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Baptism question

haylo33haylo33 member
in May 2014 Moms
The thread on baptism got me moving to finally schedule my sons. We are having a private ceremony on a Saturday for family. Do you send invitations? Just word of mouth? Email? Also, what does LO wear? We are Presbyterian and I'm trying to think back to church baptisms and what the babies wore but I can't remember.
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  • Helmink0804Helmink0804 member
    We sent out invites- I told people important people ahead like the grandparents and godparents to make sure they weren't busy. She'll be wearing a white baptism dress. She'll be baptized Lutheran.

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  • MimalooMimaloo member
    We sent out invitations and DD wore an ivory/blush silk and lace christening gown. Baptisms are really important to us for religious/spiritual reasons. They're not a "just because I should" kind of thing so we were on top of it. 
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  • mamagermanmamagerman member
    I have never been sent an invitation for a baptism. Always just word of mouth and that was the way it was for my Cecilia's baptism as well. She wore a lace gown for the baptism. 
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  • DBonfanteDBonfante member
    I sent out invitations and LO wore a white suit romper my cousin ordered from buybuybaby (she's his godmother). I also ordered a onsie from etsy for him to wear to the party. I was so glad I had the after outfit... Those baptism outfits are not breathable!
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  • giggler25giggler25 member
    Ocoma said:

    We will send invitations and DS will wear a white baptism outfit. You can google to find outfits. We're Catholic.

    Me too.


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  • haylo33haylo33 member
    Who all did you invite? Just immediate family?
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  • giggler25giggler25 member
    edited August 2014
    In my family we always invite extended family and family friends too so it ends up being a larger celebration, usually with a catered/restaurant lunch afterwards but I have a feeling that's not the norm outside of my family/NYC area.


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  • flockofmoosen3flockofmoosen3 member
    my family also makes christenings/baptisms a huge family celebration. For my brother we had it catered and there was a magician and bouncy castle....There is also a gown that gets passed around for all the babies in our family. It's been worn by like 15 babies so far.

    My H and I are not sure yet when/if we are baptizing our baby and as what. We don't go to church, but both of our families are religious. I'm Catholic and he's Episcopalian. My parents are coming to visit this week and I dread the conversation about this because they will really want us to baptize baby soon. I also kind of want to do it because I personally still pray and believe in God, but my husband is the more reluctant one.


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  • DBonfanteDBonfante member
    We had family and close friends. Also live in the NYC suburb area. Had a party with a sit down dinner after the church.
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  • rc525rc525 member
    We sent out invitations. DD wore a white dress from target, our church is pretty casual.
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  • deanna1313deanna1313 member
    edited August 2014
    @jmcdyer‌ I am in the same predicament! I'm catholic and my husband's family is episcopalian (husband isn't baptized). My family wants him baptized and so do I, but my husband doesn't want to do it.

    Neither one of us go to church, but I still want him baptized. We were married in the Catholic Church and I would like him baptized Catholic. My husband doesn't care what religion he just doesn't want to and his excuse is that he wasn't baptized and he turned out fine! Oh boy!
    Good luck deciding what to do.
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  • haylo33haylo33 member
    My husband was also reluctant. He was raised catholic but now he doesn't like all their "rules". I'm Presbyterian. We also don't go to church every week but I wanted it done. Ultimately I told my husband if he doesn't think it needs done then it is just some water on his head but it is important to me.
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  • dragossoul84dragossoul84 member
    We are methodist with ds 1 we sent invites this time it was just word of mouth. DS 1 wore a white suit with a little tie that I am hoping will fit ds 2 this go around.
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  • Helmink0804Helmink0804 member
    edited August 2014
    With invites my side is pretty close where we invited my aunts/uncles and cousins with husbands side they're not like that so we invited his mom/dad, brother/sisters, grandma and the one cousin that we do things with. We also included close friends- the ones that we went to high school with and still talk to and hang out with. We're also having a luncheon at our house following and people offered to bring stuff.

    Edited bc I can't spell!

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