https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:20:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-624133 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:52:07 +0000 mrsmenow 624133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel lucky that LO is either sleeps through or is happy being held and listening to music. I have been taking the kids by myself so the older two know they have to behave or else:) </p> <p>ETA: Does your church have a Saturday night mass that might work better </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-624125 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:48:55 +0000 mediagirl 624125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't gone since her Baptism. I won't put her in the nursery b/c she's in daycare all week and I can't handle another hour and a half away from her. Our problem is church hits up against nap times. I refuse to mess with this girl's naps. We'll take her at Easter, though...so I guess we'll mess with her nap that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-624110 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:44:12 +0000 Honeybee 624110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mass times at our new church are at 9 am (DS's normal morning nap time) and 11:30 am (the kids' normal lunchtime) so it's not convenient. If DS gets up early enolugh, I'll put him down for a 30 minute nap before we leave for 9 am mass; otherwise, I just give him an early lunch and put him down at 11:00 for nap. We also don't have a nursery at our church, so we all go in the family room instead. The kids can wander around, have snacks, etc.. without bothering the larger congregation, and we are with them the whole time, if either of them get cranky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623244 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:00:01 +0000 tysonja 623244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i didn't get a chance to read the other replies yet, but our LO is just a little younger than yours and we make it work by not putting him in nursery yet (he can't walk/crawl very well so the other kids just run circles around him anyway hehe) and either me or dh wear him in the carrier as a nap and we stand at the back of the service so we can participate too :). he will usually sleep for an hour. hopefully something works for you guys and cobi!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623219 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:54:14 +0000 FarmWifeGina 623219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Oh yes, how well I know this process! We live almost 20 miles from town (where church is, lol) and try to get out the door at least 30 minutes early. And even at the ages they are, they're both fast asleep in their car seats by the time we get home and it's just so fun to try to get them to their beds for naps without the-world-is-ending whining and crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623218 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:53:24 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 623218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bring lo into the service with us.....but my church has six services to choose from. We go to a different one each week depending on her sleep that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623183 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:47:53 +0000 Mrs. Pen 623183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: hahaha. A friend said that the moment her church started a Sat. night service, they were all over that! I agree - between 4pm-8pm would be an amazing time for church for us lol<br /> I think a huge part of the problem is that we live half hour from church. But we LOVE it. Cause we should technically be able to go to an hour long service within the three hour timespan he's awake... but add in driving to/from church and it is much longer. And now that he's eating any everything it's the process of getting him dressed, fed, packed as well as us and out the door... so stressful!!!</p> <p>I love his age but it IS hard to do anything. When he was less than 6 months all I had to do was wear him and he'd sleep... not anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623161 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:44:17 +0000 runsyellowlites 623161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Maybe you could take him to nursery after p&amp;w... then he'll be more ready to play with the other bebes?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623158 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:43:48 +0000 FarmWifeGina 623158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Yeah, that is such a TOUGH age for that kind of stuff. But, this too shall pass. Mine are 2 and 4 now and the 2-year-old generally loves playing in nursery with the other little girls (in a 2 year span, we had 5 baby girls born in our tiny church, NO boys- it's gonna be fun in a few years) and my 4-year-old is learning to sit through the service, with the help of his toy bag. But I remember that 12 month period. Why, oh, WHY must church be at THAT time of day?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623150 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:42:47 +0000 Mrs. Pen 623150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: actually... last Sunday we visited a different church for my friend's baby dedication and we brought DS into worship with us too and he LOVED the music and was dancing. I'm going to do that this week - and that's 20 minutes of a 60 min service so maybe it will make it more bearable for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623141 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:40:45 +0000 Mrs. Pen 623141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: That's an idea... I'll see what DH thinks of that.</p> <p>@FarmWifeGina: well they obviously do what they can in the nursery - I love our church nursery. It's really hands-on and they love cuddling him. But he just becomes so miserable when he's tired. I think having him in service with me would be too distracting given his age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623135 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:39:39 +0000 runsyellowlites 623135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Church is right at P's naptime too &amp; no she doesn't sleep well outside the house!</p> <p>Usually she'll sit through praise &amp; worship with us (not falling asleep) and then shortly after (usually right after we do prayer for tithe) I'll head to the moms room with her to nurse her &amp; let her play or sometimes she fall asleep on the boob.</p> <p>I'm actually gonna try sitting up in the risers this Sunday to see if I can manage to stay in service!!!</p> <p>It it's any consolation I still act like a 2 year old sometimes while getting ready in the morning &amp; I missed alot in the beginning b/c it was just so stressful! I can totally sympathize! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623132 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:39:20 +0000 Weagle 623132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before we had LO, our mentors told us that Sunday would quickly become the worst day of the week after having children. They were kind of right :) It's tough, but we just do it. Usually LO skips her morning nap. We feel that attending is an act of obedience and that messing up her schedule for one day is more than worth it. And even though I spend a lot of Sundays in the nursing moms' room or walking the halls, I'm still hearing snippets of the sermon or having really encouraging conversations with other parents in the same season of life. Church really isn't about me anyway. And, DH usually hears the sermon, so he makes the effort to relay the message or tell the most important points to listen for if I download the sermon later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623122 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:37:30 +0000 Beebug 623122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you and DH alternate weeks you go until it works out?</p> <p>I thought about it as LO is too little to go to nursery (and we're new) and she always ends up falling asleep on me, if she gets to a point where it just doesn't work I thought we could alternate weeks of getting to go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623118 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:36:39 +0000 FarmWifeGina 623118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, it's so tough when they're that age. Our church is small enough that if there's a grumpy baby, the nursery person takes care of them and cuddles them, everyone understands. Unless they're really all out crying, then somebody will go into the service to get momma. When they're little like that, I usually take them to nursery for Sunday School and then reevaluate how they're doing at the short break between Sunday School hour and the main assembly. If they need to be with me, I'll bring them into the service and try to keep them quiet and if that's not working, I'll go stand in the back and rock them to sleep, if that's the problem. Not sure if that helps you, but it's what works for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/church-and-your-lo#post-623089 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:30:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 623089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been meaning to post about this for awhile...</p> <p>The last few times we went to church (about 4-6 weeks ago), I was getting called out of the service because Cobi was crying inconsolably. He LOVES the nursery and playing with other kids, but no matter which service we go to it interferes with his sleep.</p> <p>If we try to make the early service, we have to wake him in the morning, and either the 2nd or 3rd service coincide with his nap. He won't nap at church either, even in the quiet room. </p> <p>church has become SO stressful that we've stopped going and I hate that! All of our friends are at church - both DH and I are rejuvenated by the community and the growing in our personal faith. I feel I'm missing out by not going... but at the same time Sundays have become stress-free.</p> <p>We've tried switching to one nap at day now that he's 12 months... but to no avail. </p> <p>How do you handle church with your LO(s)? </p>