Baptism talk already
I will say right off the bat--my husband and I are not religious. It's not that we are atheist, we just choose not to practice. We were both raised Catholic. We don't attend church. My mom has confronted me already to "start attending church because you HAVE to baptize your baby" like life cannot continue until you baptize. My husband and I have talked to one another and kind of agreed we don't feel the need to baptize at infancy. We aren't going to shelter our kids from religion and we will teach how we were raised, but feel they should choose to practice as they wish. Nowhere in the bible does it say infants must be baptized. This puts me in a tough spot with my mom with whom I'm pretty close with. I feel like if we baptize, we be doing it for my mom and my grandma only and it would be disrespectful to the church and our baby if we aren't "good Catholics" who knowingly aren't going to attend very often. Just baptizing because my mom says we have to doesn't make it feel right if we don't feel like we have to. We don't intend on attending church or a new church just to get baptized. That seems silly. We have a happy life they way it is. We will raise our children to love and respect others and you don't need to go to church to teach good morals and lessons to your child. Good parenting doesn't stem from being religious. I have nothing against more religious people and I have a feeling some of you will side with my mom even, but I'm looking at those who don't plan on baptizing and how you addressed it with your family.
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