Who put your baby to bed at your wedding?

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Hi,

While trying to work out the logistics of our wedding day and picking the venue, I have stumbled upon a dilemma. Who will look after our 18-month-old in the evening, especially if the venue happens to not be where we stay overnight (so no baby monitor in the room while we are in the next room option)? What did you do with your young kids on your wedding day?

At the moment, sleeps in the buggy rarely happen and don’t last long, only in the dark room with one of those noise machines on. I know that some couples leave their LOs in prams and carry on dancing but that can’t be comfy or restful for the child and I won’t have our LO sleep in the buggy the whole night, so would then risk a middle of the night transfer to bed.

I thought either my or my H2B’s parents could put our LO to b

Me! We had our wedding, reception and overnight at a hotel. My in-laws looked after our DS all day (he was almost 2 at the time) and he was staying in their room overnight. They were going to put him to bed and got him into his pjs and brought him to us for a cuddle and left us for a bit. DS chose this short window of time to fill his nappy so I took him to my PILs’ room to change him (in my lovely big wedding dress!), finished our cuddle and he passed out on my shoulder! I put him in the cot, took the monitor to give to my in-laws and then it was over to them again. They then checked on him over 15mins until they went to bed which was probably only about an hour later as it was quite late by then. I think it was really helpful having the wedding or at least the reception and the overnight venue in the same place and this was part of the reason we chose it.

HereWeGoAgain16, that is so sad, really puts the whole wedding thing into perspective. I’m glad you still have fond memories of your special day, it must have been so emotional.

PeonyTruffle, wow, we definitely won’t be doing that. Kids can keep going when stimulation is all around them, but they need lots of rest too and routine is very important to us.

Emmapeeler, how long did the babysitter stay for?

CoffeeChocolateWine, I think my parents and in-laws won’t mind looking after our LO, they are the grandparents, not random strangers to LO, after all.

My DS will be just under 12months when we get married in November, I am planning to take the pram which he can happily sleep in and hope 🤞that he will sleep through the noise of the disco.. My mum will take him up in the gap to her room (onsite) to get him into his jamas before the evening part.

I keep thinking a nanny for a couple of hours until family take over will be the best solution because I can’t find a hotel that fits our budget and taste so we won’t be staying in the same place as the reception. Did those of you who hired a nanny meet her beforehand? We can’t find any venue that suits us locally so will be travelling elsewhere and won’t have a chance to meet the nanny before the wedding.