Every Sunday usually after breakfast Devon reminds me that he doesn't want to go to church, that church is boring. Since we have church at 1:00 pm I get to hear about this opinion for several hours. And then when we get to church I get to hear him whine about how he must have me come with him to Primary or he won't go and on and on. Now this happened last year as well but Jed was teaching Rachel's class so Devon got to go with the 6 year olds. Then Jed was released and it was so traumatic for Devon that finally decided to bribe him with a new toy if he went to Primary on his own for a month. It worked great and he started to love Sunbeams. Then the New Year came around and since the class change he's afraid to go by himself. So I've been bouncing back and forth between Leah and trying to hear Jed's lesson some weeks to just sitting in Sharing Time with Devon and then Jed takes him to High Priest or I take him to Relief Society. I've had enough and we're going to try the bribrey thing again. Hopefully it will help him want to go by himself. I have had it!!! It's so hard to sit in Primary, hold Leah and Devon on my lap because he's too "afraid" to sit in a chair. I feel like I'm in Nursery again!
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My children sound exactly like Devon. I have to go to Primary with Denver (although we bribed her last Sunday with a trip to her Uncles house and she went by herself... we'll see what happens next week). And I have to go to Nursery with Tag... now when Jon's not there, where am I supposed to go? Take us all to nursery? or all to sunbeams?? hmm. I'm all for the bribing, let us know how it goes!
Lisa, you need a Hadassah! My boys were like that, so I was floored when Hadassah marched into nursery the first day and didn't even look back. She loves church, and wants to go every day. She's really angry with me that I get dressed i Sunday clothes and go to the temple without her. She and Devon are close in age, so it's too bad they couldn't go to Primary together! She would fix him!
This is the season of my life I am kinda glad to be done with, I must say. I remember this time, feeling like..."Why do I even go to church?" It will be over before you know it and Devon will be out on his mission laughing about how he wouldn't go to primary!You'll see!!Sounds like you should "borrow" Hadassah!
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