Young Granola Mamas!!??

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Almost all of my mama friends are 38. It's wierd how about 7 of my closest friends, plus my so were all born in 1967. Me, 1980! But I have always had older friends. But I think I am unique in that I didn't really have friends even before I had kids. Just a few, but no one close. I don't know anybody from my high school now. Of course I live halfway across the country. The way I did find friends with the same values was joining a waldorf playgroup, from there things opened up. But I live in a very large city, so those in a smaller one may not have that option. I think that MDC and other forums like this are great, you will find friends here, and you may even find someone close enough to forge a IRL friendship.

One other thing--I think women, and I guess people in general--slose themselves off thinking they cannot relate to anyone or nobody understands us, and then we isolate ourselves, it is so hard to come out of our shells and make the first step in making friends, it is really putting yourself out there, it is a scary and dificult thing to do, but you will be so surprised at how many mothers, women are feeling the same things you are. So I guess, what I am saying, is that you just need to be honest and put yourself out there, and sometimes even force yourself to call that cool mom that you met on the bus and exchanged numbers with, or pm that hip mama that you like on the boards. It is so much like dating!! :

hello! i'm from norway and I'm 23 years old an I have a 2,5 month old son!and i turned out pretty crispy on the granola mom test!!hihi

we are a slingcarrying,CDusing cosleeping family! :

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Welcome mamas!!! So glad some of you are interested in this tribe!

azzuranote~ you and your dh sound just like us! He is hardly crunchy. And I am fairly crunchy. I would love to be crunchier, I use to be, but at times I think he'd think I was crazy :LOL

maxnmaizy~you are so right! I am so that person who DOESN'T call that cool mama I met. I think some of it is because I am always 10 years younger. I am so open to these relationships. Age to me is just a number. However, I think that I am a bit insecure about persuing these friendships. I also didn't have many friends even before i had my dd. Now, though, I am eager to build friendships and support systems, especially since my dh and I are not as similar in regards to ap/nfl living.

I have one friend who is pretty mainstream and we have such acceptance for eachother and our views on life and parenting. I am definitely eager to meet some other women who I can relate to. MDC has been great to meet women, in general. It's great to know that there are other young mamas out there, who similarly to me, aren't all caught up in this modern society and remain grounded in ap/nfl living

I am 21 and my partner is 25. We are pregnant with our first, and I have a 2.5 yr. old son. I don't actually know any moms who DON'T cloth diaper, breastfeed, not circ, etc. although everyone but me decided to vax, although some delay or selectively vax. My mama friends are 25, 28, 25, 29, and 31. I was friends with most of them before any of us had babies- in fact, I was the first amongst my group of friends to get pregnant! Several of my friends are talking about getting pregnant within the next year or so and every one will BF, CD, etc. At my LLL there are 4 of us who are in college. I don't think younger moms are more mainstream, in fact it is the older moms at our LLL who seem mainstream, who drive SUVs and live in the suburbs etc. and are more politically conservative whereas all us younger folks are liberals and radicals.

Hottmama~ That wonderful that you have such a large group of friends who seem to have an nfl lifestyle. It sounds like a wonderful support system. I just recently started going back to LLL meetings, but w/ my schedule it's hard to make them. The ones that I have been to seem like the opposite of yours. The younger mamas seem more mainstream, but I haven't been to many, so I don't want to make that assumption. When will your little one be welcomed into the world?

Cappuccinosmom~ This may sound silly...but what is "prop bottle feeding" and "bunny milk"? I'm not familiar with these?

I know for myself...I had always been interested in earthfriendly, organic, natural living for myself. My pregnancy was unplanned, but a blessing . I was told that I would never be able to have children, so the whole pregnancy, childbirth aspect of becoming a mother was never in my mind (I had planned on adopting). Since the pregnancy caught me and my dh by surprise, we weren't as knowledgable as I wish we would have been. I ended up having a high risk pregnancy. Was put on bedrest, taken-off, and induced! I wish I had been more educated about this. I found myself at that time overwhelmed. I had read Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May's Guide to Natural Childbirth, and Birthing From Within, but it seemed like I lost a sense of my beliefs and what not b/c of this overwhelming feeling. Maybe this is why some younger mamas go more mainstreamed. Just an idea, I could be way off.

I know that I am so happy that I didn't allow myself to fall into the mainstreamed parenting/family lifestyle after the type of birth I had. After having a child, you realize that there is this amazing life , spirit that you want to nurture, and you just wanna do it the best you can. Even if that means going against the mainstream idea!