Attending a wedding with a 7 month old

[LittleChilliBean]

We've been invited to a wedding and my daughter will be 7 and a half months old when we attend. I'm looking for any tips to make it all stress free!

Also any ideas for foods that don't need heating would also be good as I'm not sure if there will be facilities for that. My daughter is currently 6 and a half months old and is eating some finger food and puréed fruit/veg.

Thank you in advance.

Firstly don't go in expecting it to be stressful - no reason it should be!

During the ceremony sit on the end near an exit Incase you need to take them out.

At that age I don't think any food needs to be heated so just bring whatever you know they like. Maybe some rice cakes or something that takes a while to munch on to keep them occupied. When we went to a wedding with DD 10months we were given a plate of nuggets and chips....I just let her have them, one day won't hurt and she didn't eat much anyway (she actually ate more from my adult plate)

Bring PJs and take 20 mins out at normal 'bedtime' to see if you can get them asleep in the pram.

But mainly just relax and enjoy the day, we did the above but DD woke up at 8.30 and then spent a few hours on the dancefloor with us and everyone else. It was great!

Try not to plan too much and just go with the flow and respond to baby's needs accordingly. DD was 10 months when we attended our first wedding and she ate off our plate - some chicken, veg, potatoes, fruit, etc. We brought a ton of her favourite snacks and some toys too, especially busy books and we took her out of the highchair when there wasn't any food and walked around with her a ton. Had to take DD out of the venue once when she was overwhelmed and she took the boob and was great afterwards! Mainly just relax, enjoy your day!

Brother and SiL got married when DS was 7 months. He was pretty happy during the ceremony but DH would have taken him out if he got too noisy. He had a good nap in the buggy between service and dinner then just ate bits of our dinner. I didn't bring any food for him. Probably had a couple of rice cakes with me for back-up but it was a beef roast for the main meal and he loved trying bits of that.