Christening question

Did anyone make Christening arrangements before the baby was born? I am due 8/28 and I feel like I should get it together. We're thinking of doing it late November.

Message edited 7/24/2009 12:44:07 PM.

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My isn't due until Sept. 14th and I have already been calling around to restaurants and contacted the church. Some restaurants were already booked Especially b/c it is right before the holidays alot of places have holiday parties.

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im a type A planner by nature so i'm already looking into the cost of places for us to have the christening and i'm only 16wks

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we're planning to have the christening about 6 weeks after the baby is born...didnt make arrangements yet but wanted to start calling the church and looking for a place in the next week or two

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I'm due in December but just this morning looked at our church website to see if they had any info on there about the way they do things. Good thing I did bc they require you to make an appt two months BEFORE the baby is even due!!! And the Godparents have to be there too I would have had no idea and probably just called after the baby was born, lol. Once I met with the church and they tell us the days and times (bc I know churches all do christening at different times of the day) I will start looking into places for after.

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We had the date set before DC arrived since our Family Baptizes straight away.

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Yep, I took care of the church so far and now I'm just looking for a restaurant.

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yes, i already spoke with the church and several restaurants about a month ago and some (the more affordable ones!) were already booked. we're baptizing him 9/27.

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I will probably go ahead and talk to the church in about 2 more months when I'm 7 months.
It will be a rush to baptize this baby before lent starts (my church doesn't baptize during lent)..

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Yup. I booked our date - 12/13 and the baby isn't due to be born til 9/27.
We are taking a class 8/6.

The class is only offered at 7:30 Pm on Thursdays so it made sense to go before he is born. Also the Godparents live in FL so I wanted to give them plenty of time to get tickets.

ETA: I haven't decided what sort of party we will have - at home or resteraunt..

Message edited 7/24/2009 4:40:43 PM.

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Posted by Fasc0730

im a type A planner by nature so i'm already looking into the cost of places for us to have the christening and i'm only 16wks

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DS is already here. I'm not Catholic, but DH is and we are having him Christened in the Catholic church. We went to the "class" a few weeks ago and there were a few pregnant women there who aren't due until the fall.