Babysitter for wedding

[knickyknocks]

I'm getting married in October and my DD will be just over one year old. Was starting to have a think about who will be looking after her in the evening at the hotel.

Think probably the best plan is to try and find a babysitter. Anyone used those babysitting services on the net - like Sitters? Or anyone know anyone who had a young baby at a wedding and who looked after them (I had been thinking of bringing our pushchair and getting her to sleep in one of the quieter rooms but think the band we've hired will be too loud for her to sleep through!!)

Where is the wedding

It's in Surrey - a hotel near Horley.

I'm happy to help if your interested! I'm a qualified nanny in Redhill. Drop me a email if you would like to discuss it further [email protected]

Lauren

Safehands is an agency which can supply babysitters for hotels.

As a nanny my insurance does not cover hotel work, as a hotel is commercial premises. Not sure if the insurer will increase level of cover... perhaps, though I'm not interested in doing hotel work - as it's looking after children I've never met before... as you can't really arrange to meet the family in advance.

Could you invite someone to your wedding who your DD already knows who does not really want to be at all of the wedding ceremony but could sit with your DD in the evening. Maybe someone you already use for childcare.

You could contact the hotel they may have someone on the books. Is there a creche at the wedding as they will often stay on into the evening.
Or you could contact a local childminder as if they use the ncma babysitting child record forms they will be covered on their insurance.

If you are interested in having a creche at the wedding please feel free to contact me as I do run creches at children centres and weddings and have the relevant insurance.

I know ladies from my DDs nursery are connected to a hotel in our town. You should perhaps ask the hotel first if they provide this service. The nursery ladies have done it a few times and think they charged £100 for the evening until the guest they were staying with went to bed (like an aunt, bride and groom usually too erm... busy!), they look after the kids in the bedroom they are staying in. They would charge more for longer or overnight.

Thanks for all your replies (especially for the offers by Danthe4th and Nanny2811).

Today was my DD first settling in day at nursery, and naive as I was, had no idea that the nursery workers can do babysitting as a sideline for parents. Asked the nursery Head of Room and she said she's sure one of the girls would have no probs sitting for us. So will ask there first as first port of call.

As Captainkirksnipples (great name) said will prob get DD to stay in my mum-in=laws room - ahem we'll be busy that eve!

But thanks again for all the replies - it's a whole new world of discoveries for me at the mo.

I think that is the best idea knickyknocks, the girls at nursery do it as a sideline so they are not connected with the nursery, they do advertise there though.

Your DD would feel much more secure having someone she knows with her and it will give your family time to enjoy themselves too.

I would probably pay them to come before the speeches, she might be a bit restless having to keep quiet, and give her dinner at her usual time. She can be brought back in for the first dance (my sis did a normal first dance then danced with her 2 dc's and dh right after) then let her run about and get cuddled by relatives and then off to bed at normal time. Then the sitter will stay in the room with her (hopefully sleeping) while the adults have a few drinks and would leave when your mil goes to bed.

When we got married I booked 2 babysitters for my niece and nephew who were 8mths at the time and as my niece (yep not twins just my brother and my sister had babies at same time) was born at 23wks we decided on 2 sitters this was for the ceremony and the meal then my sister and my brother collected them at 6.30pm. Had 2 sitetrs from 12.30-6.30pm were booked privately cost me £70 total.

The babysitters brought them down for wedding photos all dressed up as well.

We also on our wedding invites additional info - maps, hotels/places to stay etc but the details of both these sitters and couple of others they knew so if anyone wanted to a book a sitter they didnt need to go hunting themselves as most people were travelling 200miles to our wedding.

I would suggest either sitters or safehands network or someone on here may be able to help, if you choose someone privately make sure you check references, they have a crb etc.

Brilliant ideas! Def going to go with getting the sitter to come before the speeches. Hadn't even thought of that! And your right about her dinner and bedtime - think by then she should be cuddled out (have a feeling everyone will be cooing over her and not me!!)

And nice idea about the wedding invites additional info.

Thanks all again. Fab.