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My sons were both born at home but I'm going with a CNM in a hospital this time because I had two NICU transfers and want to try to avoid that if possible. I've been pleasantly surprised by my CNM group so far.
I nurse on demand with no pumping or formula (ecological breastfeeding if anyone's familiar with the concept). My first son weaned with slight encouragement 5 days before his brother was born -- the day before his second birthday. My second son weaned at 2.5. I wouldn't say I do child-led weaning, but until they turn two, I nurse whenever they want.
We co-sleep for at least 18 months. My almost 4 year old has been crawling back into our bed in the middle of the night for the past year and we haven't tried too hard to stop him. He shares a double bed with his brother.
I love babywearing. I do own a stroller but only use it when I have to carry lots of stuff.
We've cloth diapered both kids and I sewed most of ds2's diapers and did elimination communication with him. I've also been sewing all their pj's and a fair number of their shirts. I also knit lots of wool covers and longies/shorts. DS2 pretty much only wore wool pants until he potty-learned.
We eat only grass-fed, happy beef and chickens. I'll occasionally buy other not-so-happy meat from the grocery store, but only if it's not available from the farmer where I also buy dairy directly. I believe it's not-certified organic. It is pasteurized.
I canned 300+ jars of tomatoes, jams, green beans, applesauce, pickles, and other things last summer and fall and we try to buy most of our produce through a CSA or farmer's market if we didn't grow it. I generally try to have whole foods and as little processing as possible, but I'm not super-strict on it, especially in the middle of winter when nothing's fresh anyway. We rarely go out to eat and have fast food even more rarely. Except for ice cream. I'm a sucker for ice cream.
We have 6 hens in our backyard who give us 4-5 eggs/day.
I didn't really do baby food, especially with ds2. If he couldn't pick it up and eat it, he had to wait until he could.
We use toilet paper and occasional paper towels for bacon grease, but generally use cloth for everything else.
We have used NFP throughout our marriage and do not plan to ever be sterilized. We aren't completely open to pregnancy at all times, but once my fertility returns, we feel that if we're going to avoid pregnancy, we need a good reason to do so.
We selectively do vaccines on a delayed schedule. My five year old was caught up enough not to need exemptions to enter kindy, but only barely, and everything was later. I made a point of getting my boys to a chicken pox party when they were 22 months and 3.5 and we spent Jan. 2008 sequestered at home waiting for pox, then dealing with them. We see a family practitioner and usually avoid alternative medicine.
I pretty much avoided plastic toys until we reached the age of Duplos. The wooden train set was the favorite toy for a long time. Now we have building toys of many sorts and I don't fight it. We don't have any action figures or plastic tv-based toys, though.
My kids watch TV but on a limited basis and nothing with commercials.
We don't circ.
My kids attend private Catholic school.
My sons were both born at home but I'm going with a CNM in a hospital this time because I had two NICU transfers and want to try to avoid that if possible. I've been pleasantly surprised by my CNM group so far.
I nurse on demand with no pumping or formula (ecological breastfeeding if anyone's familiar with the concept). My first son weaned with slight encouragement 5 days before his brother was born -- the day before his second birthday. My second son weaned at 2.5. I wouldn't say I do child-led weaning, but until they turn two, I nurse whenever they want.
We co-sleep for at least 18 months. My almost 4 year old has been crawling back into our bed in the middle of the night for the past year and we haven't tried too hard to stop him. He shares a double bed with his brother.
I love babywearing. I do own a stroller but only use it when I have to carry lots of stuff.
We've cloth diapered both kids and I sewed most of ds2's diapers and did elimination communication with him. I've also been sewing all their pj's and a fair number of their shirts. I also knit lots of wool covers and longies/shorts. DS2 pretty much only wore wool pants until he potty-learned.
We eat only grass-fed, happy beef and chickens. I'll occasionally buy other not-so-happy meat from the grocery store, but only if it's not available from the farmer where I also buy dairy directly. I believe it's not-certified organic. It is pasteurized.
I canned 300+ jars of tomatoes, jams, green beans, applesauce, pickles, and other things last summer and fall and we try to buy most of our produce through a CSA or farmer's market if we didn't grow it. I generally try to have whole foods and as little processing as possible, but I'm not super-strict on it, especially in the middle of winter when nothing's fresh anyway. We rarely go out to eat and have fast food even more rarely. Except for ice cream. I'm a sucker for ice cream.
We have 6 hens in our backyard who give us 4-5 eggs/day.
I didn't really do baby food, especially with ds2. If he couldn't pick it up and eat it, he had to wait until he could.
We use toilet paper and occasional paper towels for bacon grease, but generally use cloth for everything else.
We have used NFP throughout our marriage and do not plan to ever be sterilized. We aren't completely open to pregnancy at all times, but once my fertility returns, we feel that if we're going to avoid pregnancy, we need a good reason to do so.
We selectively do vaccines on a delayed schedule. My five year old was caught up enough not to need exemptions to enter kindy, but only barely, and everything was later. I made a point of getting my boys to a chicken pox party when they were 22 months and 3.5 and we spent Jan. 2008 sequestered at home waiting for pox, then dealing with them. We see a family practitioner and usually avoid alternative medicine.
I pretty much avoided plastic toys until we reached the age of Duplos. The wooden train set was the favorite toy for a long time. Now we have building toys of many sorts and I don't fight it. We don't have any action figures or plastic tv-based toys, though.
My kids watch TV but on a limited basis and nothing with commercials.
We don't circ.
My kids attend private Catholic school.
, and I won't raise my children under any religion; I will surround them with my ethnically and sexual-orientationally diverse friends and family.
I guess I took it for granted. I've been super active in the alternative sexuality world for more than ten years. My husband is extremely feminist and atheist whereas my relationship with God is kind of fuzzy. I think we (God and I) get along just fine but no organized religion I've ever heard of would approve. 
Here, I still make homemade jam, but we usually have to buy the fruit from the market, which seems wierd to me.
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