Nursery.

[sammipher]

Yep sammipher, my mom thinks that because we have different rules and such than they did that it's some sort of insult to the way they parented. I have told my folks several times that the TV stays off the news channels when the kids are around (my 7 year old is prone to nightmares and imagine her seeing the images from New Orleans) they don't get it, they think that the kids absolutely SHOULD see things like that regardless of age, telling them that a bad storm hit N.O. and hurt a bunch of people and did a lot of damage isn't enough they should see it...Needless to say I'm glad they live across the country and we only have to deal with this occasionally.

As to nursery, (Sorry off topic for a while there...) I usually stay with my kids in the nursery if they go down that or my husband does. We keep them in the service until children's chruch, but then the little one wants to follow the other kids. Depending on whether he's napped or not, we stay with him if he's had a cranky morning, so the older ladies who watch the nursery don't get overly burdened.

I can def. relate...I have had to stay home a few times..due to colic fits. She usually has them in the morning and afternoon. When it comes down to it all she wants is mommy and a rocking chair. I have been blessed though the two times I left her they said she did fine(though I give her her colic drops before service and feed her right before we go...good ole full tummy calms her down to cooing and smiling). I have told them if she cries please come and get me....They have promised me...and I trust their word...but, I am still an overly protective paranoid mommy...leaving her these times has been a huge accomplishment for me. Thank you for the well wishing on the pink eye. I hope we don't just keep passing it back to one another over and over again.

 

[Neenie1]

Btw...nusery..I am so confused on it right now. Guess what...Lilly has the PINK EYE. Yep, we are not sure where she got it from. Symptoms started yesterday...and now me and hubby may have it. I have notified our church and anyone else we have been in contact with. I took her to the doc today and she got some cream for it that goes in her eye. She is miserable to say the least. Now hubby and I are itching our eyes..but, it's hard to tell cause it's kind of like when someone says they have head lice..you automatically start itching thinking you have it to. We are being extremely careful..we bought the hand foam..the whole nine yards...I had the pink eye a few years back and it was not fun. I feel really sorry for her.

Has she had a cold recently? When Em was 4 weeks old, she had a cold, and got pink eye (although we call it conjunctivitis - I am pretty sure it is the same thing) as part of her cold. My son also gets it, every time he has a bad cold.

Unfortunately when babies are in contact with other children, they usually get some things passed on to them, it's good for their immunse system I suppose.

 

[McDLT]

Nursery - I've never left my girls at a daycare, I'm an at-home mom. At one church, there wasn't a nursery so I made one. At the last church I was at the nursery wasn't structured it was just babysitting, which isn't too bad for infants, but once children are a bit older than can learn about God too. So I made proposals, told them about books, offered my services, but they still wouldn't do anything. So everytime I was at church I was in the nursery. I think all children should have some time in the service, so I wouldn't go down until Children's Church time. They did schedule people to be on, so I would talk to them about how to teach young children and set up the room (story corner and bring age appropriate books, , provide the craft and materials, have some structure, etc). Unfortunately, the only people who were receptive to this was 2 youth and my hubby. Hubby lead worship and the youth could only come down once a month.

Now that we're helping start a brand new church who knows what will happen.

Just thought I'd share some of my experiences. Hope not too boring.

 

[sammipher]

Has she had a cold recently? When Em was 4 weeks old, she had a cold, and got pink eye (although we call it conjunctivitis - I am pretty sure it is the same thing) as part of her cold. My son also gets it, every time he has a bad cold.

Unfortunately when babies are in contact with other children, they usually get some things passed on to them, it's good for their immunse system I suppose.

Nope, she hasn't had a cold or anything. Just the acid reflux and thrush.

 

[Neenie1]

That's terrible, hope she is getting beter.