WWYD Bible Study Group

unaveragejane · August 2013

Our neighborhood has a twice-a-month ladies Bible study starting up in September. I participated last year when DS was b/n 6 and 11 months old, but it definitely got harder when he started crawling. Now he's full-on walking and completely enamored of exploring every last nook and cranny. I really want to try to participate in the group study, but I'm worried about how to keep him from destroying the hostesses' houses. The group usually moves from house to house every month. Should I just offer to host the study at my own house so he can play in baby-proofed familiarity? Or should we go ahead and hang out at the neighbor's houses and use this as an opportunity to try to teach him boundaries? (I feel like he's a bit young for that, plus it would wind up taking precedence over the actual study group, but maybe it could work...)

aeh72 · August 2013

How do the participants in the groups feel about LOs coming along? I get why you would want to try and make it work, but I'm not sure it's fair to ask hostesses to deal with a toddler trying to touch all their stuff and potentially disrupting the group. I know I could never bring DS to something like this unless there was a separated play area for him and, even then, I'm not sure he would stay put there for the duration of the get together (and I would feel like I had to still keep an eye on him so I, then, wouldn't be fully engaged in the discussion going on). Also, I would not want to use other people's homes and their stuff to teach boundaries. It's hard enough to do that at our own home at this age!

I like the option of always hosting it at your house but your group may prefer the rotation. Is there any way for you to get a babysitter for these outings? That would alleviate the stress of how your son will behave and will give you some free mommy time!

TiffanyBerry · August 2013

Host or get a sitter.

starberrylynn · August 2013

uhggg, i HATE when my husband insists our son will be 'good' at his friends house and I spend the entire time either holding a screaming toddler or saying "no, no no, no, no!" I would say host.

mnb311 · August 2013

I would not bring my LO. There are certain occasions where its not really appropriate to bring your baby. How are you(or anyone else) going to be able to focus on the Bible study? If it was a family bible study and everybody brought their kids that would be different. I would leave him at home with hubby or family member or whoever your trust.

KatFCo · August 2013

I would talk to them about it. We go to a Bible study once a week and DS just wanders around the main room. We take toys and he makes a little noise, but no one minds. The hostess was kind enough to put some of the breakables out of his reach. Do any of these ladies have kids?

FemShep · August 2013

An adult study group, no matter what the subject, is not an appropriate place for a young child, IMO. Bringing an active toddler to someone else's home when they're hosting an adult study group is not very considerate. And insisting that you host all the time is also awkward-how can you host and participate when you're watching LO? At this age, they need pretty near constant supervision, even if they're playing quietly in the same room.

Do any of the other ladies have young children, and do they also bring them? If not, get a sitter or ask your DH to watch your LO. If other ladies also have young children, perhaps you can go in together and get a babysitter/mother's helper to watch the LOs in another room.

unaveragejane · August 2013

No one else in the group has young children. They have always been very excited to see DS, but I guess it is time for us to bow out now. Since the group meets in the morning, everyone who could watch him is either in school or at work (or in the Bible study). Bummer.

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