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Wedding reception etiquette - PIP

MaebbMaebb member
edited November 2013 in November 2012 Moms
What do you do with your LOs (assuming they can't walk yet) at a wedding reception or party? Carry them around the whole time? Babywear? Let them crawl around on the floor? We're going to a wedding this afternoon, and I don't know what we'll do with him at the reception. He likes to crawl around, but I don't know if that's seen as rude or dirty. The wedding is at the church, and idk where the reception is. It might be in the church fellowship hall or something because it just says "reception to follow" on the invitation.
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  • lyndsihutsonlyndsihutson member
    Went to one a few months ago before she was walking and she sat on my lap then in the stroller during dinner and then when people started dancing she crawled around and danced. It was a very laid back wedding though. Same thing with babies at my own wedding.

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  • Hummingbirdbaby3Hummingbirdbaby3 member
    Not sure. I've never been to a wedding where I've appropriately been able to even take him. But if I had to, he would've been held, on our laps, not on the floor ever, and we would've left probably shortly after dinner and the first dances. It just would be way too loud and there's no way I would let him crawl around. But that's based on the big weddings we have been to in the last year. If it was super small and casual maybe i would feel differently.
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  • LBStewartLBStewart member
    I think it depends on the vibe of the wedding.  Where I live, people typically don't bring children to weddings let alone a baby.  If you've already made the decision to bring LO to the wedding, I would definitely sit toward the back of the church that way you can make an easy exit if LO gets fussy.  We go to church often and always sit in the "children's chapel" because there's no way that DD can sit through an hour long mass.  For the reception, I think it would be easiest to let LO crawl around.  I think it would be way too hard to keep LO contained for that long.
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  • MaebbMaebb member
    It's my cousin's wedding, and DS's name was on the invitation. It is probably more casual than a lot of weddings.

    We took DS to my grandmother's funeral in Sept, and he was good for about 15 minutes, and then I took him out because he started making noise. I'll probably take a book and hope that he's quiet but then take him out if he starts being loud or rowdy.

    So I guess I'll see what the reception venue is like, and then maybe let him crawl around a bit as long as it's not dirty or dangerous.
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