Children accompanying parents to Communion
When I have gone with relatives to special occasions at their churches (baptism, wedding, etc) I have seen families bring their little kids and babies up for Communion. While the children don't receive Communion, they are blessed by the pastor. I was raised WELS and have attended a WELS church whenever I have lived in a place where one was near me. Recently, my church had a change in pastors, and now children are going up to the Communion table with their parents and being blessed. I have only ever seen this in LCMS and ELCA churches, and am confused about why it is happening at a WELS church. I grew up to believe that you did not go to the Communion table until you were confirmed; parents often just left their little ones with another member of the church. I have looked in the Bible, and on this site, and cannot find anything that says that is acceptable or not acceptable. Unfortunately, I don't really feel like I can ask the pastor who has made this change.
Your search in the Bible regarding this practice did not yield results because the Bible does not address it. The practice falls into that category we call adiaphora—those things that God has neither commanded nor forbidden.
If God has not commanded or forbidden something, then Christians have freedom in that area. Of course, having freedom does not mean that Christians can do whatever they want, without regard to others. Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8-10 teach how Christians exercise their freedom as they interact with Christians whose consciences differ from theirs.
In the case of parents bringing their small children with them to receive Communion, this may be a practice that is new to you, but there is certainly nothing wrong with it. The fact that this practice was one that you formerly observed only in churches outside our fellowship does not make it wrong for a WELS church to implement it. There may be practicality and good spiritual reasons behind it: parents may want to commune together rather than individually, taking turns watching their children. Perhaps you could look upon these young children in parents’ arms as the future of the church—people with whom you will soon stand or kneel to receive the sacrament.
It always helps, of course, if explanations accompany changes in congregational life or worship. If that was not the case with this practice, a conversation with your pastor would be productive and informative.