if you have/had a november/december baby, when did you do the christening?

i know it's months until the baby is born, but we have family out of the country that need as much notice as possible for the christening. they need to plan their vacations almost a year in advance.

DS was born in july so he was 2 months old when he was christened in early september. 2 months old seemed the perfect age because he slept through the whole ceremony and most of the party.

DC is due nov 20 and will be 2 months old in january--which scares me because of the winter weather. but if i wait until winter is over, he/she will be 5+ months old. i'm thinking it may be more difficult at that age, but i know it's possible and many people do it.

when would you do it? take the chance with snow and do january/feb? or wait until spring (which i know it can rain and be cold--not worried about that so much) but the baby is so much older?

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DD was born in October and we did her Christening in Feb. we had some snow on the ground from a previous storm but it was a BEAUTIFUL day.

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DS was born November 30th and was christened on March 4th.

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DD was born in January and we had her Christening in July.

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Dec 16th she was born and and the baptism was Feb. 6th. She was 7 1/2 weeks.

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We had an October baby and we had her Christening in June. We wanted to have it outdoors in our backyard so we waited for summer.

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I am having an Oct. baby and plan on waiting until probably March (5 months old)

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DD was born November 26th and we waited til June for her Christening. We wanted warmer weather....and boy did we get warm...bad heat wave hit and it was 97 degrees. I felt so bad for DD in her big ole gown!!

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You're pregnant? What rock have I been under? Congrats!!!


Frankie was born 10/24 and his baptism was 3/1. It was perfect!

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DS was born 12/9 and his baptism is tomorrow 5/17!

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I was under time constraints because I wanted Eliza to wear the same gown that I wore (my mother made it by hand out of her wedding gown)- so we HAD to do it quickly.

She was born November 5, and we Baptized her on February 7. It was CRAZY warm that day (almost 70 degrees!) so we had a great day for it!

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I had a December baby and STILL haven't done the Christening. I am hoping to have her baptized this summer.

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My DS was born 12/11 & we are planning it for Labor day Weekend. I wanted to wait for summer so I can have the party in my parents back yard. It will be the end of summer due to other events already planned for the summer.

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My sons were born in Nov and we are having their baptism 6-14

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I HAD A DEC. BABY AND HAD IT IN MARCH

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My DD was born in December and her baptism is 6/20.

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We did ours later than most people, but it was fun. We did the christening in late November. That way, he could have his first birthday at home. We had family over the day of the Christening, and we had a first birthday party with friends the following week.

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Born at the end of November, Christening was first week of April. Our church only did it the first Sunday of the month.

I wanted to wait until after the holidays, I knew January was out and I just didn't get my act together in time for Feb. or March. It worked out well.

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born October 31 & had it at the end of March! I wanted to wait for nicer weather and it was perfect!!!

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daughter was end of Oct and we did May.

this baby is due 1st week Dec and I am not yet sure what we are going to do.. probably also wait until May just b/c I would like baby to have at least 2 month shots b/f having a big party- and that would put us right at Lent- my parish doesn't to baptisms during Lent- so it would be after...

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My nephew was born December 16th. My sister held off on the Christening until March.

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Did I miss your announcement? I had no idea! Congrats!!!!

DS was born 10/13 and we had him baptized March 21. It was great... not too cold.

ETS- DS was 5months old it was great! He was alert the whole time and didn't cry once. I am so happy he was alert. IT was like he participated- he made cute noises when the priest was asking questions.

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my baby was born in jan and her christening is tomorrow!!

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Ds was born 11/18 and we had his christening on Palm Sunday 4/5. He was a little angel in church and at the party - for us it worked out to wait a lil longer since he was very colic and cranky until he was about 3 months.

I missed your announcement, congrats!!!