LO still not baptized....anyone else?

cynthia2007

Im a terrible Catholic bc I haven't had A baptized yet!! I feel bad bc I wanted to wait but not this long. We're trying to do it in jan. Anyone else waited this long?

needanustart

We are getting Lo baptized in a few weeks right after Christmas. My family is catholic but DH's family is not and we are generally raising them Unitarian. However baptism means a lot to my family so we baptized G and are baptizing Lo too. We wait a while because we do it in my hometown so we always are waiting for a good time during a visit. My sister and her 1 year old will be in town so we are doing the cousins together. We have a white toddler tux with tails, it's hilarious!

lioness13

Same here. Not sure when, if ever...

RIngReady

LO was baptized at 9 months, but like someone else said it took nearly 3 months for us to complete classes and godparents to be 'approved' by the church. Once all that was done it went fast and was easy. 

On the other hand if you wait until closer to Easter, white outfits/shoes are way more easy to find. 

ilovemarfa

Any catholic priest will more than likely baptize a baby/child at anytime since the Catholic Church feels that baptisms are required to wash away original sin. If you are looking to have a big baptism done as a family event you may need to wait until the church is having a baptism or will do it. Some churches will have baptisms once a month, others will do it whenever. Both our boys were baptized when they were 2 weeks old. Our priest did a private service for just our family before Saturday evening mass. My mom (mexican and very devoutly catholic) always told me that I must baptize the boys right away so that's what I did.

TheTamedShrew

We haven't gotten E baptized. I personally don't really understand infant baptism, but DH thinks it's important. He likes high church and all of the rituals that come with it. We attend an Episcopalian church (maybe once a month).  I told him that he could take care of planning/organizing it if it's important to him. He hasn't done a single thing, and most of the time it's ME that has convince HIM to go to church on Sundays. I was baptized at 7 years old and even then I didn't really understand what was happening, so I just don't feel very strongly about getting her baptized now. I'm just waiting until he feels strongly enough about it to actually do something about it instead of every few months saying "We have to get her baptized!"

nikel13

I have been torn about this.  I was raised Baptist, which means you dedicate a baby and baptize when the child makes the decision.  I go to Presbyterian churches now.  They baptize babies.  I don't know if that is what I want or not.

cynthia2007

Thanks ladies for sharing. I'm glad I'm not alone on this. H is baptist but doesn't practice. I take A to church with me and want to raise her Catholic. I didn't even think about the classes....need to reach out to my hometown priest who will baptizing her

needanustart

sctiger said:

For those who are wondering about infant baptism, the way Episcopalians look at it, baptism is the parents saying that they intend to raise the child in the church, teach about Jesus, the Parish promises to support the child, etc, and then when the child is older, usually around 16, they go through confirmation classes and decide to formally become a full church member. Our church does pre confirmation classes in 9th and 10th grade through Sunday school classes and full on confirmation in 11th grade with a formal confirmation service at the end of the school year.

This is kind of the way Catholicism works. In my class they talked about how it is viewed as welcoming the child into the church and giving them the gift of god's love, and then they can decide later in life with confirmation if they want to nurture that relationship. It's based in washing away original sin which is supposedly required for entering heaven in the church. Hence making sure the baby is baptized right away in case something terrible happens. DH and I don't believe in the last part, but figured it doesn't hurt to cover all your bases.