Has anyone ever had one before?? I would like as much information on one as I can get. I want to arrange for my daughter to have one in june or july.She is 2 so is she to old for one now??
Thanks for any information

Hi

I had one for my daughter a couple of years ago because we couldn't honestly say we would commit to going to church all the time.

We did contact the local church and we had the same service as a baptism with god parents etc but no reference to god it was really nice and the service was lovely.

I did a naming ceremony for my little one and also for my grandson. The beauty of a naming ceremony is it can be whatever you want it to be - formal or informal and also because it's not a legal thing it can be held anywhere.

We had my son's naming at home, with a gazebo/marquee on the front of the house.

Because there were more people at my grandsons naming we decided to hire the local village hall and it worked very well.

It doesn't matter what age, when or where you hold it because it's very much whatevery you want it to be. PM me if you want more info on what we did.

I was debating whether we should have one of these

I insisted we had a minister for our wedding, as I believe that marriage is a sacrament, but I'm not sure how I feel about enforcing a religion on a child who has no choice in the matter (and we're not church goers)

I do feel that some sort of family event to welcome a child into the world is a must though... especially with a family as large and as close as mine, which is geographically spread all over the place. It'd feel 'wrong' to deny them the opportunity to get together to celebrate

We'd just need to decide what town to have it in though - a number of Mr Strix's family having not travelled the distance for our wedding

we wer lokking at these for our lil girl as like most people we arnt religious n prob wouldnt commit to going church as we are not firm believers.

our daughter is over 2 now but i think when we get married we may have one as at the minute she has got a double barrel name so may see if we can change it to the single surname and if we can have a naming ceremony then.

Hi we have booked this at the registry office for 19th june whoop.
Got Evie's dress from olivers was £75 but gorgeous and worth every penny. She will look a beautiful princess.

We are going for a meal at meadowfarm after and in the evening a BBQ to celebrate. Depending on where we are living. x

Hi we have booked this at the registry office for 19th june whoop.
Got Evie's dress from olivers was £75 but gorgeous and worth every penny. She will look a beautiful princess.

We are going for a meal at meadowfarm after and in the evening a BBQ to celebrate. Depending on where we are living. x

How much does it cost at the registry office and how many guests can you have?

How much does it cost at the registry office and how many guests can you have?

It is £75 but you pay a £25 pound deposit when you go to confirm appointment.
Think about 40 guests max same a wedding ceremony there. They do loads for you they give you 3 examples of whats read in the ceremony and you can chose out of the 3. And you can add your own poems and stuff.

They ask you to send by email a dozen photos that they add in the ceremony booklets given to guests that explains the order of service. So you can keep as a keep sake.

And they take photo's in the service of your child and out on the peace gardens. It lasts about an hour or so, a great deal x

I know a couple of people that have had naming ceremonies for their babies but I'm not familiar with them or having them for older children. I was totally unaware that you can have an official ceremony at a Registry Office, which sounds quite nice. I can see why you'd want one if it was instead of a Christening but I'd struggle to rationalise spending the money on having one for my child at that age when you could have a special and fun family day out instead.
I know that some of the people I invited would feel obliged to buy a gift and I would worry that they thought the same way. Although putting a spread on always helps with that!:hihi: Still, I'm sure it'll be lovely whatever you decide. As long as your little one enjoys it that's the main thing x

I know a couple of people that have had naming ceremonies for their babies but I'm not familiar with them or having them for older children. I was totally unaware that you can have an official ceremony at a Registry Office, which sounds quite nice. I can see why you'd want one if it was instead of a Christening but I'd struggle to rationalise spending the money on having one for my child at that age when you could have a special and fun family day out instead.
I know that some of the people I invited would feel obliged to buy a gift and I would worry that they thought the same way. Although putting a spread on always helps with that!:hihi: Still, I'm sure it'll be lovely whatever you decide. As long as your little one enjoys it that's the main thing x

I am paying out for the meal at meadowfarm for all 5 of evie's supporting adults.If anyone else wish to come to that then they will have to buy there own meal but they are not expected to come to the meal. And the BBQ will be payed for by ourselves as well this we would like everyone to come to ,and will be a lot of fun.

We have the time and money to have as many family days out as we please. We can have one anyday so this is just some thing extra and means the world to us. And as for people buying gifts I have asked the supproting adults to write their promises to Evie on a nice piece of paper so I can frame them and hang them in Evie's bedroom on the wall. I told them that would be the best gift ever , as for putting on a spread myself. Would be slightly hard considering following factors...

1) The ceremony is on a saturday ,I want my gran there she lived in kent and can't travel alone.
So I am travelling down there (4hour journey) thursday staying the night. Bringing Nan back to sheffield friday another (4hour trip) so she can come to ceremony. Then we are taking her back sunday ( 4 hour again) staying night then coming home monday ( another 4 hour). So not got musch time to do a spread for anything.

2) I am disabled and can't even make a cuppa never mind a spread. So thats that out window. Thanks for your thoughts though x

I think we'll be just having a party, not an official ceremony, partly so as not to confuse invited family over NOT having a christening (being a family with its roots in catholocism)

I was looking at naming ceremonies when Lewis was a baby and never found anything relating to naming ceremonies bering held at the registry office :( Everything I found seemed to go towards booking your own venue and having someone to come out which ended up being very costly! I wish I would have known this at the time.

When no. 2 comes along (not pregnant btw) I might look into this :) (will have a double one so Lewis doesn't feel left out)