Calling Crunchy mums!

On an organic, sustainably produced loom hand-carved by a local artisan, using only the purest and ethically sourced vegan ingredients I hope!

One thing I sometimes do that I think is pretty crunchy is use breastmilk as skincare for my dc. Like, if it's soaked up with a muslin, dab it on the baby's dry cheeks. Waste not, want not.

@Futb0l its quite tricky and laborious to make your own soy sauce. I only know because when my DC was 3 he was obsessed with a YouTube video where they explain in Japanese and show how to make it 🤣it’s quite therapeutic to watch that video

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You could just use easy yeast, available in all supermarkets you just add to your flour, tsp salt, drop of olive oil and water to mix. Works every time and use for pizza bases as well as making bread.
To answer someone else jam is really easy to make and no special tools required other than a large pan, simply fruit sugar and water. Bring to boil for about 15 min (keep checking if setting pointby old fashioned method of putting a blob on a cold saucer, I stick in freezer for a minute as I'm impatient, if it wrinkles as you draw your little finger across it then it is ready as that shows it will set).
I'm an old part crunchy........😜 bake, cook from scratch, knit, use as much natural stuff as possible and gave birth to one of mine at home......never heard that term before though 🤔

making placenta into antidepressant pills?

I see a new business venture…

I'm late to the party.

My mum was about as crunchy as they come when I was growing up. We were surrounded by the healing power of crystals. We co-slept until I was really quite old. Also she threw away our TV because of mind control, I kid you not. Every remedy was herbal until we got too ill to be ignored and then she'd accept antibiotics in despair.

But she was as un-"Karen"-like as they come, she'd never dream of complaining about anything to anyone, far too people-pleasing. [I hate that word anyway].

So yeah, that second definition is nonsense. Crunchy mums aren't bitchier than other mums at all

So I make bread, gave birth at home, home educate, dislike shoes and bras, read books for entertainment, make my own herbal medicines.

I am also very interested in science, we vaccinate.

According to that wiki, I'm a bitch and a modern day Karen?

Sure. Happy to be perceived that way if it keeps the muggles away from me.

A few other brands to look at for shampoo bars are Friendly Soap (made in Yorkshire), The Good Soap company ( made in Wales) and The Natural Spa (made in Exeter) these companies produce cold process soap and soap based shampoo bars at a very reasonable price (cheaper than Ethique) If you live in a very hard water area you may not find the soap based bars work as well for you.

I really like the natural spa and friendly soap hair conditioner bars too.

@Curlewwoohoo ahh thank you! Interesting stuff. My kids are half french and they're about half that good, haha. One of them is in a fussy period but the older one can be convinced to eat most things.

@CheckoutOneIsClosing the guardian one has vanished but I also read this asking similar lines https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/karen-le-billion-french-children-eat-anything
Not suggesting it's crunchy mumming mind.

Can you link to the article?

I would say I'm a Scrunchie-Dolphin mum.

In answer to your main question, you don't need shampoo at all for a two year old. I scrub it gently with a flannel without soap or shampoo.

I will attach a pic of my ds's hair which has never been shampooed.

Can I join in?!😀 I use and love bar soap, bar shampoo and bar hair conditioner if that counts?
I've tried making my my own deodorant with varying degrees of success! But back to using an Aldi roll on at the moment - so maybe deduct a crunchy point there.

My skin is sensitive so plain oils like almond and coconut work well for me as moisturizer and cleanser.

I try my best to be eco friendly but sometimes life just gets in the way! Need to get better at plastic free food shopping.
I'm interested in the sourdough so off to Google that.

With regard to the shampoo bar Ethique do a shampoo bar for children.

I weave my own yoghurt

I love the definition on urban dictionary 🤣

@Duckingfun Do it, do it, do it! 🙂

@ToastyBreads Try rye flour instead of wheat, and keep it quite dry - think the consistency of wet playdough, not pancake batter, then you use a little of that to build a “production starter” about eight hours before you want to bake with it. Have a look at this link:

Sourdough

and consider buying Andrew Whitley’s book, Do Sourdough (I am not affiliated in any way to the author or ScotlandtheBread.

Also, mostly a bit of separation or mould doesn’t matter, you can just pour/scrape it off and dilute it with more flour and water. The yeast and lactobacillus organisms will out compete anything harmful, but keeping it drier reduces the risk of mould. Store in the fridge in a screw top jar and it’ll be fine.

E.T.A. Also, use organic flour, so you know it doesn’t contain poisons which will kill off your good bugs!

I'm a bit crunchy

Homebirth, breastfeeding a 3yo, organic food, wooden toys, co-sleeping, make my own bread

However I'm not an anti-vaxxer, I don't use special shampoo and before my DD potty trained she wore disposable nappies - not very crunchy

This is a strange reaction to a shampoo recommendation 🤣

For what it's worth OP asked for a plastic free shampoo and I recommended it as I happen to use it. I couldn't give a stuff who else uses it or not. It's one of the only things my DD with eczema doesn't react to, so I'm glad it's on the shelves at Morrisons personally.

I'm not crunchy but we use Aveeno products.

I chuckled at the crunchy list. The only box I tick is I don't generally wear a bra! And I'm a fan of breastfeeding for 2+ years, that's often considered crunchy although it isn't on that list.

Apart from that, I'm pro-screens and pro-cheap-plastic-toys-that-make-annoying-noises all the way.

I have just had a look online at Child’s Farm shampoo and I am shocked. It has FIVE different types of preservative, including Sodium Benzoate, which many people are allergic to. I wouldn’t use this on my dog, let alone my kids.