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It is sad that each diocese ( and sometimes each parish) varies so much on these things!
Our "prep" was a one hour meeting with our Parish Life Coordinator and 2 booklets she gave us. (Of course, I've been a religous ed teacher there in our parish and regular attendee and RCIA sponsor, so she knew us beforehand and how we planned to raise the child. Maybe it would have been longer for someone else.) We baptized him when he was 2 months old (had to work around family schedules and Advent), and we had not finalized yet.
I would advise you to talk to your priest right away and explain the situation and your urgent desire to have your son baptized as soon as possible. If he is not open to helping you out, would it be feasible for you to go back to your previous church for the baptism?
My sister wasn't able to have her oldest daughter baptized in their church, but we have a friend of the family who is a priest, and we celebrated a very special baptism with him in his church in another city.
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