Children as Wedding Guests:
• Kids may make noise. This is not an endorsement of allowing or disallowing children at your wedding, merely a fact of life when it comes to children. If you're really worried about it, one suggestion for reducing the chances of hearing a tantrum during your "I do's" is to have a kid activity table just out of range that will occupy the children with coloring or such just long enough for the ceremony. Then everyone can boogy down together for the reception.
• Don't have a Kids Only table for the reception dinner. Kids belong with their parents. Think about this one, who will take care of the kids if their parents are all at different tables, not with them? A Kids Table can be good for a Thanksgiving dinner in your dining room but not for a big reception dinner in a public place. If you want the kids to behave, keep them with their caregivers. A more desirable alternative to the Kids Only table is to have a Families with Kids Table. This way, the "kid"behavior won't bother anyone else at the table, all the parents will have things to talk about with each other, and all the kids will be well taken care of and even making friends.
• If you decide not to allow children at your wedding you must be open to exceptions and be prepared for the fact that some guests will not attend if their children are not welcome. One common example of an exception would be if a family has to travel from out of town to attend your wedding. They would obviously have their children with them. Another example would be a breastfeeding baby. If a new mom has a breastfeeding baby, mother-infant proximity is required and the baby could be worn in a sling with little to no impact on your adult affair.
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