Christening for a 6 yo and 1 yo?

[LillyCandC]

So… we haven’t christened our 6 year old because he was an awfully difficult baby for the first year, then we lived abroad and then Covid came around etc etc… now he has a sister who turned one this week. I want to do a joint christening for both my DS and DD in August when weather is guaranteed to be warm and people tend to be less busy as we have friends and family all over the country.
however my DH thinks it’s a silly idea and I’m just going to throw money away plus ‘no one Christens a 6 year old’. What do you all think?

YBU - your DH is right, there’s no point now
YNBU - christening should go ahead

I have never seen this in CofE schools, so I wouldn’t say most do. Many ask for regular worship as their criteria.
In reality most faith schools have faith very low down their entrance criteria.
For CofE schools it’s usually:
Looked after children/EHCP naming the school.
Catchment with sibling already at school.
Catchment.
Out of catchment with already at school.
Out of catchment with a demonstrated faith.
Out of catchment.

Definitely okay to be christened at age 6! It's lovely your dc will be able to remember it! Many people do similar either b/c they just joined a Church or were living abroad, or covid. No justification needed. Enjoy!

I know, I know this is last year. Just checking in to see whether it went ahead and if your kids enjoyed it? @LillyCandC

I know someone who had all four of her children Christened on the same day.

The youngest was a baby. The rest were all over 8. I don't remember anyone thinking it was odd.