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I don't know if it was a law that children needed to be baptized by a certain age. However, more than once it so happened that after six weeks the priest would send a message to a given set of parents, reminding them not to forget to get their child baptized. Sometimes it so happened that the child was baptized in their home, but sooner or later they always ended up in church anyway and had to go through the ceremonies that went with a baptism. This is also why, at the beginning of a baptism, the priest would inquire as to whether or not the child had been baptized at home, to which the godmother would either respond yes or no. You could always tell who the godmother was, because she was the one who would be holding the baby. The first things that needed to be done in preparation for the baby shower and baptism was to choose a sort of "best woman." This woman's duty was to escort the mother of the child into the church. Another woman was chosen to carry the child and to hold them during the baptism. Yet another woman was needed to hold the bonnet, nurse the child if need be and to assist the godmother in the church. She was also required to loosen and retying the bonnet before and after the baptism. Two father's were also required to stand and observe the baptism in the capacity of witnesses. Now the father of the child was required to go out and invite everyone to a feast. His announcement might have sounded something like this; "Greetings from the mother and child. Would you please join us this Sunday at church 

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and then come back to our house where you could enjoy some lunch or simply visit for a while."So the day before the party the girls had to run along with some milk, butter and cream which was meant to assist with the preparation of the feast. Then on Sunday the guests would gather for the feast and were met by musicians as they entered the courtyard at the farm. 

The godmother was also in attendance. She had dressed the child in clothes that she had acquired by buying the fabric, sowing the clothes herself and presenting them to the child as a gift. Now they were at the church and everyone went in except for the mother, the "best woman," the godmother and the wet nurse. They would remain in the entryway until the end of the first psalm, after which the priest came out and gave a small speech meant to usher the mother into the church. The priest then left again and the mother and her "best woman" entered. When the sermon was over the deacon went out and brought in the two other women who had the child with them and the proceeded with the baptism. The godmother would then hold the child while it received the sacrament after which she handed the child to the wet nurse so that she herself could go up and receive the sacrament. Then it was the mother's and her assistants turn and then everyone else's. Everyone would then head to the home of the parents where a wedding style party would commence.