Baptism gift

[cricardo]

Hi everyone,

I need an opinion. My cousin is having her son, 5 months old, baptised Catholic later this month. I don't think my cousin and her husband are particularly super religious, and I'm not religious at all so I don't want to get their baby anything religion-themed. Any suggestions on a great gift? This child is all stocked up in the clothes/toys/stuffed animals departments so I'm ruling those out from the start.

Any ideas?

cristina

 

[Fit_mommy]

I give a cash gift personally. I think a savings bond could be okay too. I am not religious so don't go for the religious gifts and personally do not feel any old toy or outfit is appropriate. JMHO though.

 

[mommacody]

does the baby have a trust fund or a college fund set up already? you could make a deposit to that for him. i think that's a much appreciated gift!

 

[spyrosmom]

I guess my 1st question is if they are not over religious, why are they baptising the baby?? I myself am not religious at all, but I still wouldn't stand up there and lie to the priest. But as for a gift - maybe a savings bond - college is going to be expensive in 18 more years, maybe package it up with some board books for him to "read" as well? As its a baptism, you could go religion themed on the books, or just little kid themed. I had a have a hard time with baptism gifts as well, because I don't do the whole religion thing. To each his own, I guess

nan

 

[karenvictoria]

The best gift I ever got was a baby blanket that my neighbor ordered from JC Penny with my daughters name on it. I am going to give it to her when she gets married. It use to sit on my rocking chair in her room until she got older. Now it's a keepsake. They may still make them. Other than that a savings bond works well.
karen

www.picturetrail.com/karenvictoria

 

[Fit_mommy]

>I guess my 1st question is if they are not over religious,
>why are they baptising the baby?? I myself am not religious
>at all, but I still wouldn't stand up there and lie to the
>priest. But as for a gift - maybe a savings bond - college is
>going to be expensive in 18 more years, maybe package it up
>with some board books for him to "read" as well? As its a
>baptism, you could go religion themed on the books, or just
>little kid themed. I had a have a hard time with baptism
>gifts as well, because I don't do the whole religion thing.
>To each his own, I guess
>
>nan

I don't think it's about lying to the priest when parents who aren't particularly religious choose to get their children Baptised. IMO it is done for the child, not for the parent. As long as there is a belief in God then I see no problem with it. My husband and I believe in God and do our best to be good people and lead honest lives. We do not go to Church every week and we never had a second thought about wether or not we would have our son Baptised. We are going to raise him to be a good person too. We will give him the "foundation" to his religion (Baptism, First Holy Communion, Confirmation) just like we were both given and then let him decide from there how/if he will follow it.

 

[seeking_guns]

I agree with Wendy - cash or bond is the way to go.

Cathy

>I give a cash gift personally. I think a savings bond could
>be okay too. I am not religious so don't go for the religious
>gifts and personally do not feel any old toy or outfit is
>appropriate. JMHO though.

 

[kristi]

For my DD's baptism she received an engraved silver keepsake photo box. It is very beautiful and personal. My DS received a beautiful baptism picture frame to remember the special day.

 

[Jamn]

There are a lot of personalized gifts to give from "Things Remembered." They do have the keepsake box that a previous poster mentioned. You can insert a picture (or not) and have it engraved with their name and date. Silver baby cups, picture frames, monogrammed blankets...all are possibilities.