Is a kid friendly wedding such a bad idea?

It's not crazy, that's just a personal opinion. Sounds like you will have a lot planned to keep the kids happy and entertained!

I do not plan on inviting kids to mine because I do not want to have to worry about entertaining them, and I want their parents to be there and have fun. We do not have as many kids we are close with like you, and It sounds like you are ready and excited to accommodate them. I say go for it and don't worry about others crazy looks!

It's YOUR wedding, if you have kiddos that are important to you and you know they won't misbehave completely, you can most definitely pull it off. ESPECIALLY if there's a playground on site and you're getting an ice cream truck!

You can always get little activities for them to do too. I've been to weddings with kids and literally nothing disastrous happened. The kids had a blast and so did their parents.

We have more than twenty children invited to ours. Nothing wrong with having kids at a wedding!

My daughter & her fiance will have a bunch of kids at their wedding, and they are looking forward to it! They have a lot of fun things planned for their reception, and we are all looking forward to the children being part of it.

The only child I am concerned about for during the ceremony is a 1 year old, but the parents are bringing a grandma with, specifically to watch the 1 year old. I assume she will sit near the back with him, and will take him out if he makes a peep. I hope.

The other children are old enough to be able to sit quietly during the ceremony, and most of them are used to attending church and sitting, anyway.

Our caterer gives a different rate for a child's plate, so the cost isn't really a huge factor in inviting the children

My nieces are coming to my wedding. They will also have some part in it. They are the only kids and I can't imagine my wedding without them. (they are 3, 8 and one is turning 6 on my wedding day)

It's not a bad idea just not everybody wants them present. If you want them there and you can afford it then invite them.

I had 4 kids who were just around 5 years old, and 1 kid who was 9. They all had a blast. It's very nice to supply stuff for the kids but parents generally know to bring small things to keep them occupied during dinner. 3 of the children were in my ceremony. They ate and colored during dinner and we could not get them off the dance floor all evening. In fact, my flower girl was the last one on the dance floor and even in her pajamas, was out-dancing the adults. I think kids at weddings are fun!

My wedding will most likely have 20+ kids at it, and I couldn't care less! I am making it optional, and I expect those who do bring their young ones will keep an eye on them. I'm not gonna let it interfere with my special day, that's for sure!

That’s adorable!!! I would love to have a kid-friendly wedding but with the size of our two families, taking out kids under 16 dropped our budget into something we might actually be able to afford. I think we had somethingg like 30 kids on the list initially?

I think your wedding will be adorable. Can you imagine how cute they’d be, tunning around blowing bubbles?

I don't think your crazy at all. I come from a big family plus I already have two boys of my own. My wedding will be kid friendly and in all honesty I'm expecting around 40 kids or so...i get the "your crazy" looks too but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way.

I personally couldn’t imagine my day without kids! We are such kid people tho. I want to see all the kids laugh and have fun!

At my brother and sister in laws wedding, when the bride was walking down the aisle my cousin who was 4 at the time gasped and said look she’s Cinderella! It was the cutest thing! I can’t wait for moments like that at ours!

I am only having my daughter who is 10 and our neices who are twins and they are all amazingly good kids the only reason why we are having them there is cause they are the 3 that our in our wedding and im not letting my daughter miss out on our wedding. But as for everyone else they are not allowed to bring kids i dont want more kids then adults lol and my reception starts at 6pm on a Saturday its gonna be an adult party drinking and dancing it's indoors as well so i just dont want their parents not to have fun its for adults to enjoy their time instead of having to watch their kids the whole time and alot of my friends and family dont ever get the chance to get out and have a nice night so i know they will have a greay night... But jf ur ok with kids there then allow it... Its ur day

You're not crazy. It's your day. I wasn't planning on having kids but it would be really inconsiderate to invite their parents without them. I remember being a kid and having fun at weddings. Just enjoy your day.

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And yet your children and your FH's children aren't coming to your own wedding...

But, ok.

We will have our son, who will be 3 at the time, and our nieces and nephews. Kids are not bad to have at weddings and I often find the people who complain about them, are not parents. Plan your day to include all of the loved ones in your life, no matter their age.

I don't think it's a bad idea. It's choice. If they are important to you and it fits, why not? Your situation seems like it will be fun.

We did kid free but that's just cause the very few children in our circle destroy everything and we had a big security deposit on the line.

I'm honestly not sure when weddings turned into adult only events, so I don't know why people would be acting this way! You do you, boo. I am also having a kid friendly wedding, as many of my friends already have little ones. Many of them call me "Aunt Riah," and my FH "Uncle D" so I can't imagine my day without them. Don't worry about what other people think or say.

Definitely not crazy. I have 4 kiddos myself with my DH. We invited everyone's kids and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Nothing was better than all my little nieces and cousins coming up and dancing with me because to them I looked like a princess in my dress. They were so excited to be there. None of them were any trouble at all.

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Us too! We have a ton of family coming from out of town, so we couldn't NOT include them in our wedding planning. He's got 6 nieces/nephews coming and I have a few friends with little ones they are traveling with kiddos. I don't mind, plus it takes some of the pressure off of parents finding sitters,on top of the traveling fees, they still get to come out, and enjoy some food/ drinks and help us celebrate!