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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
MIL is being ridiculous!
My MIL is insisting that we bring our 24 week old to church on Christmas Eve. Her church is very formal and I have never seen another baby there--and there isn't a daycare. I think she is acting crazy and not thinking this through, but my husband just keeps saying it's important to her to have her family together on Christmas Eve. How can I explain that this isn't the time or place for a 6 month old?!
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Re: MIL is being ridiculous!
DD has been going to church since she was two months old.
No nursery or cry room either.
In fact, she is playing baby Jesus on Christmas Eve!
All of this! I am not a church goer, but there is nothing wrong with taking your 5 month old to church on christmas eve. if they act up, go outside. i think your being a little unresonable. unless of course the church is over a hour away, which in that case i wouldn't drive that far. to make your DH happy, you're going to have to suck it up and go.. maybe leave early.
on a side note, your little one is old enough to start using months old, not weeks old.
I was thinking it was ridiculous that you are still counting 'weeks old'. And no, going to church with a 5-6 month old is not ridiculous. You are overreacting. Tons of babies go to church. If the baby starts crying, you go to the nursery or step out. Sheesh.
Church isnt the time or place for a 6 month old? HMMM... I think YOU are the one being rediculous! Especially for Christmas, a time for family to be together. If LO gets fussy, take them to the back...no big deal. People do that every Sunday, so Christmas Eve is no different. In fact, Christmas Eve is even MORE acceptable for LO's to be in the church service.
And, yes....I stopped using weeks to refer to my childs age at the 3 month mark.
This.
Our twins are 3 months old and we plan to take them to church on Christmas Eve. I have no problem stepping out if they start to act up, which I'm sure they will. Oh well, it is what it is. But no, your MIL is not being ridiculous.
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This- all of it. The only reason I might agree with you is if we are talking Midnight Mass or a 9PM service. We are not regular church goers, but we do go Christmas Eve and I will be taking LO who will be 3.5 months old. I plan to sit on the edge of the pew and take him out if he fusses. We'll also go to the 5:00 or 6:00 service instead of the 9:00 we usually go to.
This...DD1 was 6 months old her 1st Christmas and slept thru the whole service.
DS comes to church every week and hasn't had a problem yet. He loves the music and making faces at people. Bring a bottle or be prepared to nurse, but it's probably not as big of a deal as you're making it out to be.