First words to newborn baby

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My wife and I are expecting our first-born in less than two months. I would like the first words our new son or daughter hears to reflect the Catholic faith that brought his or her parents together. Any suggestions? Latin welcomed.

Dan
 
The motto of St. Ignatius is meaningful on so many levels:

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

For the greater glory of God
 
Perhaps something that is significant to you and your wife (which none of us can provide) as you two will be the only ones who will understand, remember and attach any significance to what is said. If there is some special meaning, your child will enjoy hearing about it along with the rest of the story of his/her birth in later years. Also keep in mind your baby is listening to your voices within the womb long before he/she is born.
 
Keep in mind also that you’re probably going to hear the doctor say, “Girl! 6:18am!” or something along those lines before you get a word in edgewise. 🙂
 
Idranoel said:
My wife and I are expecting our first-born in less than two months. I would like the first words our new son or daughter hears to reflect the Catholic faith that brought his or her parents together. Any suggestions? Latin welcomed.

Dan
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Babies can hear things in utero, so be careful what you say! I think “baby” hearing mom & dad pray the rosary would be neat!

Kathy
 
You could get a beautiful recording of “Ave Maria”, or the rosary, or chants, and play it often in the last 2 months or so. My children all ‘instinctively’ recognized three-four pieces of classical music that I had been practicing on the piano for the last weeks of pregnancy (you can tell I’m from that generation of mothers who were told to expose their children to classical music in utero to help them ‘learn’).
 
How thoughtful!

The baby book my parents had for each of us included a section on their first words after each birth. Each one was reflective of that particular birthing situation and quite telling. In my case it was, “Thank God she’s alive” and “daddy- too nervous for words.” How wonderful if you could record a prayerful message for your child!
 
I received a special blessing for pregnant moms before the birth (several months before), and the priest told me that when the baby was born, I should say “Thank you Mary!” and I had been thinking about this a LOT. Well, in all the excitement of the moment (nurse literally holding baby in until the midwife could get there), I forgot! But I remembered a couple of minutes after the birth. Maybe if you and your wife have been praying for a particular saint’s intercession you could use that–Thank you St. Gerard! Or Thank you Sacred Heart of Jesus! Or something along those lines. Congratulations, and I must say that your baby is so blessed to have parents who are thinking about such things :)!

By the way, I think the very first thing we said when our baby was born was “Wow” or “Hi” :o Oh well, she’s hearing the Rosary now, though 👍
 
“Your name is NO, NO, NO…”

(Had to do it… sorry:p )

Congratulations on your upcoming event.

Don’t sweat the small stuff… kids & Momma’s are pretty tough critters. Go with the flow and help them as best you can!
 
How about a blessing? As a parent, a blessing is yours to give your child, after all…

perhaps something along the lines of “may the grace of God fill your life with blessings and your character with virtues” or some such thing…

or maybe, “may the hand of our Lord always hold your heart in love, your hand in friendship, your feet in faith, forever and ever”

or maybe, “may your life be that of a Saint’s, may your faith be your strength, may our God forever be your shelter”

or countless other options… fill it with love, meaning, direction…

and remember that God hears and understands, the child hears and may one day understand, and you and your spouse hear and understand.

above all, do what you think best. Congratulations on becoming parents to one of God’s precious little ones ❤️.

love
Saoirse
 
Princess_Abby said:
Keep in mind also that you’re probably going to hear the doctor say, “Girl! 6:18am!” or something along those lines before you get a word in edgewise. 🙂
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And whatever words you do say, no matter how much you have rehearsed your lines, will proabbly be chocked with emotion and spontaneous.

You are a Catholic. Your wife is Catholic? (Some aren’t). The words of the greatest Catholics in her or his life are going to come from you.

A “Hi there, little darling sweetie” from Mom is going to mean a lot more than a quote from St. Thomas Aquinas.
 
To my daughter - I said, “Welcome to world baby girl!” And then blessed her with scripture reciting "For I know the plans I have for you . . . " (Jer. 29:11) and for my son I said, “Hello handsome!” and we blessed him with “What does the Lord require of you?” (Micah 6:8).

These were very natural things for our family to say. I think when the time comes, the words will come as well.

God Bless!
 
May I suggest to begin the tradition of blessing your child by tracing the sign of the cross on his/her forehead right after birth? We did not learn of this practice until after converting - but, it is very special to our family.
 
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May I suggest to begin the tradition of blessing your child by tracing the sign of the cross on his/her forehead right after birth? We did not learn of this practice until after converting - but, it is very special to our family.
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I don’t know about any of the other moms here, but I was too out of it to be very profound after my girls were born, though, as a writer, I prefer profundity! 🙂 But, like you, I did manage to make a cross on both newborn foreheads and ask God to bless them by their names (we had two girl and two boy names selected before we were even married!). Then, I kissed them and told them that I love them. So, that worked for us!

Congrats and God bless!
 
I read your request here, then checked another forum I frequent. Someone there had just posted a link to check out verses chosen from the Bible (all 66 books) to correspond to the birth date: mybirthverse.com/

If you know when the little one will put in his appearance, you can prepare the verse ahead of time.
 
When I had my daughter I was crying so hard I could not say anything!! It was amazing. I had labored so hard and there she was I just wept. When I finally stopped crying I said, " Oh my God, she’s so beautiful."
 
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