Christenings?

[chezziepie]

Hello

Were trying to decide if we should get LO christened half of me says i should let him decide the other side of me thinks i should as he truely is a miracle as I'm apparently infertile and we got our little suprise who we called Samuel and then found out it means gift from god. Our consultant also assured me this was god's work.

My other option is a thanksgiving service our local church does where instead of them being christened they do a service where thye thank god for your baby.

Any advice would be fab

Also we don't have a will so i thought god parents would give him a little support should the worst happen to LO.

Oh and i do go to church but on Wednesdays if that's any help

 

[startingout]

Didnt want to r&r.
We are both catholic but not very good at the practicing part Howe er we had LO christened with the intention of going to church again.
We figured that we'd have her christened and let her make her 1st communion and then let her decide if she wanted to be confirmed.

Hope that helps xx

 

[Darlin65]

We are going to just because I think it will be nice seeing as how even though we don't properly practice we do believe in god and even though LO may one day decide this is not the religion he wants it's not like it is a permanently branding him. Just a ceremony giving him god parents and asking god to watch over him in my eyes

 

[chezziepie]

thank you ladies

 

[raisin]

We are catholic and decided to get LO christened. However, IMO I think that should you decide to do this, it should be with the intention of bringing LO up in your faith. We are taking it all very seriously now (didn't bother much before LO arrived ) and go to church every Sunday. We will most likely be sending LO to a catholic school and he will have his first communion in a few years. Then at the age of 14/15 I think they have their confirmation , which is where he will decide and confirm whether he wants to continue as a catholic or not.

What DS decides later in life is up to him and I will support him with his choice either way, but I don't see the point in christening a baby if you don't intend to seriously raise the baby with that faith. It's like getting married just to have a "party" but not focusing on the life-long vows that go with it.

That's just my opinion though and I'm sure others on here will have completely different views!

 

[supertabby]

I think the fact that you're questioning if your little boy should be allowed to make his own mind up already tells me you're going to raise him to be an independent thinker.

If you do have him baptised then you are making a commitment to raise him in the Christian faith, however his own commitment does not come till later and then he will be free to make his own choice.

It's a very personal choice but in your situation I'd go ahead with the christening, especially as your own faith and participation in the church is so strong.

We have had Isobel christened but want to ensure she has an open mind and questions everything, not because we want her to lose her faith but because if she maintains her Christian background (or chooses another or no religion) we want her to be sure of it. I also think its easier to be raised religiously and walk away from it, than be raised with no faith and find it - but maybe I'm wrong, its just my personal take.