Who is your child's godparent?

[Yummy_Mummy]

Ok as the title says "Who did you ask to be your child/children's godparents & why?" are they family or friends?

We are having a tough time deciding who to choose as there are a few perfect options :yes:

Also what do you believe is the role of a godparent?

[Myztiks#1Fan]

i dont have any god parents for coop. i did ask someone but we very rarely speak and she is pretty anti children and has been for nearly 2yrs now.

i guess the role in my eyes of a god parent is to take over the day to day role if you passed away, they would be the best pick for you and someone you can always count on for your child if that makes sense.

[JustUs3]

My DD has my sister's and their DH and 2 of my bestest friends and their DH.

We chose people who we knew would be good role models, someone for DD to look up to, and people who would look after her as if she were their own if something were to happen to DH or I. :)

[Lemonhead]

We chose Chris's brother and wife to be Lucas' godparents. It seemed a great idea at the time but now sh!t has hit the fan and we dont speak anymore so Lucas doesnt even know them. Chris is their DDs godparent so its kind of mucked up both ways :no:

[Leisa21]

We chose my older brother and my husbands youngest sister.

It was a really tough choice as my sister had always thought it would be her as she was my sister but we didn't baptise DS until he was 6months old so we were able to choose the people who we thought DS would be able to come to for spiritual or personal guidance.

My older brother in the beginning because I thought that it was important for him to have a male and a female he could go to and the only male suitable was my brother. He's not Catholic so we needed a Catholic so we looked to DH side of the family. His oldest youngest (LOL) sister never had time for DS except to give him the odd cuddle or get mad at her litle sister for always being in the way. DH youngest sister was fabulous and we knew she'd always have time for her Chicken.

Looking back we've made the best decision we could have. We didn't baptise him until he was 7months because we just couldn't decide who to choose but we're glad we waited because the original people we thought we hardly ever see.

[Yummy_Mummy]

thanks for the replies :) we cant decide who to choose as DD godparents as its a really hard decision..i have 3 siblings who i am close to & DF has 2 siblings who he isnt too close with however hes family would be annoyed if we didnt choose one of them :( so we dont know

[London]

My best friend and her DH are my sons godparents. But in the off chance both me and my DS's father were killed at the same time, I dare say my mother would swoop in and take over caring for my son, which is fine by me.
As far as a godparents role, I just think of it as someone to care for my son if me and and the father die and the child is still too young.

[floodprincess]

The traditional role of a godparent is to guide the child through life, act as a spiritual and other advisor and yes, step in if something happens to the parents.

We have chosen mentors for our girls (mainly because we are not religious). For DD1 it is a husband and wife team that are our oldest and dearest friends, they are also excellent listeners. She also has a 3rd mentor who is a few years older than her (DD1 is 11) and this young lady has what we consider to be the right attitude towards school & life. She proved herself to be a very capable and intelligent person when out with friends at a festival, these friends decided that it would be fun to get underaged drunk. She had the gumption to go against the peer pressure and left them. The sort of thing I hope my DD is able to do!

As for DD2, we again have a hubby & wife team who are close friends and the sort of people who can give good, well thought out advice. She also has her older sister, who has turned out (so far) to be a great friend and very capable young lady.

[earthfairy]

DH & I Have chosen "Guardians" for Poppy. We are having her naming day on her 1st Birthday in December.
We are going down to the Sunshine Coast for Christmas (DH is from there) so thought it would be best seens as all his family are there. We live in Cairns.

We chose our bestfriends, who are a couple. The guy & DH have been best mates since they were 3 and his girlfriend & i have over the years become very close.

They have similar morals & beliefs as DH & I. They are loyal, loving & caring friends & just adore Poppy. We couldnt ask for two better people.:valentine:

As for looking after Poppy should something happen to DH & I - that is in our wills & my Mum will gain custody. But if something happens to her, then she will go to her Guardians.

I am having so much fun planning her birthday & naming day at the moment :smiliedance: