We LOVE our church. We've been there for over 10 years now, but it's quite a drive from our home. It's fairly close to my parents and we could easily drop off LO there to go to service, but we want her to also "know" church. When she was younger, it was super easy cause she would sleep through the service or just be happy in a carrier. Now at almost 14 months, she of course will not stay still or want to sit or listen to anything we say, lol. My husband usually takes her and walks the halls or hangs out at the coffee shop with her while I stay in the service, but I know he also misses being there for the service, even though he can hear the entire thing. They do have a wonderful children's program there and we know lots of the volunteers as well. Everyone is screened, the area has HUGE windows and there are no full walls, adults are to stay in completely visible areas when they are with children. Both of us struggle with being ok leaving her there. I know part of it is because the only person who has ever watched her for a few hours is my mom. I was sexually abused as a little girl and I know that makes me even more paranoid. Sigh. Someone tell me it will be ok. We keep going back and forth on this issue...one day we say we will leave her and then when the time comes, we're just chasing her around church. Baby number 2 will be arriving this fall and I can't imagine trying to keep up with both of them, so we have to figure something out.