“It depends on whether you want to follow the Apostles and the consistent teaching of the Church for close to 2,000 years or not.”
There has not been one consistent teaching that is unbroken for 2,000 years. Sorry. Most catholic denomination teaching arose out of syncretic paganism, mixed in with Christianity.
There has not been a consistent teaching?
Really?
Tell me, if a local baptist church this Sunday baptized an infant, do you think there would be any controversy? Would someone accuse the pastor of heresy? Of course there would be!!
Now, I know Church history is not the strong suit of many here, but do some research and point out to me what major controversy is recorded in the first, second or third centuries in the Church to oppose infant baptism.
The fact is every local Church that could trace its beginning to an Apostle practiced infant baptism. Every one.
This did not become an issue until the 16th century and even then, Luther and Calvin had to follow the apostolic tradition as the Scriptures command.