here are my thoughts on going to church with babies:
its hard.
i am 0.3 down and still haven’t mastered the art of getting myself ready, my kid ready, my husband ready, and somehow manage to get all the things in the bag and to church on time.
its funny, cause almost anytime we leave the house i feel like i am OCDly checking the diaper bag over and over… when going to the store for maybe 10 minutes… as if i would stop to change a diaper right there in the store anyhow. really? really.
lets just say, yesterday was one of the first weeks i felt cute in over a year, finally having fit back into a pencil skirt that was missing me, and my child looked cute…. we were all packed and made it to church {uh…almost} on time…
he even fell right asleep in the first hour when i walked him out. genius.
of course it was mid-second-hour that we realized we were a diaper short. woops.
AGHHH!
one of these days i will get it.
i pack up the kid, and by the time i have made it home, he’s asleep.
of course you are. so i sat in the car and didn’t move a muscle for 40 minutes…
dear church,
someday i will find the rainbow connection….
Man, no kidding. I've missed quite a few sacrament meetings. #2 will arrive in December, and I can't even comprehend getting 2 kids ready to go. Sheesh.
Oh man! On good weeks I get my back ready the night before and life goes so much better on Sunday morning. Something really nice that our ward has is extra diapers in the mother lounge so that in case you forget a diaper or have and extra accident there are extras there and then you can replenish what you took the following week. (But we also have lots of babies in our ward!) Good luck with it
It gets easier!!! I've had many a diaper "borrowed" from me and have "borrowed" a few myself from other mothers in church over the years. Connor, in particular, became a standing joke at church. He always blew through a couple diapers and outfits every Sunday and usually ended up in just his diaper by the end of church (I think he purposely saved it up all week just for
Someday I will be spiritually fed again. Someday. <br /><br />Someday my back won't be achy after church.<br /><br />Someday my kids will get themselves ready…and hopefully that will be easier than me doing it all.<br /><br />Someday my kids will go to nursery and actually let me leave.<br /><br />Someday we will arrive early enough to sit on the benches. Here's a thought: It's
So glad to know that someday I too will go back to church and wear a pencil skirt. It seems like a long ways away. : ) You guys sound like you're doing great!