But anyway when we went this past weekend, it was just so hard for me, and I got so fed up. I did have a few mom's stop by afterwards and commend me for even bringing them in the first place...but I just want a pleasent and enriching experience. So when we got home I had Aiden "practice church". I wanted to see if he was physically capable of sitting and standing still for extended periods of time. And I wanted to see if the method I used for potty training would work here as well. If he had an accident, we would have to go and practice going to the potty over and over. The reasoning is that practicing is not fun, and if you have an accident that means we have to pracitice again. Aiden had caught on to this pretty fast, so it worked for him. We'll see if this works for church then too! I had him sit for 3 min, stand for 3 min, sit for 4 min, stand for 4 min...etc until he got to 6 minutes. He did great-so I'm thinking "no excuses now!"
It was pretty cute though watching him sit and stand with his hands folded...so I snuck a few pictures ;)
I'll keep you posted if it worked or not...and if anyone has any advice I'm certainly open to it!
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I don't let my kids eat in church too. I know that others at our church do, but it feels like the wrong place. I do however bring books and coloring things. We don't bring other toys like cars or trains or dolls. I saw one mom at my church who brought her sons train set and he was on the floor setting it up. I thought it was a little strange. Lately my kids have been sitting better and better. They don't even ask for the books a lot of the time. Ally can sit still the whole time now and is very quiet. I think by the time they are four it gets a lot easier. James can still be difficult. I always want to take his blanket with me because I know it would keep him quiet, but I don't. I think practicing is a really good thing to do. Kids don't know what we expect from them unless we tell them and practicing makes him know what he is supposed to do. You are an awesome mom.
Church with two and no husband is so hard. I don't know what I will do now that I have three. I only have two hands!!
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