 – 140 Super Nutty, Ultra-Crunchy Granola Earth Mama
90 – 119 Mmm! Love that whole-grain crunch!
60 – 89 Pretty Crispy
20 – 59 Sprinkled with Granola
5 – 19 Instant Oatmeal
0 - 4 Jell-O

Grand score: 102

Do you lose lentil points if you allow your 4 year old to spend two hours a day online playing Sega?

And how many lentil points would I get for having a 2 year old who's so breast obsessed he's made our labrador lactate by fiddling with her nipples?

nah - games are educational - developing fine motor skills, hand eye co-ordination, typing skills etc not to mention familiarity with technology & if online then they're socialising as well

LOL at the lactating lab

terramum that is an excellent quiz, ill be off to do that when dd gives me the chance as shes on the nork as usual

My score = 120 Super Nutty, Ultra-Crunchy Granola Earth Mama! ...it gets higher every time I do the test LOL.....maybe I should learn to knit so I can actually do something with the lentils?

LOL sabire!
our kids sound remarkably similar!

i must be a lentil weaver too then.
don't forget, lentil weavers pottyt rain their newborns.
I'm potty training my 12 month old.
i co sleep, breastfeed, wore/wear in sling, cook from scratch organic where possible and where a manky bravado bra which is going grey, also wear birkenstocks, with socks sometimes, wow never knew this was a whole cult i just do what i do. *too lazy to put the smiley **

love this thread! found it searching EC info for when i drop my 3rd later this month. of course, i will immediately scoop him up into the home-made sling (with convenient nork-slot for BF-ing) that i've been wearing since the last one climbed out and continue digging over the allotment!

100. Have ordered a copy of The Red Tent, and am working on a knitting pattern for a womb shaped porridge basket.

Phew, I have always maintained that despite some LW tendancies, I am not a full blown LW.

I only scored 79 which probably means I would think about it, might even buy the lentils, but they would sit in the cupboard cos I never got round to weaving them

I an def one too in that case, although I would NEVER wear socks with my Scholls (not Birkies) or b/f a friend's child

I scored 82 but I suspect I will have points deducted once I admit that many of my parenting decisions are based on how lazy and poor I am rather than for more noble reasons

On paper I might weave the odd lentil. I do use a sling, co sleep, BLW and bf my one year old, use reusable nappies and sanitary towels, fully paid up member of BFN...

But I also vaccinate, use only evidence based medicine, wax regularly and eat remarkably few vegetables.

67, pretty crispy.

i scored 81

I'm not as lentil weavy as I'd been led to believe...118!

But I can point you in the direction of ec info if you want...