Aug 2, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Blessings, Current issues, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, When a baby is blessed, is it appropriate to ask the Lord for blessings for the baby or is it appropriate to address the baby and pronounce blessing on the baby? I have heard it done both ways and wonder if one way is correct or if both ways, though...
Jul 15, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies
Gramps, In order for Adam and Eve to replenish the earth, they would have needed to have lots of children and they in turn would have to marry each other, brother and sister. Wouldn’t the children have had lots of defects, similar to what happens today if one...
Jul 9, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Family
Gramps, Why didn’t Adam and Eve have children in the Garden of Eden? Donna, from Nevada Dear Donna, Very little has been revealed about the lives of Adam and Eve between the time that they came to this earth and the account given in the scriptures about...
Jul 5, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Babies, Current issues, Death
Gramps, What do you say to a mother who carried a little boy for six months. Gave birth to this premature little child, whose weight was only 1 lb. My friend saw and held this little boy, named him, and after only 2 days the little boy died. This child was my...
Aug 7, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies
Gramps Is there any scriptural information on parents being able to raise their still-born babies? O, from Washington State Dear O, I know of no specific scriptural information on this subject. But the Brethren have commented on it as follows: Elder Bruce R....
Feb 5, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, I do not want to seem argumentative, but I do know that it is possible for a man to have a reverse vasectomy and it be successful. I feel that there is no room to say that it is a “drastic manner to eliminate temptation.” I feel that this...
Dec 30, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, Why must you be married before you can “multiply and replenish the earth”? A non-member asked me this and I don’t know the answer. So would you please answer this for me? John Answer Dear John, So often we are asked to probe...
Aug 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Book of Mormon
Dear Gramps, I would like to give my baby a name from the Book of Mormon. Are there any names for girls in the Book of Mormon, besides Sara and Abish? Is it OK. to name a girl Nephi? Is there a female version of Nephi? Marci, from Ontario, Canada Dear Marci,...
Jul 5, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Forgiveness, Happiness, Life's Lessons, Love, Repentance, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, I am 18 years old and am 38 and a half weeks pregnant and have just separated from my partner, he is now in jail. I love him with all my heart, and want him to be around for his daughter, but he isn’t allowed. I am unsure if a can bring her up without him...
Jun 20, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies
Question Dear Gramps, When my wife and I were married in the temple many years ago, we naturally thought that we would have children but, that didn’t happen so easily. After a few years of trying with no success, we turned to infertility and adoption. With...
