Michael and I have taken baby Gabriel to mass with us since he was two weeks old. We know kids won’t always be the most well-behaved churchgoers in attendance, but we’re all sinners aren’t we? 🙂
We actually got all three of us to church and in our pew by ten minutes before mass started. (That was something of a notable accomplishment for us lately.) As soon as our butts hit the pew, however, Gabriel started asking for dinner in a very loud and clear manner. Of course, being the far seeing, prepared parents that we are, we had a warm bottle ready to stifle the drama before Gabriel got fully into Angry Baby Mode.
When Gabriel started howling, Michael nodded calmly to me and I immediately extracted a bottle for Gabriel from our diaper bag. I thought the bottle seemed a little wet when I handed it to Michael. It took until Gabriel started choking violently and spitting up milk all over himself that I realized that the bottle was wet with leaking milk. Michael had forgotten to assemble the bottle with the little-plastic-part-thingy that is supposed to regulate the flow of milk to the baby…
We suddenly had an angry 7 week old having a massive meltdown.
I ended up having to take our howling child into the bathroom to nurse him just as mass began. Thank goodness I happen to always have dinner on tap :). I enjoyed making several preteen girls who came into the bathroom for a mid-mass potty break highly uncomfortable (just kidding :).
I missed most of mass today, since Gabriel takes about 30 minutes to nurse. When I did return to mass, Gabriel hollered and fussed with gas until communion. Thank goodness Michael and I were both able to get communion today! I needed some extra heavenly grace, which I feel I received in spades.
I'm still working on nursing Gabe at our friends' houses, actually. He is kind of a noisy and fussy nurser most of the time, I'm scared to try it anywhere else!
Hehehe. You know you can nurse him in the pew, right? Think about it–it's Eucharistic!
You sound like an awesome mom! Love your blog.
-Laura Broussard (Emily's friend)
Oh Erin,
It's times like this that I miss you so much! You're doing such a beautiful job as a mother, and are simply glowing. We all miss you so much and want you to know that you and Gabriel are always on our hearts. Every picture, every word, every thought of y'all brings me joy and peace (in knowing that you're doing so well!) I love, love LOVE you and cannot wait to see you!
I will have to say that is an extremely accurate account of what happened. I definitely don't plan on making that mistake again 🙂