Baby's christening

[Lavender14]

So we've decided to get our little one christened and we've invited friends and family to the day. I am very blessed with wonderful friends all of whom have said they'll be attending so I've inadvertently ended up with a rather large event with over 50 coming. It'll just be the normal service and then refreshments after but I'm wondering about so many people wanting to hold baby. He's generally very content getting held by people and I'm not normally super fussy about it (although I don't like heavy smokers in the family holding him when they have just been smoking). But he's just getting over a dose and we were floored with the flu so I'm a bit wary of him getting anything else on top of that as he already has a little cough and bit of a stuffy nose. This has made feeding a challenge while we've been working hard to get his weight back up again after it dropped off due to tongue tie. I'm also just thinking about how overwhelming it might be for him having so many people want to hold him.

Dh is suggesting we bring his high chair so that when we're not holding him, others can see and talk to him but maybe won't he as tempted to lift him up? When we were at the last family event I wore him in his wrap so that's another option if he needs a nap at some stage. Any suggestions or do we just let him get passed about and hope for the best.

When I had my DS christened only a small handful seemed super keen to hold him, like his nanas and a couple of best friends who wanted to pose with him for pics to put on their socials. Eyeroll! Most guests were more interested in mingling with family/friends who hadn't all been in the same room together for months or even years and too busy enjoying the drinks and free food! DS was largely forgotten about after half an hour and the first glass of bubbles had been sipped!

But if your family and friends are more tactile, what your husband suggests seems like a good idea in bringing a highchair or a pushchair for him to sit in. I found people came over and asked to hold him if I myself was holding him at that time. People were far less likely to lift him out of his pushchair where was visibly happy and comfortable, or out of his highchair.

All the best for his happy day, ours was lovely. We're not overly religious but I loved the part where they gave him (we held it for him) a lit candle, so he could carry gods light out of the church and into the world with him. The memory still gets me! 😊