Godparents

I have a question about godparents. Just getting opinions and finding out what is more common. Do you have one set for both children or one set for each child.

It would solve a lot of problems by having my bil/sil be godparents to both babies. I know this isn't what godparents is all about, but unfortunately I have to think about it.

My sister and dh's brother are my son Braeden's godparents. If we were to have Brenna and Liam to have the same godparents I would have one of my dh's brothers and his wife (bil/sil).

If we needed two sets, my dh would want his oldest brother, but there is no way I would want his wife. If we had one sil do it and not the other one, it would probably hurt some feelings. So if we just chose one set for both, it would solve the family prob, but part of me feels they each deserve their own.

Any opinions or input on what you did. (one set or two)

 

We have my brother and SIL for both girls. I have three brothers, but only one that believes in our faith almost as much as we do. They are both incredible people and it would have been hard to choose another couple like them. My dh has one brother (very rude to me, almost 40, still lives with mommy and doesn't work, but capable to do so) so I know feelings on the IL side were sore because we didn't choose him but so be it. We were looking out for the best interests of our children.

I think you should do whatever makes you most comfortable in your heart. HTH!

 

We chose different godparents for each child. I have two brothers so we designated one brother and SIL for each baby. We selected by age - oldest baby got the oldest brother!

 

We chose different godparents for each twin because we wanted them to have their "own" set of adults growing up. They will always share birthdays, and thus BOTH will get cards, calls, gifts, etc. from the same people each birthday (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc). By having seperate godparents, they will each have 2 adults call just them on their birthday, and not their sibling. And they'll each have 2 adults take them out alone once in a blue moon (i.e. to the zoo, circus, etc).
We also didn't chose relatives. We chose friends so that we didn't have to get into any family wars.
Hope this makes some sense. (I am tired)

 

We chose one set for both (my parents) because we are Catholic and honestly we didn't know anyone else who is actively registered in a Catholic church! It was only a religious decision. If I were you I would pick just the one set to avoid having your SIL.

 

We chose my BIL for both and had separate godmothers, mostly because we didn't have any othe Catholic men to choose from. I would pick one set if you want to avoid your SIL.

 

We wanted to have the boys have the same godparents. To us godparents are there in case something happens to me and my DH. If something did happen to us, we would want the boys to stay together and not get split up between.

Right now my parents are the godparents for both of the boys.

 

We have separate godparents for each baby. But if you feel you want the same godparents for both of them, that's definitely your choice.

If something happened to us both girls would go to my sister and BIL (who are godparents to one of my twins).

 

we have 2 godmothers for one and a godmother and godfather for the other..we had to get bishop's approval for having 2 godmothers for one

 

we have my sister, my SIL and my BIL for both girls. We didn't want to choose another god father just for the sake of choosing someone so we stuck with 2 GM's and 1 GF for the 2 of them..

 

my 2yo has one set of godparents...my cousin and her husband.

the twins have a different set-up. my brother is godfather to both of them and then i have very good girlfriends that just happen to be twins. so they are the co-godmothers. I dont have one specified to a particular twin though (if that makes sense).

I dont think there are any "rules" and you should just do what you feel is special and importnant for your family.

 

We chose the twins godparents from our family members.

My sister, Tricia, is Meghan's godmother and DH brother, Jay, is her godfather. DH sister Laura is Nolan's godmother and my nephew, Jeffrey is his godfather (I am jeff's godmother). Liam will have my sister Kathleen and Doug's friend Kevin.

Of these godparents, four are practicing catholics and Doug's siblings, although raised Catholic are no longer practicing Catholics. (I know Jay belongs to a Christian church, not sure which religion).

These people were chosen to ensure our children's spiritual upbringing. My brother and his wife would raise the children if anything ever happened to us.