Boy Baptism Outfits

[cookiesandwine]

What do boys wear for baptisms? The little outfits with vests and dress pants just seem overkill to me but I don't know what else would be appropriate (Catholic if that makes a difference).

[cookiesandwine]

Sadie wore my old gown, so I asked H if his mom kept his outfit and he replied, "I dunno." So apparently he's not real passionate about that and I'm not asking MIL if he's not.

[laurski81]

We used my baptism gown for Henry. It was a family thing since it was also my dad's. It was an actual gown/dress. We will use the same for Cecilia. I didn't even ask my ILs because they take forever to look for stuff.

[starfishy]

I used the gown made out of my wedding dress. My nephew was a year old at his baptism and wore the shorts and vest and stuff.

[Riverdong11]

I bought a white knit long sleeve romper which was perfect for November. I really like rompers on infants so for warmer weather I would go with a short sleeve one.

[cookiesandwine]

Riverdong11 can I ask where you got it from? That's kind of what I'm leaning towards right now but haven't found any (outside of Pinterest pics.)


And obviously this is my #1 concern right now. We have nothing else ready but I've been looking online at baptism outfits for the last 48 hours straight. Totally rational.

[somethingcleverer]

We did something like this for Shane:
www.babybeauandbelle.com/Tim-Jumpsuit-p/t601.htm

I believe this is the site I ordered from but I wasn't a huge fan of the quality. The outfit looked super cute on but buttons were popping off at the end of the day. (Shane was 8 months when he was christened so he was more active than a newborn but for that price i expect buttons to stay on)

[cookiesandwine]

Holy moly somethingcleverer that's cute but at that price I think the buttons should fasten themselves!

[traceyt07]

Asher wore our family baptism gown. It has been passed down for three generations. Unfortunately it was holey and torn beyond repair by the time Amelia came along, but my mom had her wedding dress made into baptism gowns for my twin neice & nephew so Amelia wore one of those.

[meow84]

We got this little man outfit from Macy's.

[bantyrooster]

G wore my brothers white silk type romper one piece. He pooped through it at the alter. My brother is having a girl and if he has a boy or we have anymore they will also wear it.


It looked a lot like the think somethingcleverer posted, but was 30 years old.

[Riverdong11]

I found it at a local department store, Von Maur. They have a lot more options in store than they do online. I found the one Liam wore on amazon though (link below), so that might be a good place to browse for options. Also, we didn't use the bonnet that came with it. It's just nms.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00TKMKKE0/ref=mp_s_a_1_24?qid=1430666282&sr=8-24&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=christening+outfits+for+boys

[roo1582]

We just used H's baptism outfit. It was kind of a onsie type thing with a vest. I just looked online to see if I could find something similar but apparently they don't make them like that anymore.

[jodielyn10]

Eli wore the same dress that Ingrid wore - a Baptism gown my mom gave us. We are catholic and our church does multiple baptisms at once. The outfits worn by boys and girls ran the gambit - some went all the way with a frilly gown - like us - and some had regular white dresses, some had rompers, some had little suit - so you can't go wrong.

[greenmonkey1]

Both of my boys wore the same baptismal gown in which I was baptized - it has now been used to baptize myself and siblings + my niece and nephew. All Catholic baptisms. So boys and girls in the little gown with white pants if needed due to weather. Like jodielyn10 I've seen the whole gambit at our church, I don't think you can go wrong as long as it is white-ish.

[versed]

We went to a Hartstrings nearby and got the boys a silk christening romper.

I checked online - no rompers, but they do have boys' gowns (which I wanted, but DH vetoed).
www.hartstrings.com/mobile/departments/special-occasions-boys#page=1