Baptism Experiences

AnessaDaneen

Hank was baptized yesterday.  My whole family had a bet on whether he would scream bloody murder or laugh at the water being poured on his head the three times during the ritual.  He did great! He looked at our minister like he was crazy but then once he was raised high to the congregation he gave a huge smile and laughed as they clapped while he walked up and down the aisles.  It was an awesome experience. 

 Has anyone else had their baby baptized?! How did it go?

allisons1014

I'm Baptist so we have a baby dedication service. We held ours on Father's Day. It was very special and DD behaved great. When the Pastor prayed for her he said she looked like she was trying to mouth the words he was saying.

songstress503

DD was baptised when she was 7 weeks old. Our priest wanted to do it during the easter season. Evie was sooo well behaved considering she was so tiny. She slept during the prayers, woke up and never made a peep the rest of the time. I think that part of it was Father Vic has held her many times, so he wasn't just some strange guy. Also, they make sure to warm the water, so it was probably just like getting her hair washed.

Mar5195

My guy wanted to go back in. He kept eyeing the basin!  I knew he wouldn't cry because he loves the water. 

 

Jeanine88

Glad yours went well!

Ours was when Austin was 3 months he did wonderfully and didn't cry! The priest is also a family friend and made the entire mass about Austin it was awesome!

runrinserepeat

We're just getting around to this now, mostly because we had to switch churches and I've been procrastinating. We'll be attending class for it the first week in November, and then we should be able to have it done late November/early Deceember. I'm actually getting very excited about it now!

laura.noel

J did great, too. He loves our pastor (he has a big low voice, which I think J finds fascinating for some reason, and he looks like he could be related to us), so he just stared at him intently the whole time, which was cute. When the pastor walked around with him to show him to the congregation, he had smiles for everyone.

The best part, though, was that when he actually got the water on his head, some of it dripped down onto the side of his nose, and he sneezed, which got a big "AWWWWW" from the congregation. 

ryry1977

At Cordelia's baptism she fell asleep during mass.  I didn't have her in her gown (figured it would get all messed up in the carseat) so I woke her up to get her ready, so she was not in a good mood.  She cried pretty much the whole time.  I was still great, only our family was in attendance and the other little boy getting baptised (and his family). We had a great time then went to my in-laws for some food, cake, and presents.

nanilove87

Samuel's baptism went really well!! It was only him and another little boy, so thigs went quickly. He only fussed a little when they poured the water over his head. We got a lot of great pictures and we celebrated with a lot of family. It was a great day!!

HappyToBe2012

Abby did great during hers. She slept through most of the mass before hand, woke up for the time in between, then fell back asleep once the priest began the baptism service. She cracked an eye at the priest when he poured the cold water on her head, but then went back to sleep. The other baby that was also being baptized screamed the whole time. Abby was 3 months old when it was done.