Christening

If you are having one- when are you planning on doing it? How old will the baby be?

Some people I know have done it right away (within the first two months) and others have waited until 4 months or so....

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With my son, we waited until he was just about 4 months. Probably do the same this time around.

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We are doing it when the baby is 6 weeks old. Not ideal, but my boys will be turning 2 then and we are having 1 combined party for both events. (We have a lot of family coming from OOS and they can't come 2x).

With the boys, they were 4mo when we had their christening.

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For DD, we had her christening when she was 3 months. It wasn't easy on her so I think I am going to wait a little longer with this one. Maybe closer to 5 months?

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My DD was 9 months old when she was baptised. We waited until the Spring/June to do it, and she was born in October.

This time we will probably do it in June as well. It is a good month because we can host the celebration in our backyard. Since we are having a March Baby, he or she will be 3 months old when they are baptised!

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I think we will end up doing it when the baby is about 3 months---- only because, the more I think about it- I'd like to get it done before I return to work. I'm due the end of June, so I'm hoping we can still count on descent weather for September so that we can use our backyard for the party.

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The pastor of our church would like all babies to be baptized by a month old, but my baby is due in May I think maybe July or August I will have the christening so the baby will be about 2-3 months old. My niece/goddaught who was born in June wasn't baptized until October so she was about 4 months old. Depends on when you get around to it!

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Baby is due in late May and I'd like to have the baptism as soon as possible - thinking July/August.

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I initially just wanted to do it in my in laws backyard since their house is doewn the street from the church and the yard is nice and big.

I am realizing though that by the time I rent tables, and chairs, get paper goods, cater it and get beverages, etc it will end up being only slightly less money than if I had it somewhere like a hall. And I have to set up and clean up.

Leaning towards a hall/catering place.

What are you ladies doing?

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with our first son we did it around 3 months (after his first shots) we will probably do the same with this lo.

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i plan on doing my babys no later than 3 months old. i would like to do it while im still out on maternity leave

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DS#1 was just about 5 months old when we baptized him & this baby will be about 4 months old. My brother & his family live in another country, so we schedule the ceremonies around when their visits are.

We also considered doing a backyard party this time, but like you figured it would cost almost as much as a party at a hall/restaurant & that it wasn't worth all the effort or work. We had family & friends last time so we used a hall, but this time I'd like to do something MUCH smaller (family only) at a restaurant...I'm just trying to get my dh on board.

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My daughter was 11 weeks old.. This baby is due in May and i thinking he or she will be around the same..

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DS was 7 months old, DC #2 most likely will be 3 1/2-4 mos old.

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5 months old...waited for the weather to get nice out---we held it at a catering hall

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I'm torn about this bc I want to have baby baptized in my church in NY and I live on the west coast and since I'm taking all of my vacation time, I would like to do it within the first 12 weeks since Im off but, I feel that that is too early. My other option is to wait until the holidays and then she will be 5-6 months old! So....IDK!!!!

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dd will be 4.5 months. at a restaurant.

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DD is due in May and we're having the Christening most likely in July.

Celebration will be at a restaurant.

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We'll be doing doing it in July or August so he'll be 4 or 5 months. We also were thinking of doing it in the backyard and for the same reason decided against it. The savings would be minimal and all the extra work isn't worth it to us.

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we have to do it early bc of DH's work schedule (seasonal so summers are crazy and he cant take off, especially on weekends)
im due 2/18 so we are shooting for april some time...

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with DD we christened her when she was 3 months old - we will probably do the same thing with this baby also

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hopefully within my leave at a place..I so do not want to do clean up or hire people..

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We're going with a restaurant/hall and Dd will be about 12 weeks