https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:56:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-240031 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:38:50 +0000 mrs. wagon 240031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did, at his first easter sunday celebration. That's when our church does a bunch. Lots of families choose dedications instead to let the child choose baptism in the future on their own, but we were both baptized as infants and didn't have a problem with it as adults. We figure if our children want to affirm their faith when they are older, they can be baptized again. We did it mostly for traditions sake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239991 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:56:06 +0000 JerricaBenton 239991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan to have our LO baptized. In the Catholic Church they want you to have it done as early as possible. We'll probably do it at around 2 or 3 weeks old. We have to take a class beforehand so I plan on doing that in my 7th or 8th month so I can plan the baptism in advance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239988 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:46:25 +0000 loveisstrange 239988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not going to. My parents never baptized any of us so that we could grow up to make our own decisions about religion when we were old enough to understand and we plan to do the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239983 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:40:25 +0000 Boogs 239983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, LO was 6 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239954 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:48:55 +0000 Maysprout 239954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO was baptized when she was 12 months old. We waited till we traveled overseas to visit my husband's side of the family so there was a reason for a family get together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239946 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:36:01 +0000 purrpletulips 239946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't baptize but did a dedication because our church (Christian) believes baptism is a personal decision for the individual to make not someone else. The dedication basically was us presenting DD in front of the congregation and promising to raise her in a Christian home. She was 11months when we did it (they only do it once a year and she came the Thursday after they did it the year she was born). We plan to do the same for LO#2, although they will be younger since it is done in the spring and LO#2 will be a fall baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239941 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:31:37 +0000 MamaCate 239941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did. LO was 3 months almost exactly and shared her baptism with her cousin who is 2 weeks older. The priest who married DH and i performed the ceremony so it was nice and personal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239897 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:56:56 +0000 Honeybee 239897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, DD was 6 weeks; DS was 2.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239862 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:10:39 +0000 chopsuey 239862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't. Want our Lo's to make the decision to be baptized on their own when they're ready.<br /> We're for baby dedications, but haven't had Lo dedicated yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239855 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:52:06 +0000 owlmom 239855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO will be 11 months when she gets baptized. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239848 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:42:27 +0000 littlek 239848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are getting our LO baptized in December, he will be 6 months. The reason we are waiting, is we are having him baptized in Savannah, GA by the same pastor who married DH and I, and that's the earliest we can get there. (DH and I live in Washington, DC, my parents live in Savannah, GA) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239841 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:31:47 +0000 mrs. bird 239841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: I like your compromise! We don't have a LO yet, but my ILs expect a baptism, but I'm an atheist so that won't happen. So we decided we'll do our Nigerian naming ceremony inside DH's UU church so the ILs feel like the baby had a ceremony in a church without me compromising my beliefs:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239839 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:27:11 +0000 heffalump 239839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we're Jews! We had a baby naming when she was about 10 months though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239805 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:51:23 +0000 sorrycharlie 239805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was baptized at 2 months, almost exactly. We aren't baptizing LO only because it'll cause serious, massive, terrible no-good family drama with the ILs....which I personally wouldn't mind ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239780 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:19:11 +0000 mrsjazz 239780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not religious but both of our families are so we may do it for them. If we do it we won't baptize her in our families' religions (Pentecostal and Baptist) but in the Unitarian Universalist church near us because they welcome all religions, as well as agnostics and atheists. I figure it's a good compromise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239772 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:09:44 +0000 regberadaisy 239772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope and we don't plan on it because we're not religious. I'm actually surprised my MIL hasn't asked us about it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239770 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:09:05 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 239770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't plan to - we're not religious, though my BFF says she's going to do it for us as an "insurance policy." :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239769 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:05:37 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 239769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! Mavrick was 11 months old and Sienna will be 3 months and a half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-your-lo-baptized#post-239766 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:04:24 +0000 mediagirl 239766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old were they when you had them baptized? </p>