Kids at wedding

Providing someone to watch all of the kids would certainly be a nice gesture, though is not required.

This is something I would probably poll your guests on. Providing childcare is a nice gesture, but only if your guests will actually use it. We contemplated this idea, but our guests with children all said they would not feel comfortable leaving their kids with someone they didn’t know; they preferred to just use their whilst sitters/family members.

I'm not having any kids other than my fiances nephew and my kids. No regrets. I don't want any disruptions or running around.

Arranging childcare is part of parenting responsibilities because it’s a regular thing to go out without children in tow at their discretion and many parents only trust their regular babysitters. If you have the extra money you are willing to spend then on-site child care is appreciated but people don’t expect it. Be very clear with whatever you decide so parents can go forward with that information to make plans.

We’re not having children at our wedding as well. . Almost most of our friends responded well to the “no kids rule”. Some of my friends are leaving their kids with grandparents or other relatives. I would definitely ask the parents if they were planning on bringing kids before offering a baby sitter.

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Secondly, some children do not respond well to new babysitters. Just a thought

We've considered hiring a babysitting service, but then we've talked about it to some friends and they all said that they wouldn't feel comfortable leaving their kids with someone they've never met. They'll all be leaving their children with grandparents and such. There were a few people who decided to RSVP with children even though they've been invited to an adults-only event, but that's been dealt with.

We did not have any kids at our wedding and we let our guests make their own arrangements. Most parents want to pick their own sitter anyway.

We have 10 kids together including one in heaven, by the time we have our wedding next April we will have kids range from 15 all the way down to 2 months, this is just our family not including everyone else's kids, We are having my bridesmaids 13 year old daughter babysit the kids