Kids or no kids at my wedding?

Arcadius_2

In my opinion it is better not to take children taking into considereation having fun , alcochol, etc.
Let these people have fun instead of constanly worrying about their children and taking care of them
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nightsky224

We had about 20 kids at our wedding all under 12. That was our preference. We paid £200 to have a mobile creche in a side room, games, arts and crafts were bought along and the kids (Over 3) ate in there too. It was like a mini kids party. They were then on the dance floor all night or asleep in the corner. Because they were entertained they were all well behaved. During the ceremony they were great too, a friends little girl shouted out "its a princess" as I walked in the room :-)

HOWEVER if we hadn't of arranged this and not invited kids quite a few friends would of left their little ones at home. Some would of come with out their other half and others could not of come at all. None would of taken offence though! They were all surprised that kids were invited.

Do what is best for you but be aware that some people may not be able to make it. In the same way that you wouldn't expect them to be annoyed at you for not inviting kids, dont be annoyed at them for not being able to come

CKgeordieinlondon

I went to a wedding once where there were 27 children of which the oldest was 8! I promise I'm not exaggerating

The only one who played up was the son of the happy couple, but obviously he had to be there. At the reception they were too young to have their own table, but there was an "Activity Station" for them.

My OH's family are constantly breeding so every family event has a high proportion of children and nobody minds a bit. I don't have children myself, but I love them.

The ownly downside that you weren't really able to dance at the night time as the dancefloor was full of toddlers.

Gloomendoom

I remember looking at a venue that stipulated that a nanny had to be provided if more than five children were attending the reception.

We didn't have any restrictions. If anything, we probably encouraged people to attend with their children. We arranged plenty of activities to keep them occupied so they were really no bother at all. In fact, I would say that they added something to the day.

I attended the wedding of the village school headmaster recently and I think he had invited all the pupils in the school together with their parents.