No kids under 10

The way we are doing it is our family traveling from out of town and intown family are allowed to bring there kids and our friends that have kids can't bring there kids. They will need to get a babysitter with the exception of newborns. My FH and I do not have children and that's why we don't want a lot of kids running around except for family. We honestly just don't have enough seats at our reception to reserve a seat for our friends kids, we barely have enough seats for the friends and family we do want to invite.

We are only allowing children of family, and will be including the number invited on the RSVP card (i.e. ___ of 3 attending etc). A lot of people on our invite list have 2+ young kids, and we didn't want half of our guest list to be made up of kids under 12, but we also didn't want to split up families.

I think 10 is a random age. I know plenty of well behaved 8 year olds and poorly behaved 10 year olds. Maybe try to make the cut off a different way? Only children of bridal party or children of family would be acceptable.

It's either all kids can attend or none @ all!! I would say none under 18 because I would be upset if I had a 7 yr old & a 14 yr old per say!

I am doing the same thing with 10 and up but I don't have anyone that would have to split up. My reasoning for the 10 and up is because my daughter will be 10 and I have a lot of nieces and nephews that are older. I thought about letting the younger ones come but my sisters are in the bridal party and the younger ones would have to be watched by someone else while their parents are participating in wedding stuff.

Such a random age number. What is the reason?

Also newborns and mothers should be allowed. Otherwise, odds are the mother won't attend.

Sorry folks.. No kids means No kids. This includes the flower girl and ring bearer. As I stated before I heard these comments at 2 weddings. "FG and RB are here. My kid wasn't invited."

I feel differently about the kids... it's a celebration day and adults, kids, babies and animals are all welcome with us!

@Nancy is wrong !!!! I can have kids in my WP duuuuuuhhhh but if I say no kids will be attending don't get mad because my flower girl is in the wedding!

@Nancy - how does that work? Do the parents have to drop off the FG and RB at some place between ceremony and reception? Why bother even having a FG or RB if you don't want kids at all?

We have the same rule...

We are having a cutoff of 18, with the exception being the kids in the wedding party, which covers my niece and nephews (FH doesn't have any).

Don't pick a random number like 10. They aren't any more grown up at 11 or 12.

I would allow newborns. Especially if she is breastfeeding.

I don't think what your sibling is asking of you is unreasonable. If the baby is a newborn, you should not separate them. She's probably going to have to decline if you say she can't bring her child. Also I agree that 10 is a weird age cut off.

ETA: after reading the comments, I'm a little shocked at how many of you claim that a wedding is no place for children. Ha, no. YOUR wedding is no place for children. I happen to love children and think they can be way more fun than adults and they definitely know how to party. MY wedding is going to be a place for babies, grandparents, and everyone in between.

Just throwing this out there, but my 11-yo nephew is more mature than a couple of the adult men that were at our wedding. And he dressed better. Plus I just like him better

Ok here's my theory !If it's a NO KID wedding once you send out the STDs & the Invitations, that's gives the parents plenty of time to find babysitters.. I'm quite sure ppl know someone that can babysit for a couple of hours that won't be @ the wedding so why is ppl making a big deal out of it.. True it shouldn't be a split up between the kids.. I won't bring kids anyway because that's my time to relax, drink & have fun , not run after "the kids" while I'm drinking & trying to enjoy myself geeeeesh!!! Bride & Groom gives plenty of notice for the parents to find a reliable babysitter!!!!!!

I'm having a NO KIDS wedding & they will have plenty of time to get a babysitter in order ..

We're doing adults only as well but only allowing those in the wedding party. I'm also the oldest in my family so everyone else is younger so it would only make sense to have my siblings under 18, who are also in the wedding party, at the wedding. We are also putting adults only in the wedding website which will give parents almost a year to find options for their children. Every parent we've talked to about it also think it's a good idea & are pretty excited about it. We don't expect many people from my fiancés side to show up because of this. We just extended an invite to them because they are his family.

Honestly, the 10 years old cut off age is pretty odd. Have you considered no children under 18 years old? So families don't feel like only half of the family is invited? My sister had an "Adult Only Affair" and it turned out great. As for your question regarding your sister's baby, given the fact they'll be your neice or nephew, you haven't thought about including them in the wedding in some sort of way? My sister wanted all of her neices and nephew, so she found a way to include them all in the wedding as flower girls, ring bearers, and mini ushers etc. So pretty much, if you weren't apart of the wedding party and under 18, then you were unable to attend. This way people weren't saying, "heyy..they brought THEIR kid" Even the bridesmaids/groomsmen with kids couldn't take their kids..my sis and her husband stood firm on their "no kids" rule no matter how much grief some people gave them. Just remember you can't satisfy everyone..and someone WILL always be offended. So if you want absolutely ZERO kids in attendance, then people will just need to get a sitter. simple as that. Like yous said, it's YOUR wedding! I even had an adult ladies only Bridal Shower (per my request) since people love taking their kids to bridal and baby showers (which i will never ever ever understand!!) I have a few friends with small children, including nursing mommas that couldn't attend my shower. No kids..means no kids.

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I agree that 10 is an odd number. Our cutoff is 21. That way the bartender doesn't have to check IDs.

We're only inviting children of immediate family, which amounts to only my fiancé's nephew. It makes things a lot easier.

But if your invites have already gone out, I'd say you should be flexible with your sister. If people are rude enough to ask, "Why is her baby here? My three-year-old wasn't invited!" you can simply say, "Because she's my sister, obviously." Weddings are one day -- sisters are forever.