Calling Crunchy mums!

We are bedsharers so save money on beds. Does that count?!! 😄

Depending on what you consider eco - if you're avoiding palm oil/palm kernel oil, make sure you read the labels of soaps - a lot of commercial ones are made with it, including Faith in Nature ones.

Was one with the original offspring. Made no difference in comparative outcomes, still has more health issues than the second. And modern medicine and cosmetic/skincare products work where no amount of unicorn breath and angel sweat can on psoriasis, coeliac, psoriatic arthritis and EDS.

Only thing that stuck was cooking from scratch, but that's due to coeliac damage and the inherent untrustworthiness of food manufacturers, rather than any magical healing abilities in food.

never heard this phrase outside of this funny little website! It’s cringe. Child’s Farm is a completely normal shampoo you can get in Morrisons so I’ve no idea why everyone is faux-self-deprecatingly delighted with themselves for using it.

Ah, sorry!!!
I'm clearly not crunchy enough hehe

Tomatoes i found easy, i didnt have to do anything other then plant and my DH put a stick for them to grow up. Didnt even need to water as it rained so much 😂 i did potatoes once aswell out of an old bag of potatoes that were sprouting, they were surprisingly hassle free too.

Also out of desperation when my psoriasis flared up on my scalp (on a weekend) i found some home treatments out of coconut oil, stopped the itching haha although i couldnt leave the house due to the immense greasy look 😂

I'm not really remotely crunchy (or crunchie, sadly: I overdosed on them in my early teens, and can't stand them now). But I would say:

• Child's Farm are massively overrated, and not very good. My DD reacted to it, and apparently that's not unusual.
• Oat baths are wonderful. You just need a handful of porridge oats - you can add lavender or lemon balm if you like - and you put it in an old sock and tie it over the hot water tap. The oats are good for the skin, and very soothing. You can do this instead of bubble baths, especially if your child reacts to those, as mine dies.
• Cold lemon balm (melissa) or lemon verbena tea is good for tiny ones to sip when teething. It's mildly soporific.
• Mint tea is good for upset stomachs/too much party food. Again, you can give them sips of it cold.

We just don't use shampoo on kids, rinse with water in the bath. Only use shampoo if they've thoroughly filthified themselves with mud or something. But mostly just water works out fine - eldest is 7 and we've been doing this since she was about 1.

Personally I use soapnut shampoo which is ££ but I have a squirty sauce bottle, I dilute it in that with water then use the squirter to get shampoo spread through roots. You use way less shampoo that way and the lower/lack of SLS lather doesn't matter so much.

Don't know if it counts as crunchy but we almost never buy clothes new - big bundle off a local sales site or ebay, charity shop gets the stuff DC don't like, you can get a whole year's wardrobe for £30.

Very interesting @EveryKneeShallBow, thank you. I have been messing around with a rye starter for ages, taking bits out etc and it keeps going wrong…they go mouldy mainly. Why can’t I do it?! I would love to bake bread for my kids as I hate all the ingredients in the shop bought ones!

The opposite type of parent to a crunchy one!

Go on then, what's a silky 😂

You’re not full crunchy, you’re scrunchy like me (part crunchy part silky).

Oh and I cook most stuff from scratch and don't buy many jar sauces really. Just soy sauce which i have zero idea how to make.

Ive been known to make ice cream at home too.

I make bread and my own jam

We only use bar soap & shampoo

We grow raspberries and some other stuff in the garden

Do i count

I don't think I'm a full crunchy, probably me n kids too old! But the best shampoo in the world is little blue hen. Plastic and sulphate free, vegan, made by a lovely lady. I don't do sourdough but make our bread in a bread maker. Unfortunately it walked off the work surface 2 weeks ago, so I'm scouring market place trying to find a new one second hand. The kids sometimes wear tie dye. Does that give me some points? My thing at the mo is being a bit more French about food, inspired by a guardian article, is that crunchy?! Sadly the only things that really stuck there was the kids now want crepes for breakfast twice a week 😂

These ones also smell delicious!

Haha im an accidental crunchy mum..i didnt know.

Childs farm is good, aveeno also do a shampoo, i also use simple shampoo for myself..i have psoriasis and unfortunately my LO seems to have inhereted my eczma prone sensitive skin. Depends what shops are available to you, thats what i get in the big supermarkets, when i go to farm shops locally they often make their own.

I grow my own salad in the garden, (tomatoes, lettuce, carrots) but doesn't quite work in winter 😂😂 i generally make all my own sauces like pesto, hummus ect. I never thought of it as crunchy, i just know i feel better when i avoid additives or added preservatives so do the same for my LO. We are trying to look into an allotment so we can grow more and all year around, my husband was a gardner initially so he loves it.

All the products we use are i guess crunchy due to our needs, as in anything slightly fragranced and i am riddled in sores.

I want a crunchie now 🤦‍♀️

Shampoo bars for your little one. There are loads of eco brands out there.

According to my friends I’m ‘scrunchy’
(it’s a cross between a crunchy mum and a silky one apparently 😁). I homebirthed my babies, breastfed for extended periods, I home educate them and feed them organic food 90% of the time but I’m also partial to a glass of red, a Mcd’s breakfast muffin and they spend far too long on their screens.

Faith in Nature at Holland and Barrett. Free from all the nasties.

Not really a crunchymum, but just had to come on to say that there’s a lot of BS on the internet about making sourdough and keeping a starter. It’s really very simple done properly. A good starter only needs feeding/refreshing when you’re going to bake with it. All this feeding and pampering and throwing half of it away is just because most recipes advise you to keep the starter too wet. Keep it dry and it’ll be fine for weeks or even months. And you only need a few grams of a rye flour starter to bake about a kilo of bread. It’s baking, not keeping a tamagotchi.