We were engaged only a couple of months before I got pregnant. We originally thought we’d park the wedding planning but then started thinking that it would only get harder to plan a wedding once our baby arrived so decided to get a few things reserved (ceremony and reception venues). We’re now due to get married next spring, at which point our daughter will be nearly eleven months old. Really having doubts about it now though, having been to the wedding of friends over the summer with their little boy of a similar age. He found it all a bit much and was really overtired by the end of the day and although they had family and friends to help look after him they’ve since said that worrying about his naps and the fact it was all a bit overstimulating for him really hampered their enjoyment of the day. If we rearrange now we wouldn’t lose huge amounts of money as the deposit for the reception venue is still repayable and the ceremony venue is only part paid. Question is, do we postpone until next September/October when our daughter will be sixteen/seventeen months old or the following April when our daughter will be nearly two. Currently veering towards the latter as she would be more aware of what’s going on but would really appreciate any insights on getting married with a young child and any thoughts on the better of the two ages for a child to attend a wedding. I should add that we have family who will help out and we would hope by then to build a relationship with a childminder or babysitter who we could then use on the day to help out too so that nobody would have to leave early to put our daughter to bed.