My grandmother has recently passed away and I will be attending her funeral in the next few weeks. DH is working away so will not be attending. The funeral is back in my home town (6 hours away) so I will have to take my two year old with me. One of my old friends has offered to take my DC for the funeral service and part of the wake but is working later that day which means my options are to a. Leave the wake early or b. Ask friend to drop toddler at the wake. My grandfather is happy for DC to go and my dad wants him there as he rarely gets chance to see him.
My worries are that no other children are going and I will be seen as an attention seeker from the other side of the family as they are all local and have made childcare arrangements. Other concern is obviously trying to make the toddler behave but it’s a big country house with huge gardens and a buffet so I feel confident (ish) at there being enough to keep him interested.
First funeral so I’m really unsure of the general etiquette so it’s more of a WWYD?