if your Godmother bought LO's outfit

megann831 · August 2012

I know in many families, including DH's the Godmother buys the outfit. Do you go shopping together, get what you want and she gives you the money or does she pick it out?

I just bought DS's outfit because I really don't like relying on other people and I wanted to get him want I wanted. I'm just wondering what to tell SIL. She probably assumes it, but we haven't officially told her she's the Godmother. They are pretty big on this tradition so I'm sure she would assume she's buying the outfit.

michelle7482 · August 2012

My sister was LO's godmother. We went shopping together, she picked it out but made sure I liked it, and she paid for it at the store.

amandadot · August 2012

is this for a baptism?

my DH's grandmother bought LO's gown as the first baby present but we had already decided not to do an infant baptism but to wait until LO was older to make her decision. i feel bad, its just sitting in the closet, but oh well.

wedsept · August 2012

I picked it out online and told her what to buy. When I was the godmother, the mother of the LO picked out the outfit, bought it, and then I paid her.

badbridey · August 2012

michelle7482:
My sister was LO's godmother. We went shopping together, she picked it out but made sure I liked it, and she paid for it at the store.

This exactly.

I was planning on buying the dress for LO, but my sister insisted that she and her husband would pay for the outfit. I didn't assume that she would pay.

Sept1799 · August 2012

For my dd.....her Godmother wanted to buy her outfit, until I told her the one I wanted was 200 bucks. (Which I already told her I would buy it to begin with becuase I knew that is the one I wanted). She ended up sending me a check for half of it. We lived in different states.

For my ds.... his Godmother wanted to buy it... we wanted to get him a quality outfit like my dd. We went to the same company but the boy outfits are cheaper and his was like 79. She also wanted to buy the shoes, socks, bib, and blanket.

We found a specialty baby store in her area (we lived 3 hours away) that could order the one I found online. She gave her credit card on the phone and picked it up when it came into the store. We knew it was good quality since we already delt with the company.

tarajayne · August 2012

In my family the tradition was for the godmother to buy, but both of our godmothers are not from my family. DH's sister in her husbands family they pass down the same gown and every kid wears it, so I knew she wasn't going to be expecting to buy it. The other godmother is a friend. My mom ended up buying the outfits.

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