Advice needed on a wedding with a 6 month old

st.augbride

Hi everyone! I need advice from moms with 6 month olds. Dd will be 6 months when we attend a wedding in June for dh's cousin. Everyone is insisting we go and bring both dd and ds (who will be almost 2.5 yrs then). I am dreading this! I think ds will be fine since he will get that he is at a party, but how on earth do I do this with dd? Anyone have any thoughts or advice on this? The wedding starts at 5:30pm so I imagine if we stick around through dinner, you're talking on staying until at least 8:30pm. And then to top it off, the location is pretty frsutarting in that the closest hotel we can stay at is 30 minutes away. Anyhow, I'm looking for advice on how to handle this. TIA!

mben1119

There is absolutely no way I could have brought DS to a wedding that late at 6 months. He was irratic, usually asleep by then, and who knows? Your LO could be sick, teething, going through a growth spurt...There's too many wild cards for me.

st.augbride

Bleh...this blows. Everyone who could watch dd for us will be at this wedding. MIL seems to think between all of us we'll figure it out, but I remember with ds how critical the sleep schedule was at that point...

marym94

We are heading to a wedding tomorrow with my 7 month old and the hotel is 30 min away for us! We are taking LO to the ceremony and then we are taking him to the hotel where I will put him down... We found a sitter who will be with him while he sleeps s

marym94

Ps found the sitter through the hotel and had references etc provided... It's not cheap but not going to take any risks and like you...everyone we know will be at the wedding.

st.augbride

jmmacdonald:

Ps found the sitter through the hotel and had references etc provided... It's not cheap but not going to take any

fryrat

I did this and survived. We went to the ceremony, and everything was fine. When I got to the reception, I fed her during all the speeches and toasts, then she was on the floor in her carseat while I ate. Afterward, the little party animal was strapped to

amex0107

Not sure if this will help since we did this at 4 months.  It was an evening wedding as well, and the ceremony started 45 minutes late.  My boys did well.  They actually slept through the ceremony.  They woke up afterwards & did

mscandyman

I was in the exact same boat a few months ago and like you, nervous as hell.  I thought for sure she would melt down and ruin the whole day for everyone.  To my surprise, it couldn't have gone better.  She was so busy taking it all in, she

lil_jen051708

We went when DS was 4 months old to two weddings and it was fine. DH and I were both in 1 of the weddings so my mom watched him in church during the ceremony and DH took him during the dinner portion of the reception. He passed out during dinner but was

brandyleighxx

DS is 6 months and I just took him to a wedding. The ceremony was in a church and quick. We got there maybe 10 mins before it started. I brought him in his car seat but brought him out. My mom held him for a little bit, then I did. The reception was about

ladyjenna13

My wife and I are flying to DC for a wedding next month.  Our son will be 8 months, and we are really looking forward to it actually.

We are not going to stress out over the sleep schedule.  The dinner and reception are at the hotel w

thespianlawyer

My sister got married 2 weeks ago.  I was MOH, DH was standing on the groom's side and DD was flower girl (8 months old).  After DH walked her down the aisle, he handed her off to my aunt for the ceremony.  She fussed a little, but then

marleyc

We just got back from an evening wedding in Miami with our 8 month old and our almost 3 year old.  It was a breeze.  The kids were fine during the ceremony, I just made sure to feed DD2 right before so she didn't get cranky in the m

JayandEmm

I'm going to a wedding this Saturday and it's around the same time. Ds goes to bed at 7/7:30, so we can't bring him. My mom will be watching him.

I'm using this opportunity for a night out with DH!

mrsbhk22

Honestly, I've never taken my kids to a wedding. Now that he's 6, I probably take DS1, but that's it. Weddings are a celebration of the couple. How can you enjoy yourself if you are constantly stressing about where the kids are, if they are hungry, is it

Jenelle101

I am actually IN a wedding next Saturday, and we are bringing my almost 3-year-old daughter (who is the flower girl), and my almost 6-month-old son. I have no worries. It will be a little crazy when I'm busy running around getting ready before the cere

allardr

Depends your LO. Ours does fine with the occasional late evening we just nap her as late as possible. However my LO generally wont fall aseep any more while out so could cause issues late in night. We did wedding when she was 5wks and it was so easy she j

allardr

One more thought, do you have a regular sitter you could pay to make the drive down with you and stay with your youngest at the  hotel?

lynxette2002

We drove my from Ohio to Florida with my grand daughter who was 7 months old. I sat in back, grand pa drove..stopped at intervals and took her out of seat. My son was getting married in Tampa, so we took Aria along. Everyone loved her at the wedding

grangerize

fryrat:

I did this and survived. We went to the ceremony, and everything was fine. When I got to the reception, I fed her during al