Comments on: Children in church, part 2

By: Life In a Shoe » Babbling babies in church

Life In a Shoe » Babbling babies in church — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:27:22 +0000

[...] my post on Children in Church Part 2 (part 1 is here), Catherine asked, Thanks for posting on this topic. We go to a family-friendly [...]

By: Pc3

Pc3 — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:12:00 +0000

Spunky

We have also found family worship at the dining room table is great practice for sitting quietly and potty breaks.

Also we make sure to get to church early and make the kids go to the bathroom before everything gets started.

By: Spunky

Spunky — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:01:00 +0000

Kim,

Excellent thoughts. We've kept our children with us from the start as well.

One thing I would add is that you don't just wait until Sunday to do the training. We have little "practice" sessions throughout the week with the children. Short little sessions of sitting quietly at home pay off not only at church, but at the doctor's office, potty training, and a host of other places where sitting quiet is a necessity.

By: Gatxan

Gatxan — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:10:00 +0000

Dear Kim,

I've been following your blog for a while and, really, I enjoy all your posts. Sometimes they make me think a lot.

I'm from Spain, a traditional Roman Catholic country and was born and raised in a strong believing family. Thus, since the age of 2.5 I went to church every Sunday, received catechism, and so on? My Grandma was the one who taught me to sit, to be quiet, to listen, to pray, to learn and to enjoy Mass. Thus, I remember that her way to do so was to make me feel the importance of all that was being said and done inside the church. I remember seeing their serious and grave faces and thus, learning that the church was not a place to play, or to make noise, or to talk loudly, etc. But this was made in the most lovely and affectionate way. Thus, what I?m trying to say is that nothing special was done; I just learned how to behave by watching them?

I?m a grown up women now and, although being quite distanced from Roman Catholic Church I truly admire the capacity of believing and finding God wherever we turn around. Thus, I really like your blog.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:59:00 +0000

If you wouldn’t mind sharing,
What type of church is a CREC? what do they believe, etc? I have researched some and checked out their website but when learning about their doctrine it was a bit confusing.
thanks!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:36:00 +0000

I have recently started attending church and I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old. My husband is not interested in going to church and I would like to take my children. But….they aren’t used to sitting quietly for so long and I must admit, I’m a bit daunted. I have taken each of them a couple of times and have ended up in the creche with the 2 year old (who was very unhappy to be left there alone – and since she hadn’t been there before and didn’t know the people, I felt that was fair enough! So I ended up in creche for the entire service too) but I find it really difficult – I only get to attend one service and I really want to learn too……..

My 4 year old doesn’t like it and isn’t that keen to attend – DH will not be happy to MAKE him go since DH is not interested if you know what I mean.

Have any other people been in this situation? Any suggestions?

Thanks!

By: Kili @ Live Each Moment

Kili @ Live Each Moment — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:04:00 +0000

wonderful tips! thanks for sharing

By: a suburban housewife

a suburban housewife — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:45:00 +0000

Not on topic at all, but I just wanted to take a moment to bless, salute, thank profusely- take your pick- you for the recommendation about Mayan Chocolate by Haagen-Dazs. I am, as we speak (type), eating my own little pint, spoonful by delicious spoonful. Thank you, thank you, blessed and beloved Kim!!

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:46:00 +0000

I am going to check out this book. Since the baby was born I have been sending the 3 year old to “class” and I keep the 5 month old with me. Sadly my husband has to work a lot of Sundays and dd1 needs some attentive parenting to be able to stay in the service.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:14:00 +0000

Thanks for posting on this topic. We go to a family-friendly church (RPCNA), but we are having trouble keeping our daughter quiet during the service. She is 8 months old, and very wiggly. We try to keep her in worship with us until she becomes disruptive, which is usually after about 20 minutes. Our original idea was to extend that time every week, but so far she gets loud at the same point in the service every week.

My question is, how do you SPECIFICALLY handle a talkative baby in church? For example, if you were holding an 8 month old and she started blowing bubbles loudly or shouted "DADA!!!", what would you do? Saying "sh" doesn't seem to help, nor does giving her something to chew.

I plan to check out the book that was mentioned on your first post, "Parenting in the Pew" - do you have any other suggestions?

Thank you!!!