Hi,
Has anyone hired/ planning on hiring a babysitter for the children at your/ someone else’s wedding? What time and how long for makes the most sense?
I want to involve all the children in the ceremony (all aged under 5), then there will be garden games set up and a magician who may do some tricks for them as well as for the adults. I want to keep the photos short and sweet, no more than 1-1.5 hours. Then surely they don’t need a nanny for the meal (they will be eating too) and I’m not convinced I want any speeches before the meal, but there will be party bags on the tables to occupy them.
When the meal ends, it’ll be around 6.30pm and I don’t know about other parents, but we plan to put our toddler to bed around 7-7.30, like we always do. Some of the guests will be getting their kids picked up by grandparents, not sure what time. Do we need a nanny at all? Maybe for an hour during the meal since kids eat quicker and won’t sit still for two hours?
I want to relax and have other parents (and our parents) relax rather than chase after the kids.