It's not (just) a rather contrived way to get a Spiritualized song title into the headline bar, there is a real purpose behind this post as well, because we've been discussing the issue of Christening, etc.
I must admit that I was keen from the outset to do this, although I expected a degree of resistance from the missus, who is an atheist, and I would have let her hold sway should that have been the case.
But no, she seems happy to go along with it, reasoning quite fairly that it can make its own mind up about these matters in due course, but that baptism as an adult is a bit embarrassing to all concerned, so why not at least get that part done early doors.
There are several spin-offs to this:
1) It gets the in-laws together for the first time since the wedding, always good for a giggle
2) It's an excuse to get the boys together to "wet the baby's head"
3) We get to nominate God-parentage, which, although it's a ceremonial role is nonetheless a nice thing to bestow on someone.
I've no idea how to go about sorting any of this out, but I'm sure that, just like with every other minutiae of child rearing, there will be no shortage of help and avice from the world of publishing....
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