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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I completely understand, OP.  I also had well-behaved yet chatty toddlers.  (Ok, sometimes they were not so well-behaved, but still chatty.)  And I also valued attending church together, as a family.  We started going directly into the cry-room at church, but like you, OP, we noticed that they were not really learning how to behave at church.  Now we sit in the actual church, but in the back.

We have this book: http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Come-Church-Virginia-Esquinaldo/dp/0819811645/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365447877&sr=8-1&keywords=baby+come+to+church   that maybe is too young for your two year old, but mine still like it.

One thing that helped (sometimes) was sitting in the front, that way he could "see" what Father was doing and not just at rows and rows and rows of people's backs.  We only did this when I suspected that my kids were in good moods.  If there was a bit of fuss before church, we did NOT attempt this!  But it worked really well when they were happy kids!

Mine are 3 and 4 now.  And we still have church days when I need to "shush" them.  But you know what my sons played today on their own?  Mass.  My oldest read a Gospel story and then gave a homily to his stuffed animals.  And his brother was the altar boy and helped distribute communion.   So even when it seems as if they're not paying attention, they are.  [/quote]

PP - this is so cute!!  Thank you so much for this.  And this book looks like exactly what I was looking for.  Thank you.  We really want to continue trying to attend church as a family, even if it means we don't make it through the entire mass each week.[/quote]

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