Catholic Church with cry room

[Anonymous]

Hi all-

We are new to the DC area and have tried out a few Catholic Churches in georgetown. None have cry rooms or seem to be very baby friendly. Does anyone have any suggestions for catholic churches with cry rooms and/or that are a bit more family friendly? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

No cry room, but St Ann in Arlington is very family friendly, lots and lots of babies and children. Don't know where you live but it's near the intersection of Washington Blvd and George Mason Drive, behind Lacey Woods park.

[Anonymous]

I hope you are not deciding they are not baby friendly because they don't have cry rooms! The fact that they DON'T have cry rooms means they are more baby friendly. Babies are welcomed as part of the congregation, not to be hidden away in a cry room. Most people understand that babies and children are going to make some noise. If it is a full on scream fest, that is a little different. Our (Catholic) parish does not have a cry room. If our infant is getting too fussy for my comfort, I step out into the vestibule while I settle him.

If you're getting "looks" from people, that's a different matter. But people need to get over themselves. Pope Francis has actually spoken about this: “…children cry, they are noisy, they don’t stop moving. But it really irritates me when I see a child crying in church and someone says they must go out. God’s voice is in a child’s tears: they must never be kicked out of church.” http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/blog/pope-francis-gods-voice-is-in-tears-of-children-at-mass/

[Anonymous]

I would agree with this. St. Rays has a cry room and so does nativity. World of differences between the two churches that are only a few miles away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope you are not deciding they are not baby friendly because they don't have cry rooms! The fact that they DON'T have cry rooms means they are more baby friendly. Babies are welcomed as part of the congregation, not to be hidden away in a cry room. Most people understand that babies and children are going to make some noise. If it is a full on scream fest, that is a little different. Our (Catholic) parish does not have a cry room. If our infant is getting too fussy for my comfort, I step out into the vestibule while I settle him.

If you're getting "looks" from people, that's a different matter. But people need to get over themselves. Pope Francis has actually spoken about this: “…children cry, they are noisy, they don’t stop moving. But it really irritates me when I see a child crying in church and someone says they must go out. God’s voice is in a child’s tears: they must never be kicked out of church.” http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/blog/pope-francis-gods-voice-is-in-tears-of-children-at-mass/

I really dislike this attitude. My kids made noise when they were babies, and not an inconsiderable amount. I don't like subjecting other worshippers to that, and I don't like missing the whole service and I don't like sending DH out with them to me everything, either. I love a cry room.

[Anonymous]

St Michael the Archangel in Silver Spring has a cry room, but you aren't obliged to use it. We love babies and toddlers so no side eye if your LO is very vocal. Lots of young families. Many nursing moms. We actually used the cry room most once my youngest hit the toddler years and couldn't stay on my lap.