It's me, crunchy, attachment, church donut mum. Fancy an update?

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Thought in thanks for everyone's time on my thread I'd give a quick update.

Apparently there's a crew of ladies in my church who tell me I've to show respect/shhhhh people/tell people not to sit near them and basically just make everyone feel unwelcome.

Unsure what the solution is but hopefully we can all find one.

Anyway, thanks again for every response on my initial thread.

Is it possible that some of the ladies are a little deaf and find it hard to hear the pastor over any child related noise? I am not saying this would excuse their behaviour, but if they are a little hard of hearing they may be embarrassed to say so.

Crikey.

Do people not grow out of this sort of thing?

Me either, alltoo, these ones seem to be remarkably tolerant imo.

So the update is that a number of the congregation find free range children a problem. And the answer is not for the parents to be a bit less 'crunchy' with their 'wild' children, but essentially to tell the people who find distraction difficult that they are nasty pieces of work (aka 'mean girls') and to suck it up.

I'm really happy being silky. MUCH nicer than crunchy.

Ooh i really fancy a crunchie now....

I thought crunchy was first cousin to swampy

I remember your original thread. I'm probably also an attachment parent, although I don't really describe myself as such (but co-sleep, natural term breastfeeding, baby wearing, BLW). The adjective 'crunchy' gets chucked about a lot amongst baby wearers and it genuinely makes me feel a bit sick.

There's no reason why attachment parenting shouldn't mean that your children don't know when to sit down and be quiet. Equally, this church doesn't sound especially welcoming. I'd suggest finding another which has more suitable arrangements for small children.

This isn't an update.

The post seems to me to be just as self centred as the last thread, and as selfish as the OPs behaviour in church with her wild child.

If you can't teach your child to sit down and be quiet during parts of a church service and it's causing annoyance to the congregation, find a more appropriate for or place of worship.

Do not feed this pandering for attention. Let the thread dissolve and let her go away.

I have musician friends and hear a fair few tales. When they go on tour they take away single socks, along with normal pairs to wear . The single socks are not to wear. They are wanksocks, for use on the tour bus 'after hours in quiet time'. These become known as 'crunchy socks' when they are found down the back of the bunks after tour. So that is what comes to mind with me.

Check out my matching fluffy mule slippers with a 2'' heel eveysecondcounts

In fact only last night on my FB was a discussion going about the notorious crunchy socks and who had packed theirs as a two week tour was about to start (NB at this stage they are not crunchy)

I miss Sharon and the wine...

EverySecondCounts, I clicked on the link

What does crunchy parenting mean please?

Arf Apparently it means some sort of freestyle hippy let loose style of parenting. The OP does have a tendency to come across as a bit of a twat but I suppose that's rather par for the course when you describe yourself as 'crunchy'.

Together they make expensive muesli

Just5minswithDacre I genuinely feel awful for finding that funny!

wherethewildthingis I've just clicked on the link and went to the About me page and was greeted with this: "Husband is = DH or Hotty Hubby, or Wonder Hubby." I think you should be banned for posting such a thing! I don't know whether to laugh or cry!