How soon to church?

  I started taking my kids as soon as I was able to go back.  The first time my last son I had went was when he was 11 days old.  Only because he was in the NICU 9 days though! 

  My last son before that, he went at 4 days old!!! 

we went the third sunday after my son was born ...i had cabin fever and wanted to show my son off and he is fine and only been six like twice since he was born and that was 16 months ago 

 I've always taken my babies as soon as I feel up to going.  Usually that's by the time they are 2 weeks old.  I know a lot of moms at my church just keep their babies in the carseat and sit in the back.  That way you don't have them in the nursery with other germy kids and you can kind of avoid much contact with other people.  I've always had noisy babies, so they always start right out in the nursery and they've been fine. 

As soon as I was able to get out. I don't remember when Lyndall attended her first service. I do know that my 2nd, Mia, was 11 days old.

Now that Mia is a bit older, it is hard to get out to church. She is an active baby and can't sit through a whole service. At 18 months I wouldn't expect her to anyway but she is a much more vocal child than my first was.

Kim

  Honestly, my home church, they was ready for me to bring my kids in for them to see.  This has been our church for years though. About 8 or so.  And with them being newborns they slept most of the time.  But even if they would get "rowdy" they didnt mind.  I could just get up with them, take them out, to the nursery and do whatever needed to be done, such as a diaper change, feeding, etc. 

  I dont understand why people wait six weeks.  No one that goes to my church does that.  Everyone has brought their newborns in as soon as they felt like coming back, which is usually within a week or two. 

  If people are affended by it, it wouldnt be my kind of church.  That is what I like about a "homey" church.  You are treated like family, not an out cast cause you have a child!!  Almost everyone at church has a child or has had a child and KNOW what they are like.  Its crazy that when a child starts crying everyone wants to look.  I mean you KNOW what it is!  Its a baby!  You dont have to stare at it like, "whats that making that noise over there?!"  DUH!

  As long as you try to soothe the child and/or go out if it gets to bad, then theres NOTHING wrong with taking your child to church before six weeks!  NOTHING.  If people are affended, they dont need to be there if you ask me. 

I took my girls to church as soon as I felt up to it.  About 2 weeks I think.  But I didn't start sending them to the nursery until they were about 2 months old.

It's not really flu season now, so unless there have been things going around I would take them whenever you feel like going.  I took my DD to church, a smaller one than our mega church when she was a wk old, it was Easter last year.  She was fine.  I don't think I would lay out of church for 6wks, unless 1. it was cold/flu season, 2. There was some other illness going around, 3. premature baby or other major complications. 

Honestly the first few times we took her to any church very few people wanted to hold, I guess because she was so new, I don't know. 

 my first I waited 6 weeks...my second about 4 weeks and my 3rd I was in church the week after my c section...so 1 week..LOL.  but I was careful who held her and the like and no one was allowed to touch her without washing their hands etc...and she pretty much stayed in my arms and people just looked they didn't offer to touch because all of them were smart enough to know you don't.  Only let 2 ladies hold her and they are like grandma's to me.  One has since gone on to heaven...but yeah I went.  Didn't phase her and she quite like the singing and such and slept through the sermon...LOL

I went to back to church when my kids were about a week old, maybe two. They stay with me til they are about 6-8  months old and then go to the nursery. I wait to put them in the nursery so I can actually sit through a service with out having to leave to nurse them, I just do it right there in my seat.

 oh and the only reason I waited with my first is it was October when he was born and flu season was in high swing and it was cold (we lived on Long Island at the time)

With my middle one...I had some trouble recovering from my c section...so wasn't up to it.