Mess at Mass
For the last four weeks now, my younger son who is four, has at every Mass suddenly had the urge to answer Nature’s call. He has been weaned off from wearing disposal diapers throughout the day and only puts on a pair of Huggies Overnights when he goes to bed. At the first 2 Masses that he was under the grip of Nature, I did not paid much heed and willingly accompanied him to the washroom. After the 3rd episode, I suspected that he was enjoying his trips to the Church washroom. These intermissions to the lavatory, always happened within the first 1 hour after he awoke and we decided that if he was to continue to attend Mass with us he would have to get up from bed much earlier.
This is exactly what we did this morning by awaking him 2 hours before today’s Mass which was at 8:30am. So very confident that I’d licked the problem, we embarked bravely for our visit to God’s house. Alas just before the consecration of bread and wine, my son’s bladder came under the spell of the washroom spirit. We returned just before the Lord’s Prayer.
Having missed the highpoint of Mass, I was pondering if I should even receive Holy Communion (I intend to pose this question to Cathoic Exchange). Finally I decide to received our Lord while awaiting a satisfactory answer from an expert on Catholic matters.
Now, I’m contemplating to make my son wear disposal diapers when we leave home for Mass and until we return home. I think $0.70 spent for a diaper may be worthwhile to ensure that I get my time with God. I’m still in a quandary as this would mean that we regress in terms of toilet training my son. I hope we can find a solution within 7 days.
