Humm... Calling all Christians... Or anyone interested lol

Check with your church on the requirements first and foremost...and there are requirements, for both the parents and the prospective Godparents.  You will need to show proof of being a participating Catholic in good faith and have a letter from your parish, if you don't go to church you may not have that.  One of you needs it.   You may hit a snag without your confirmation (but probably not); if you do and they require you to have it, it takes some time to do the course and get it as they (at least in my area) only do adult confirmations once a year.   The flip side (and we've encountered this with my step-daughter) is that if you don't get a baptism by the age of 7, the child is then considered an adult in the eyes of the Church and needs to attend specific classes for baptism, confession and communion.   In our case, she lives with her Mom and she is non-practicing and not really interested in taking the lead on this, and we only have her 2 weekends a month and the Church requires weekly classes (and won't bend to our cir****tances) so we either get her baptized in a faith closest to Catholic that is more lenient in regimen or wait until she's an adult and let her do it all herself (thus making her Dad *****ally believes she'll rot in hell if she dies without baptism to be stressing out over it all).    Of course there's the old catechism rule that says a "believer" can do it their self using the proper words and holy water and it counts.  Faith makes that way work.  

I was made a godmother at 16.  I didn't have the maturity of $$ to help the child like an older person can.  Pick someone with a good job. 

I know that sounds like it's all about money but being financially okay makes you able to emotionally care for others better.

I converted from Catholic to Lutheran... Catholic Church had way too many rules for my liking...

We are in the same boat with God Parents...however its different because we have many siblings and worried about hurting feelings... so its not going to be an easy task.

Good luck.

Thank you for all your responses.  I have a lot of thinking to do!

I think you got a lot of good advice already but  I will throw in my two cents...

I agree with Jackie J....you need to find out what your parish requires....we had Nathan baptized in MD a month after he was born but did have to provide a letter from my parish here in ATL that I was going to mass and a parish member. I grew up Catholic and have gone back and forth between going to mass and going to non-denomonational churches. Nate feels more comfortable with Catholic mass so we go there.

Godparents were a big deal for me....they always have meant a lot to me...my parents made it important to us....so when we selected Nathan's we wanted to use that same mindset. We ended up choosing my mother and father. At the very last minute my father was not able to make it to MD for the baptism so my older brother stood in as his proxy.

Of course it is your decision, but my two cents is to chose wisely....sounds like the 19 yo boyfriend is not a long term thing.....

Good luck!