What is the best age for christening a newborn?

Question

My baby is due August 23rd and I was wondering if there was a specific month you were supposed to get the christening done, and if not about when should I do it? Basically is there a such thing as christening too early?

Answer 1

About 3-4 months is about right. You really need to do it ASAP - but - you also have to take the baby's health and all into account.

Answer 2

Certainly there is no such thing as christening too early, from a religious standpoint. Your baby's doctor may have recommendations about how long to wait before exposing your baby to all those people in the church and the party that most people have afterward.

Answer 3

Check with your priest but I don't know of any particular recommendation. I would suggest that you wait at least until your baby is able to hold it's head up. Other than that, figure out who you would like to invite and check with their schedules like you would for a family gathering or party. You might want to avoid major religious holidays (to avoid the crunch inside the church) and months known for bad weather.

Note that if there are problems with the birth and the baby's life is in danger, most hospitals have a chaplain who can baptize the baby immediately and this baptism will be recognized by almost all christian churches.

Answer 4

Depends on the individual church's policies. Some church's only do christenings during certain parts of the year.

Generally babies are from four months or onwards. So that might put your baby's christening near Christmas which might not happen. Check with the minister, priest involved and see what his /her policies are.

Answer 5

Around age 12-13 years old.
There wasn't a single baby baptized in the bible.
The bible is clear on who gets baptized, those who have heard the gospel of Jesus, accepted, and repented for the remission of their sins as in Acts 2:38

Read web site about baptism.

Answer 6

As a minister i prefer to do it while the child is a few months old. That way they are not frightened by being handed to someone they do not know.

Answer 7

Don't. Its like forcing the child to choose your religion. Let it grow up and make its own decision about religion without you trying to force it.

Answer 8

I agree with Moiraes, let the child grow up choose his or her own religion. Your beliefs might not what your child will believe as he/she gets older. SO MANY CONVERT from catholics to christian and others.

LET YOUR CHILD DECIDE as mother you should respect he or her choice

Answer 9

When the baby grows to an age of around 12 years or above to know and believe in Jesus Christ Son of God as his own personal Saviour and Lord. This should be a personal acceptance of Jesus Christ at any age above 12 years in every human life on this earth

If you want to have infant baptism around after 40 days from birth incase of boys and around after 80 days from birth incase of girls to add your child to the church membership, you may do this for your satisfaction. This is not important even though many christians do follow infant baptism.

Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Hbr 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Hbr 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Answer 10

at birth !