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No, because we don't have any in our immediate family, and those are the only kids we are inviting. I think it will be a nice afternoon away for our friends with babies
Yes, we are allowing nursing mothers to bring infants but we are informing them via word of mouth- my SIL and 4 of FI's cousins are all giving birth within a month of our wedding, plus one of my best friends AND my MOH are all having/had babies in the last few months so... it was allow them to bring the babies or have them not come.
I'm slightly worried about the babies disrupting the ceremony but we are going seat the new mommies close to the door so that they can make a quick escape if need be. And as far as the reception goes- they are just going to be in their carriers the whole time and so I'm not worried. Most of them will probably sleep through the whole thing.
we did. we had one baby at the ceremony (only 30 people at the ceremony) and she was good as gold. her mom said she sang along to the music when there was singing or piano, but that's the only noise she made and if she was going to cry they were prepared to take her out. (not that i really cared, i wanted attention taken away from me!) there was another baby at the reception, and they were both fine the whole time. it was fun having them there, they got to dress up in cute dresses!
We had no kids invited to the wedding even though some guests did have babies.
We had kids at our wedding, neither one of us had family friends with 'kids' anymore, and by that I mean below 18, so it was just friends and cousins who had kids, so they were all under 3. Ours was inside in a church and then reception outside and it wasn't a problem, one kid got fussy in the church and they just took him outside. We did have someone at the reception to watch them during dinner though, we didn't seat any of the kids.
@ Miss Root - we're in the same situation, it's either invite the babies or have the parents decline the invitation. We have 3 babies invited, and maybe 10 toddlers, yikes! Ours will be one noisy ceremony and reception. Maybe I'll do what you're doing, sit the moms in a location that's convenient for exiting. What about during the dancing portion? the parents won't be able to leave their babies? Wouldn't that put a damper on the party?
If we had any babies that young, they'd be welcome. Moot point at present!
@ bvig, what do you mean you "didn't seat any of the kids"? We can't figure out if we should sit toddlers on their own little table, or have them sit with their own parents.
We're not inviting them, but we're not NOT inviting them. Our guest list is small enough, we can deal with people asking about it if they want to bring them.
Yep, babies are totally invited...although I think we'll only have 1 under a year old. However, we've got 7 more who are under 2, so it would be awkward to invite the other 7 & not the "baby" under 1. Our church has one of those enclosed rooms in the back for parents to duck into if their child starts making too much noise, so they won't miss out on the ceremony. We're thinking up a kids' play area for the reception (cushy mats & padded blocks as a "perimeter", with some 99cents store toys) & maybe a babysitter for that area, just to keep an eye on the kids.
@Ambereyes - there were 4 or 5 kids between 10 mo and three years so we hired two family friends (teenagers) to watch the kids and give the older ones a little dinner in a playroom while everyone ate. The parents were seated in an easy place to get up and out if they wanted to go check on them during dinner. But the kids were at the wedding, during cocktail hour and dancing.
10 toddlers is a lot of little kids. If you can, maybe hire some childcare for the reception?
Yes were having 1 under one and 3 under two plus about 10 or so under 18. The kids are an important part of our family and to me it wasn't even an option not to invite them. We may hire a babysitter during the ceremony and will set up a kids table at the reception with activities. I fully expect there to be minor interuptions because well, they're kids, but IMO their absence would be missed far greater than their interuptions will be distracting.
yep! I have a toddler, so i hope there are at least a few other kids for him to play with!
No - We're having an adult only reception. All of our friends with babies were happy to leave their kiddos at home with sitters.
Our nephew was a ring bearer at 5 months, and hubs cousin was about 10 months, and they both had a blast and didn't bother anyone. Didn't mess up the ceremony at all, and we got some awesome pics of them. I was always in the no camp, but I'm so glad they were there
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Will you be including your relatives' or friends' babies in the invitation? And by babies, I mean kids under 1 year old.