One and a half too young?

She'll still need assistance. One of my best friend's daughter will be just shy of 2 when it's our wedding date, another's daughter will be just over 2. We think this is too young for FG. They'll still need assistance, and could get fussy, and hard to lead them down the aisle.

It depends what you want. At 18 months, she will be wobbly, probably will want mom/dad to be with her, and may not walk down the aisle.
I'm a teacher, I didn't want super young kids in my wedding, but I wanted ages that may make a mistake bc it is cute. I have 5 cousins ranging from 2-8. I chose the 3 yr old for flower girl and 4 for ring bearer. Both kids know my husband and I. But the 4 yr old did phenomenal in pics alone and with my husband. The 3 yr old didn't get pics without me. Those are memories for them, and I don't mind. The 4 yr old stood by us as we said our vows, the 3 yr old sat with their parents.
Its your choice of what you want the kid to do. If you want them to be there, follow strict directions and be involved- choose older 6-8. If you dont mind if there is a mistake or 2, choose 4 yr olds. If you want them to take forever down the aisle, and not be as involved, choose younger.

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I’ll also have a 4, almost 5 year old that’s also going to be a flower girl. Would she be old enough to assist the younger one? Or still no?

The almost 5 year old would be old enough to help, but be prepared for one or both to suddenly decide to not walk down the aisle. Seen it happen more than once.

My almost 5 year old is really helpful with my 1 year old, until she’s distracted by something and forgets about her sister. She doesn’t mean too, but kids at 4 or 5 really aren’t old enough to be responsible for another kid.

My flower girl will be one and half by my wedding too...thoygh the mom seems sure the child will walk alone fine I still have a plan b and c. Either have the shortest brides maid roll her in or have mom walk with her.....just a thought.

She won't need assistance to walk at 18 months. She may however need assistance to walk down the aisle. Children of that age are totally unpredictable. She may be fine at the rehearsal and burst into tears and run to her Mom at the wedding.

My niece was a week shy of two. I told my brother and SIL if she isn't feeling flower girling, just pick her up and walk w her. No big deal. She did great and was adorable.

I hate when people stall weddings to try to coax little kids who clearly aren't into something, but I'm all for letting them give it a shot and then just moving on if they aren't interested. My brother and SIL did something similar in that they dressed up their nieces/nephews cute for pictures, but didn't have them actually walk down the aisle or participate in the ceremony.

My flower girl is going to be 2 and a half at our wedding. She's already walking and everything and we still have a year to go. I'm not too worried about her. If she runs down the isle or something everyone will think it's adorable. She already loves being center of attention so I'm not worried! Lol

View Quoted Comment Plenty of kids don’t walk until they’re 18 months old so it’s entirely possible she’d still need assistance to walk.

Im a pediatrician. Yes she is too young. She could walk down with someone else holding her hand but she won't make it down the aisle herself.

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Same job. Agreed. one and half is too young to walk down an aisle by herself (esp if it's a long aisle). They're adorable but it may end up taking her 15 minutes to get down there and her legs can't keep up with a 5 yo. I recently went to a wedding where one of the flower girls was just shy of 2- she just walked in with her parents and it was still adorable.

I'm going to ask my future niece, who will also be about 18 months. She lives internationally and I figure it will be a good chance for her to get some of those special memories (via pics and video) with all of us, plus she will be adorable, especially if i can get her in a little tutu. I figure I can motivate her with a stuffed animal or something at the end, have her mom (FSIL) or dad at the end, or have FSIL walk with her down the aisle, which would be a cool way of including her as well I'm not necessarily planning on doing petals per se. Maybe a ribbon wand or just have her walk

I think you can have who you want, it really depends how you feel about how the actual “walking” down the aisle goes!! We have ring bearers (3 and 2) and flower girls (5 and 1). All parents are in the bridal party or will be seated in the front row. If the kids make it down they make it. If they don’t the parents can grab them, to me the whole point is they’re adorable and break some of the tension. If it’s going to give you anxiety or stress if she doesn’t make it down the aisle I wouldn’t recommend it because she will probably still be wobbly.

I think its too young even with help... I always think about the wedding I went to that had an older girl (4ish?) and a baby (she could walk but could not talk yet) and they had to walk down stairs on the aisle and both fell! The older girl was trying to help byt came tumbling down with the baby and there was nothing cute about it! One of girls moms was a bm and that made it even worse because after she yelled across the aisle telling them it was okay and to get up, and they of course as babies just laid there not knowing what the hell to do. My niece was a fg last year when she was 3 and she was pretty cute, she hopped down the aisle like bunny lol and they had a little chair set up by the aisle with a toy for her but she just decided to lift her dress up and hang out lol then she bawled the whole time during the pictures.... SO if you want it to be perfect or to go a certain way, be prepared that if won’t! The same niece I mentioned will be my flower girl but will be 5 (almost 6) at the time of our wedding so I’m sure it will be okay.... I’m not trying to be so negative but realistically I think 4+ is a good age....

So my entire bridal party was my nieces and nephews, most were 4 and up and did great. We decided to have the littlest ones, both about 18 months, walk down as well because they want to do everything their siblings do and we wanted to include them all. However, we were 100% okay with whatever happened, including them just not doing it or crying or whatever. Rehearsal, they did outstanding, but when it came time for the wedding, one cried the whole way down and the other just kind of wondered around. And we had their moms at the end for them to walk to.

I honestly wouldn’t recommend it if you actually want them to walk down the aisle like a typical flower girl. We loved it and it was perfect for us, but we had a small wedding with just family and just the kids in the wedding party so it worked out a little different.

I think you should go for it! I’m sure she will be walking fine by then, but my concern would be if she would know she’s supposed to walk down the aisle and throw flowers. I don’t know if you are worried about that, but I think it would be adorable no matter what she does!

She's too young. She may have the motor skills to walk on her own, but she won't understand what's going on. Also stranger anxiety is common at this age, so she may not be cooperative.

She will probably need assistance maybe not like walking her but close to her as she will never just go down the isle on her own

We r gonna have the 2 younger neices (2 and 1 1/2) in a wagon with a sign saying here comes the bride. Mom of one and dad of the other will be towards the front in case they get fussy and tired of sitting in the wagon.