Baptism Attire

AprilLVE

So, is it cool if I jump right in with a tedious question?

Baby girl is being baptized on April 6.  We're in PA, so the weather is likely to be cool at best.  She is wearing a long, ivory silk gown.  First question:  Should I put tights on under the gown?  For the most part they shouldn't show, but would maybe offer a little extra warmth.  I don't know if I will be able to find ivory tights in her size (3-6mo), but I do have white, pink, and black Nordstrom tights already.  Would one of those colors make sense or just be stupid?  I feel like they would look stupid, but need confirmation.  haha

Second question:  After the service we are going to a nearby restaurant for dinner.  Because she's wearing a long gown, I think I should change her out of it and into a dress.  I have a cute winter white/ivory dress she could wear with black tights.  It's not super dressy, though.  I also have a mauve colored dress that is much more formal dressy.  I could put her in that, but then it's not white  So, do you think she needs to wear white to dinner or is changing to a different colored "party dress" ok?  Or do I need to buy a more formal white or ivory dress for her to wear?

Sorry for the novel!

jf198400

I would go with the white tights, it will be covered by the long gown anyways, no one will see it much less notice that it's not ivory. Personally I feel that a Baptism is a very special day and they are only going to wear that gown once, so I tend to keep my babies in it most of the day. By the time I am ready to change them out of it I just put them in pretty pjs.

notkateanymore

I wouldn't do tights. She won't be wearing the gown outside in the car anyway will she? There is no way to get her in the carseat! We change at the church. Get a pretty white/ivory blanket to wrap her in if you're worried. I would change her into whatever you think looks best and fits the occasion. I don't think it has to be white. We're baptizing DS the same day and after the service, he's wearing a blue bubble with a white collar. 

AprilLVE

No, the gown definitely won't mix with the carseat.  Way too much material.

lala5507

I didn't do tights, but we did wrap her in a white blanket that my mom had made.  I changed both of my girls for the party.  It just didn't seem it would be comfortable to wear that gown all day.  Neither wore white at the party. 

rosesandpetals

For DD's baptism, I had her wear a white onesie under her dress. I took the dress off for the car rides. She did wear her dress to the reception but only because I thought it was beautiful and wanted everyone to get to see it up close. I think putting her in a more casual dress is fine if that's what you want to do.

ETA: Oh, and she didn't wear tights, but we're further south than you and it was in May.

eaglesfan700

I had DD in a black and ivory outfit with tights and then put her christening dress on over that. We just brought the dress to the church. It was really long and had pearls sewn on to it, so I did not want to deal with that and a carseat

AprilLVE

Thanks everybody!  I think I have my plan now!