Godparents...who to pick and when to tell?

olliehoops · August 2010

Hi ladies. Just wondering for those of you who are picking Godparents for your LO, who are you picking, and when do you plan on telling them? We were told we were the Godparents of my nephew when my SIL was still pregnant, but I also see people waiting until after LO is here to pick and tell people. Just wondering! Thanks for your time!

Brady1* · August 2010

We're picking DH's Sister and her husband. I'm not sure when we'll ask them to be LO's God parents but either very close to when I deliver or right after when we're in the hospital.

ethanwmomma · August 2010

We're actually having 2 sets of Godparents, one set is a friend of both of ours:

Godfather is actually our roommate, and Godmother is my Maid of Honor/Best Friend

The second set will be DH's cousin and his wife they have 19 year old twin boys who we both use to babysit when we were younger. That was how we met.

We've asked our friends already, but they knew when we had another baby they were the godparents, as for his cousins we're going to go visit after our big US in September and ask them!

MrsR0908 · August 2010

Emma's Godparents are a close married couple of ours. We told them when we were about 25 weeks pg with her. We need to ask them for this child too.

MrsBarkel2B · August 2010

My daughters God parents are also her guardians should anything happen to the hubby and I. We chose his best friend and his wife. His brother is a jerk and I wouldn't trust him with a pencil never mind my child, our parents are older and don't need the responsibility of raising another child so Eric was the way to go. Plus, they both know us so well and would make sure that Maddie would be raised as we would have but also I know they'd tell her how much we love her.

Since Eric is stationed in Germany we has to ask them over the phone. Eric immediately was elated and said yes! And then he was like "suppose I should ask my wife, huh?" So he did and no surprise she said of course! They both love Maddie so much and I am so comfortable with our decision.

RumbleLina · August 2010

Gaaah, I totally forgot about this until you said something. Which obviously means we haven't picked anyone. None of our siblings are married so we would end up choosing separates. We have not discussed it but we would probably choose my brother and then one of my DH's sisters (probably his oldest since she is more level headed).

If we don't go siblings route we would choose my Aunt and Uncle. They are very close to our hearts and want them integrated in our children's lives as much as possible. So possibly have them this time around Godparents and go with siblings next time.

Calla123 · August 2010

haha we told the godparents when we were 5 wks pregnant LOL! ?They wanted us to go to their wedding in Jamaica in January and when I said no I told them about the baby

?Then I told them we wanted them to be godparents and surprise to us they postponed their wedding so that we could be there with the baby the following November

TempeWick · August 2010

I've already asked my cousin to be our baby's godmother, but DH is up in the air over the godfather. He likes to joke that he's holding open auditions.

MrsStreff · August 2010

I haven't talk much to DH about this, but in tradition of my religion we are picking his best man and his wife. They have known that when we have kids they would be the GP's anyway.

hawkilady · August 2010

We'll ask my sister and her husband but we probably wont do it until either right before or right after the baby is born. I would want them to be the guardians should anything happen to us too.

Pamela05 · August 2010

We're having an issue with this one. Church rules are that at least 1 has to be Catholic. We're really short on practicing, good role model Catholics that we want to ask. We'd love to have DH's best friend and his wife, but they aren't Catholic and don't believe in infant baptism. We're still going to take them to dinner one night and talk about the possibility of him being the godfather and my sister the godmother. I'll only accept my sister's husband as the godfather as a last resort (really not a good role model).

dani920 · August 2010

I asked one of my best friends, that was how I told her I was pregnant actually. She works at a Catholic school and goes to church every Sunday, so I think she will be an amazing Godmother. Not sure on the Godfather. And they won't necessairly be the guardians.

njmoh · August 2010

I have 1 sister who I am really close too, so when I found out I was PG I called and asked her if she would be the Godmother, It's how I announced to her. For Godfather we have 4 brothers between us. DH has FINALLY chosen one of his brothers but we have not asked him yet, We will be doing it soon though.

magdalina.h · August 2010

We're not picking Godparents, but we're picking who will get the kids if something happens to us. We're going to tell/ask bil later on in the pregnancy.

Ladybug&Snail · August 2010

We are having my Brother in Law and my husbands Cousin. If you are choosing godparents for a religous reason (I realize this is the general reason for "godparents" however recently I have experienced many non-practicing friends choosing godparents just for ceremony reasons etc.) I would suggest telling them a little early in case they need to get their "paperwork" in order. I have known several people who have started attending church regularly the months before a baptism just so they could get the eligibility certificate from their chruches (I'm not saying I'm advocating this but hey, people do what they have to do).

When my brother in law asked my husband to be my nieces godfather, he had to get all types of paperwork from his church stating he is a registered member, attends regularly etc. Plus we had to have the priest "marry" us in the Church since we did not originally get married in the Catholic church. I have a friend who was just asked to be a godmother who is also having to officially get married in the church and prove her attendance at church and the whole process is taking her so long that they actually had to move the baptism back a month.

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