Ever since me and Ryan bought our house last December we have wanted to find a church home. Once I became pregnant we really felt this was important. Last night we decided to go ahead and try out a new church. The church is a small one called Crosshaven. They meet in a community center that used to be a school so it's an old building. An old echoey building...where sound carries well....uh oh.
We arrive at church and find some seats in the back, you know on case we need to make an emergency exit. The service is about to start and I think "hey I'll get Jayme out of his car seat where he is sleeping peacefully and hold him that way he doesn't wake up half way through and scream bloody murder.". Big mistake, now I have an awake baby who will probably get hungry soon. Service starts with singing-jayme loves it. He let's me him him and rock him while he peacefully listens to me sing (God love him for not screming when he heard that!). Yay! Quiet baby, this will be easy as pie. Now we pray....he coos and talks a little, that's ok it's cute, he just talking to Jesus too. Sermon is starting, he's getting hungry. Ryan goes to warm the bottle then feeds him. He's a loud eater but that's ok. He then needs his diaper changed. Ok No biggie Ryan quietly steps out to do it, he Bowery brings back a whole new baby. He fusses and whines the rest of the time. I try to step out of the room to soothe him and he goes NUTS! he calms down and I go back into the room quietly while everyone sings the closig songs. Of course he's quiet now!
Church ends and I'm only slightly mortified....but hey at least God still loves us!
Our preacher says he doesn't mind loud babies, he'll just talk louder. And good thing too because even now at almost 2 years old there are weeks that Hannah is super noisy. Don't not go to church because your child is loud, keep taking them and teaching them and they will learn to quiet down. Matthew 19:14 says: Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." :)
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