Baby ring question

PrairieMom wrote: My dad bought Ally a baby ring and I want her to wear it for her baptisim. Her fingers are to big, so what do I do with it? do I tie it around her wrist or do I have to buy a special chain for it or pin it on or what? I am so confused. My mom said that we need to get one for Ben for his baptisim too. Do boys get baby rings? And if I AM supposed to get him one do I get a tiny baby one or do they make them that would fit a 3 year old too?

mom2my2cuties replied: Will Ally's ring not even fit on her pinky??? My parents had my baby ring sized until I was about 2 and then I lost it at Six Flags


If it wont fit her pinky, I would maybe put it on a chain for her to wear as a necklace, or maybe around her wrist would be safer Or even pin it to the front of her dress.


I don't know if boys wear baby rings...I would say what about a nice new beltbuckle or something special to him.

As women, rings and such are special to us - but boys are different.

PrairieMom replied: Thats what I thought too. but my mom insists boys have them too. My grandpa had one, and my little cousin has one... I don't know.

Yeah, the ring won't even fit on her tiny little pinky, it is super small and dainty. I don't think it would be possible to size this one to fit a 2 year old.
Where do I go to buy baby jewelry? does any jewelery store carry it?

jacobsmama replied: I don't know alot about this personally but my best friend has one for her daughter and she had same situation. She put it on a bracelet to display it. You can get baby jewlery at Walmart at least around here you can, the rings, charms and everything. As for boys she also has a son and he never had one, so I"m not sure that boys usually have one but maybe it is just like a famliy tradition you guys have? HTH

CantWait replied: You can buy baby jewllery at a regular jewllery store. My ex-friend (best at the time, and also the godmother of Robbie) bought him a baby ring and a baby chain with cross on it. Ally's must be pretty small if it's not fitting her already. There are some bigger sizes.

Either that or I'd just put it on a chain for her.

ETA: Robbie's ring wasn't anything girly, just had "baby" in it. Very cute actually.

PrairieMom replied: Okay, so can someone explain to me the point of even having a ring?

My3LilMonkeys replied: I've never even heard of a baby ring...

kristy-n-chad replied: I don't believe in baptizing children, so I have no idea about the traditions behind it....

But I would go with a pin, personally. The least chance something could break and be a choking hazard, I think.

CantWait replied:
Beats me. It was given to him, I told her not to get it. He only wore it a couple times (special special occasions).

mom2my2cuties replied: Personally - I find them a waste of money

But does Andy have one - YES!

There is no real point to it - except to have it forever and pass on to future granddaughters. The tradition that our family usually has - It is given to the first granddaughter.

TANNER'S MOM replied: Well my friend's baby has a baby ring..and she wore to her baptism and now her mom wears it on a cross necklace around her neck. She said it was a family tradition, she has 3 children and now wears all 3 tiny rings on her neck. She says when her children are old enough to have children she will pass them on to them.

Her son had one always his was silver and the other two are gold..

coasterqueen replied:
I haven't either.

ediep replied:
me either

usually for a baptism, I always thought that the baby was given a cross necklace

cameragirl21 replied: i've seen baby rings and all kinds of baby jewelry in jewelry stores...any regular jewelry store will carry them and they can size them for you so that it will fit her. i don't know anything about baby rings with regard to baptisms though b/c i don't know all that much about baptisms, i just know where you can get the jewelry.
here is the question, though--isn't a baby ring technically a choking hazard?

PrairieMom replied:
Yeah, but I think you put it on their finger with a ribbon tied to it that goes around their wrist or something. I really have no idea. I don't know if it is a baptisim thing either, My parents just gave it to us when she was born, and I thought it would be nice for her to wear it for her baptisim. Maybe I'll talk to my mom about it, I have a baby ring from when I was an infant too. Maybe she can explain it to me better. The whole thing kinda has me goin

MyLuvBugs replied: My mom and dad had the opposite prob with my baby ring...it was too big. But they just tied it on a string around my wrist for my baptism....so it was like a bracelett. I definately wouldn't pin it b/c if the pin unclipped or broke it could hurt her, and I wouldn't tie it around her neck like a necklace b/c she could strangle herself. I think a bracelett is the way to go, but that's JMO.

Cece00 replied: I dont understand baby rings, either. I like jewelry on little girls, but a ring seems so pointless. I dont believe in putting jewelry on little boys, though.