Taking a 10 month old to a wedding

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Does anyone have any experience of taking a ten month old to a wedding. We have been invited to a wedding and our baby is invited too but we are not sure whether to take baby with us or have family look after her. Would love her to come but equally think the day will be preoccupied around her. Myself and my partner haven't had a date night or anything together as yet and was thinking maybe this would be a nice chance to do that. Equally feel bad and don't want to leave little one during that time. Any advice, thoughts or personal experience would be great

I have a 7 month old. I would definitely leave him with family if that's an option for you and go and enjoy yourselves. You deserve a day/night of not focussing everything on the baby! :)

If it's an option to have her looked after by family, I would go child free to the wedding.

We brought our 10 month to a family wedding. Ceremony was fine, as was dinner but I had to bring him outside for the speeches because as soon as he heard the boom of the microphone, he was terrified.

I didn't even try to keep him up for the music because I figured he would be afraid so I put him to bed and we took turns staying in the room with him.

It was fine because it was a family wedding so lots of people to entertain him during the day and some even sat in our room whike he slept so we could have some time together but I can't say I enjoyed the day as such, just happy that we got through it and that he hadn't kicked off during the vows!

I don’t take my children to weddings just because they’re young, they wouldn’t sit through the service and it’s nice to have a night off! 😊 x

It just depends on your lo’s temperament.

We took our 9-month old to a wedding last year, mainly because he was still breastfed. To his credit, he was incredibly well-behaved. We took food for him so that he wasn’t a bother and were prepared to take him out if he got irritable.

We also took a selection of toys and a little playmat and set him up in a little corner. We got out some lift-the-flap books during the speeches and he was perfectly happy. He loved ‘walking’ around meeting people and was doted upon. But we arranged for his grandparents to come and collect him at 6pm to take him home for bedtime whilst we stayed and enjoyed the evening.

Now he’s 17-months old though and no longer breastfed, I’d happily leave him at home.