How old was your LO when they were baptized?
Due to godparents being out of state and some classes we need to take, we will be doing DS' at 8 months old... is this too late?
How old was your LO when they were baptized?
Due to godparents being out of state and some classes we need to take, we will be doing DS' at 8 months old... is this too late?
grapefruit / 4085 posts
I don't think it's too late. I think you can technically do it whenever. My daughter's baptism is this Sunday - she'll be almost 5 months.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
We're doing a dedication instead of a baptism, but it'll be at 5 1/2 months.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I think it's fine, as long as you are comfortable with it (some people are nervous about waiting too long). My godson was 4 months and change, due to travel and time issues.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
i don't think it's a huge deal, but some people do get nervous in case the unthinkable happens.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
It's never too late! There was a 1 year old on our Baptism day. M was 4 months old.
nectarine / 2127 posts
Our LO will be almost 3 months old. He was a month early and we'd scheduled it for 4th of July weekend to accommodate as many family members as possible.
persimmon / 1479 posts
LO was 3 months old, but the other babies were probably a couple months older and one was close to being a year. It is never too late:)
pomelo / 5178 posts
DD was 6 weeks and DS was 8 weeks when they were baptized. I don't think 8 months is late at all! In our baptism prep class, there were two families with toddlers, so I think a lot of families end up baptizing after infancy for various reasons.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
We had LO Christened at 3.5 months. Hopefully they can do the ceremony at the beginning of the Church service and not the end. By the time the Christening ceremony rolled around an hour after the service began, LO was mighty feisty.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Honestly, I don't think it's ever too late. I was baptized at 16 months. My parents took my sister to be baptized when she was around the same age, and the pastor told my parents she was going to hell because they'd waited so long. My dad walked out of the church and never went back. So at 15 years old, she asked to be baptized.
pomegranate / 3314 posts
I'm in the "never too late" camp, too. All of our family is out of state/country, so we didn't get around to it until LO was 7 months old. I thought she would be squirmier/feistier, but she was wonderful! The other worry we had was whether she would fit into our family heirloom gown.
pomegranate / 3314 posts
@littlebug: Whoa! Seriously? That is really awful and I don't blame your dad.
pomegranate / 3863 posts
I was baptised when I was 12 YO so I certainly don't think 8 months is too late!
grapefruit / 4235 posts
my lo will be almost 5 months and DH is getting baptized at the same time- he was never baptized.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Thanks all!
For Future LO, I am adding this to my pregnancy TO-DO list!
pear / 1570 posts
It is never too late! G was 6 weeks old - I booked it when I was preggo.
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