We are a church going family. I love going to church....but every time we walk in the doors and get settled and ready all I can think in my head is "how long before someone has a meltdown?" We have a great church where the older two go to sunday school, they have a nursery for the little ones, it's so kid friendly that even if your kids were goofing around no one would look at you funny. But I have a huge problem where I expect too much from my kids. I expect them to be on their best behavior and sometimes when I do that I forget one little thing....."they are kids!" Today the two older kids went to Sunday school, and since Tys is afraid of strangers and Bella's so little we kept them with us in the church. Today they surprized me big time.....the two little ones fell asleep in there. My husband and I were able to listen to the whole sermon. I don't think we've been able to do that since before the kids were born. One thing I have learned though is to always be prepared. I always have snacks in the diaper bag, ones that aren't noisey so they won't disturb anyone. I usually have a book or small toy, and we always sit towards the back so if one of the kids do act up we can take them out for a minute or two. It's not hard to take kids out and have them behave, you just have to do it enough so they realize what you expect from them, and you also....like me....need to drop your expectations from being so high the kids will never reach them. They are kids.....and if you make it through a couple hours without anyone hitting, screaming, or fighting then it's been a good day.
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