Ideas to amuse 2 year old at a wedding, please.

pickledonionspaceraider

maman wrote: »

Thanks for all the ideas.


I'll start looking for little bits and pieces for a goody bag.:)


Sadly person one, I am worried that the bride's parents will allow him to take all their attention which is why I wanted a few distractions to hand. Hopefully his own parents will be thinking along the same lines as me but I wanted to go prepared.

Am I missing something here? Are the child's own parents not going to be there and deal with the responsibility for their child?

surveyqueenuk

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Are the child's own parents not going to be there and deal with the responsibility for their child?

That's what I was thinking too.

maman

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Are the child's own parents not going to be there and deal with the responsibility for their child?

surveyqueenuk wrote: »

That's what I was thinking too.

maman wrote: »

You're right and to be honest (although probably didn't explain it that well) it's not the child I'm worried about or even a bit of noise it's the adults!!:rotfl:

Posters have come up with some great suggestions and if the 'babysitting' was shared around all would be fine but I don't want his grandparents seeing it as their role on the day to devote all their time to him. Having a few distractions on hand will mean he's at least happy to spend some time with me.

They'll be there but it's the grandparents I'm worried about. They don't need asking they'll jump in given half a chance.

foxtrotoscar_2

maman is there a danger you are over thinking this? Seems much ado about nothing to me.

burnoutbabe

if the grandparents are more interested in their grand kid than their daughter, there is not much one can do about that and no real way to "force" their interest.

pickledonionspaceraider

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

maman is there a danger you are over thinking this? Seems much ado about nothing to me.

I have got to agree with this

OP - If the grandparents choose to jump in and oversee the child care responsibilities then so be it, there is nothing you can do about it. They clearly love the little one and it is, after all, a family occasion. It is not as if they are their as the sole childcare providers

maman

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

maman is there a danger you are over thinking this? Seems much ado about nothing to me.

I know you're right. When I started the thread I just wanted a few ideas for toys for two year olds.


When people started asking questions I thought it would be rude not to respond (as I hate it when people start threads and then disappear without so much as a thank you).


Of course the grandparents love him to bits and I'm not knocking that. I just wanted to try and distract them a bit for this one special day.


Apologies to anyone if I don't respond again.:)