Seriously. Guess what? Other mothers on "mainstream" websites think they are doing a better job than a lot of the posters here. And sometimes - gasp - they talk about you too!
Oh but I do want to add that to me, as long as kids are fed, well-taken care of, loved and happy, it's all good. Loved kids make great adults whether or not they were breastfed until they got their driver's license.
OK, for reals, ladies? Is all this horn-tooting, back-patting, and nose-angling really neccessary?
Heads up. If your kids are happy, healthy, and thriving, your an awsome parent and they think your the bomb. Just sayin.
I get that Mdc is crunchy. Ive been around long enough to know that. HOWEVER, not all of us are tandum nursing 3 children until the oldest is 8, grassfed, organic self made garden, living off grid, un circed, stay at home moms. But we still love our kids and enjoy this forum.
OK, for reals, ladies? Is all this horn-tooting, back-patting, and nose-angling really neccessary?
Heads up. If your kids are happy, healthy, and thriving, your an awsome parent and they think your the bomb. Just sayin.
I get that Mdc is crunchy. Ive been around long enough to know that. HOWEVER, not all of us are tandum nursing 3 children until the oldest is 8, grassfed, organic self made garden, living off grid, un circed, stay at home moms. But we still love our kids and enjoy this forum.
OK, for reals, ladies? Is all this horn-tooting, back-patting, and nose-angling really neccessary?
Heads up. If your kids are happy, healthy, and thriving, your an awsome parent and they think your the bomb. Just sayin.
I get that Mdc is crunchy. Ive been around long enough to know that. HOWEVER, not all of us are tandum nursing 3 children until the oldest is 8, grassfed, organic self made garden, living off grid, un circed, stay at home moms. But we still love our kids and enjoy this forum.
FWIW.. I've watched kids grow up in every possible lifestyle, with breast milk, or formula, eating mcdonalds or organic food, and they all turn out pretty much the same. No one has an advantage over the other. The kids who come from happy supportive loving homes where mom and dad still love each other more than anything, are the most productive happy well adjusted adults now. The ones from messed up homes are messed up. It doesn't matter how long they shared a bed with Mom and dad.
Yeah by some of these comments here I would be considered very mainstream. Which I guess I am. We breastfed but now on formula, co sleep for a short time. But don't cloth diaper. I let DD watch TV, we dont' eat organic foods but a few items and even those are rare. . I fed DD from a jar. Gave birth at the hospital with an epidural. will be circing if we have a boy and so on. But I don't find that I fit in either category mainstream or AP. I parent on how I feel is right or natural to me and DH. The only thing that matters to me is that my daughter and soon to be born baby know that they are loved and that DH and I are their safe place. I come here because there is a lot of information here that has been helpful even if I haven't asked for myself. I mean I never would have known the safety of RF till 2 at the earliest. And things like that.
...if you feel the need to congratulate yourself on what a great parent you are, all the while casting judgement and disdain on parents who do things differently than you.
...if you refuse to acknowledge that while your way may be the best for YOUR family, it is not the be all and end all for every family out there, and maybe, just maybe, other people are doing what is right for their own family and they feel just as secure in their decisions as you do.
Seriously, I have done the best I can to do what is best for my son, and I am confident in my own decisions, but I am pretty sure if I shared them here I'd be pretty harshly viewed. MDC does have a lot of information that I value, so that is why I continue to read here. I just wish I thought I could share more about myself without being judged for it.
I understand that this was meant as a lighthearted thread. Its obvious that some have found it insulting. I request that you please remember the U/A when you post to the thread and keep it constructive.
I thought this thread was funny, not "we are the champions, my friends." I agree with the PPs that say do what you wanna do as long as you love your children. I don't think the OP made this out to be a superiority forum. Just funny.
I saw it as naming things that made us non-mainstream, not pretending we're better than anyone. There's actual reasons things are called mainstream, and some aren't, that has nothing to do with being better than someone else!
Um, it was supposed to be funny. I am old I guess LOL I remember when Jeff Foxworthy might have been a *******....
And I also remember when this was the kind of place somebody could post something like this and people would go with it and it was funny.
If we've all gotten too serious to have a funny thread, then I guess a mod can take it down. Really. It wasn't meant to be a superiority thread for us over any other site or for who's the crunchiest. Just funny. That's all.
Um, it was supposed to be funny. I am old I guess LOL I remember when Jeff Foxworthy might have been a *******....
And I also remember when this was the kind of place somebody could post something like this and people would go with it and it was funny.
If we've all gotten too serious to have a funny thread, then I guess a mod can take it down. Really. It wasn't meant to be a superiority thread for us over any other site or for who's the crunchiest. Just funny. That's all.
I totally agree. I think its cute, and I was kind of annoyed to see people's response that just because posters are saying what they do differently they are trying to make themselves out to be superior. Let it rest already......not everything that gets posted on MDC about how some of us are different from the mainstream is meant to make you feel inferior (or anyone feel inferior).
By the way, I totally thought I was the only one who keeps nut yeast in my parm container
My parents always ask where the anti bacterial hand gel is when the visit. The Dr. Bronners just doesnt cut it for them. Most of the time I forget about things like lysol, anti bacterial hand gel, store bought baby wipes, paper towels, and other things that my family expects me to have in the house and Im always like, "Uh, we have a bottle of witch hazel and tea tree oil?" Maybe I should go shopping before they come this weekend. I have started making sure to buy paper towels when we have guests, most people just use them all.the.time.
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