Wedding Day Childcare

We hired a babysitter for our ring bearer and flower girl. They stayed in a hotel room with the baby sitter and the flowerr girl’s nanny

There was an acquaintance that i know (she was a friend of one of my friends) & she had gotten married a few years ago. Children were in the wedding but it was a "non kid friendly" reception i guess, so they arranged the children stay in a big playroom (which was part of where they got married), me & one of my friends watched them (we both work in childcare). there were toys & movies, we all still ate the wedding food, they just werent in the reception. maybe see if you could try something like that? it actually worked really well too.

I would just say do no children at the ceremony or reception outside of the wedding party. That way, it would be easier to make accommodations for them, others w/ children would just have to make arrangements prior to and your FH won’t have to worry about guest count. You can just tell ppl that it’s due to the restrictions of the venue.

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. Just let ppl know no children and they can arrange their own accomadations

My partner and I have planned to reserve additional space in our venue where we will provide complimentary childcare for our guests if they prefer to not have to monitor their children during the reception. We have planned to hire professional childcare workers in line with our state child to caregiver ratio, to provide for an earlier dinner with kid friendly food for the younger guests, to prepare activities like decorate their own cupcakes and a wedding scavenger hunt to engage them through the evening, and to throw them their own special dance party with child friendly music choices. I've spoken with family member who have small children and they have been quite enthusiastic about the opportunity. If it is in your budget, I expect that offering childcare on site or near your venue would be very welcome by your guests. Best of luck!

Just invite the adults. Many parents are not going to hand over their children to a stranger even if you do provide childcare. There is an age group for which that would work, but it's absolutely not going to work for all.

Parents have options even if the wedding requires travel: leave the children at home with a trusted caregiver; bring your sitter with you; decline the invitation.

All of these parents manage to go to work and have a social life without their children, so don't listen to complaints. Or, rather, do listen but then repeat after me "We are not able to accommodate the children. If that means you will be unable to attend, we will miss you at the wedding."

Childcare for 90 kids? Pass. And many parents would not be ok with offsite care, or onsite care with strangers. It would also cost you an arm and a leg to provide childcare for that many kids.

I totally agree with having no children. Most parents have babysitters they know and trust. Plus they, the parents, can relax and enjoy too!

I am having a no kid reception and ceremony. The only kids that will be there is the kids in out wedding party. So i would just say to the guest and on the invitations "adult only reception"

I am having a ton of kids at my wedding. They are all kids I love and wanted there. That being said, my venue is very kid friendly (there is even a playground on site). If you don't want to pay for childcare I would do a kid free wedding. I hate to say this but every function, party, cookout, etc. I've been to there are some parents who are just oblivious to what their kids are doing. And if the venue is not really kid friendly that can be dangerous.