Sisters wedding

[Newmum1996]

So.. My sister is getting married in May 2023 and the baby will only be 6 months at the time. Does anybody have any suggestions or advise to make my day as smooth as possible? 😬

OH will also be At the wedding as he is an usher. We have a room on the wedding complex so we don’t have to go far to bed. OH’s family won’t pick the baby up as the wedding venue is too far away.

any suggestions please?! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Plan a dress you can feed in (if you plan to feed) but as you have no idea what size/shape you will be you cant really purchase it in advance.

And to be honest-until you know what sort of baby you have. Super chilled vs velcro wingebag then advice is massively varied as it depends what sort of baby you get!

Being on site is great. As if any of you get overwhelmed you can have a time out and sort out any poosplosions. You may also be weaning at this stage so will have a place for a cool bag with a couple of meals in etc.

Its not the same taking a baby to a wedding as its hard work and not that relaxing but it is better then not going at all and there are some lovely moments.

Expect baby to be noisy at key moments as even if happy they will babble a lot at that age so you may need to stand at the back in speeches or vows depending on attitude of happy couple and other guests.

One of my dc slept behind a curtain in his buggy all evening whilst a live band played and i had a ball. Other kids-no way! You never know.

Usually very portable at that age. May happily sleep in pram.

If DC isn't crawling yet you'll be fine. As PP said, they're pretty portable until then.

If breastfeeding wear something easy to feed in (but you'll be doing that as second nature by then anyway). At 6 months though baby will be starting food, but it will be messy.... Very messy 😂

It really depends on your baby and your parenting approach. Personally we've never done routines with DC, so kids were always happy to nap wherever and we weren't stressed about them having to sleep at a certain time, but some parents find routine is key for them. I guess if that's you hopefully nap times will fall in good places with events of the day.

Sit at the end of an aisle during the ceremony. It's almost a guarantee the 'I dos' are when baby wants to shout 😂

Spares clothes for all (poo explosions are always at the most inconvenience time haha)

Is there anything specific you want advice on?

Ah thanks so much! So it will generally narrow down as to what the baby is like!

I forgot to mention I am a first time maid of honour for my sister so me and OH have fairly important jobs.

I really want to be able to enjoy my day stress free. Luckily my family are amazing so I know they’ll always help out.

I saw on another site somebody had recommend noise cancelling headphones, has anybody used these before?

my best friend had offered to come and collect the baby in the evening and have the baby overnight but I’m not too sure if I’d be comfortable with this (maybe again something I need to see nearer the time)

I am really not too sure if I will use routines or not. Some of my friends swear by bath bottle bed and then they have the rest of their evening to enjoy but I am a social butterfly so not sure if this will make my life harder. A few others have said to fit the baby to your routine and not fit to the babies routine.

ah it’s stressful but minor I suppose! I just need to chill! 😅

You need to chill because it's a whole year away!

Best friend picks up baby is best option in my opinion. You and dh can relax and enjoy wedding. And baby has been around seeing family during the day.

“I am really not too sure if I will use routines or not.”

The baby will fall into it’s own routine, you’d be silly not to follow it. I have always let my baby lead me so really you will just have to see closer to the time as you can’t predict what they’ll be like.

Thanks all! I’ll definitely consider my friend picking the baby up and also see how the baby is when here!

I tend to worry about thinks way before they’ve happened so this is just my mind in over drive but eh it’s no problem being prepared 😉 I’m sure it will all fall into place x

Babywear.