Breaking him in to the chaos

It could possibly be bad parenting, but we've been taking Micah to youth group and into the church service each week. We wanted him to get "broken in" and used to being around all the crazy kids. It actually has been going pretty well, except I learned a few things the hard way..haha....

#1. Loud worship music and drums + baby = bad. I must have been desensitized but I seemed to forget how loud our worship music was until we got blasted that first night. Poor Micah about jumped out of his onesie. Lesson learned: Remove baby from youth room before worship begins. He sure likes to hear the music from the hallway though.

#2. Baby needs limited time with Junior Highers. We recently started a jr high program on Wednesday nights for an hour. I didn't think an hour would be too bad for Micah and I to hang out with 5-7 of these 6th & 7th graders. But then I realized how CRAZY this age group is. Last week Micah was way overstimultaed by their chaos and his eyes were as big as saucers for about 20 minutes after it ended. So now we leave a little early haha.

#3. Getting out of church early to feed him = impossible. We are very blessed by having so many people who love us at church. But this means that about 50 older ladies are going to surround Micah like a celebrity and each need a good long turn holding him even if it's 20 minutes past his feeding time. Now we know that an extra bottle is mandatory for after the service.

#4. Careful selection is need when choosing which students are allowed to hold the baby. Extra loud students, hyper freshman girls (who like to "overbounce" him until he spits up all over their shirts), and the guys who like to use babies as footballs are all banned.

It is definitely a learning experience, but we know he'll grow into it:)