Ask a Question - children at the reception? - CHINEYELOVESRICKEY's Purple Wedding by Color Blog

I think no children is fine. The children in the wedding can be the only ones you have at the reception, they could even have their own table. Just put, No Children Please, at the bottom of your invitations. If people get mad, so be it, your wedding. If they don't come, less people, less money. If your wedding is that important to them, they will get a babysitter.

I have 36 neices and nephews and half of them are under the age of 10 and of course i have friends with kids and my fiance has a few kids in his family. I am hoping some will get babysitters. We are going to have a kids table in one corner of the reception hall with crayons and books and puzzles and so on. I have a niece that will be 17 at the time of the wedding another thats 12 and my fiance has one that's 14 so i am gonna pay them each a little to keep an on on the littler ones.

I am a mother of a 6 month old and I don't want children at my reception either. I found that a lot of people find it cold blooded. But it's your day! Your not doing anything wrong. a reception is not a place for young children. we too want more of a party. and yeah it sucks to break it down to the parents, but you don't need an added stress factor in your wedding.
Good luck! hope you figure it out, and have a pleasentout come.

Ok, so I'm totally annoyed with this site I jsut wrote a long response and it did'nt post...UGH!!!!

Anyhow, I understand what you mean I also want an adult reception and it's been causing all kinds of problems for me, but what ever you choose make sure it's what you guys want!

I also agree with Deb the children in the wedding coming to the reception is fine, that's exactly what I plan to do.

I am not having children at mine, except my son who is groomsmen , and the flower girl. I have noticed at wedding with children, the parents always seem stressed out trying to keep the kids entertained. I mean really.. how exciting is a wedding for a parent? On my invites i put " children by invitation only" dont worry about what everyone else thinks, are they paying for it? is it their weddin?? nope. Its your day girl! I have seen kids run around, knock things over etc. You have enough to deal with that day, and I dont think you need to be a baby sitter. People better be understanding or they dont need to come if you ask me. Plus its a time for parents to get out, with out their kids and enjoy a night.. good luck:=)

No children at mine. For all the reasons everyone has already stated. We don't know that many people with small kids anyway.

On invites...

Adult only reception will take place at.....

No children at mine either....except the ones in the bridal party!!

**Correction** i put " how exciting is a wedding for a parent?" i meant for a child...oops

Don't get me wrong, I love kids but a Wedding is not the place for them. I could see if it was your own child at the ceremony and reception but other than that, they don't need to be there. I have been to too many weddings where children ruin the ceremony and reception due to them playing in the aisle of the church or crying loudly while the bride and groom are saying their vows, or getting restless at the table while the speeches are going on. (and they just aren't interested in what is happening anyways).
There are many reasons and each to their own but for us...no kids.

Well, we allowed children at the wedding, but with certain restrictions:
First of all, we only have 5 kids at the wedding, so that's perfectly manageable. We asked parents who had babies (ie under the age of 2) NOT to bring them, and frankly, they were relieved that they could have a night off. All 5 kids are the same age (3-6), so I believe they'll entertain each other well. We are supplying them with lots of papers, crayons, bubbles, building bricks, etc. and they'll have a games-corner just for themselves.
ALSO we spoke to the parents and asked them to arrange grandparents to take the kids home after 9pm, once the fireworks have finished. As the reception only starts at 7pm it's not gonna be long before they go home.
But I can totally understand why you don't want kids at the reception. It is YOUR day, so don't worry about what people think.

We are having only family's kids at the reception. Everyone else's kids will not be invited. We had to draw the line somewhere since there are a lot of kids in general and thought this would be the best way to do it. I know that our friends will be happy with that because it will be a night out on the town for them! :O)

Well we are having children at our reception. The place where we are getting married at has a separate facility for children and staff to entertain them

It's your wedding! If you don't want children, that's completely understandable! I am having children at mine, but that's only because I have umpteen cousins and the reception will be at my parents where there is a pool, a trampoline, and a huge playroom.

Hi there, I wanted to put my two cents in...lol First off Congrats!! I think a no children reception is fine. It is your day and you should have it the way you want it to be. If you dont want to spend extra on someone entertaining the kids at the reception...people should understand. There are a few children on my fiance's side (his cousins boys) that are unruly, and I will not have them running around at my reception tearing up stuff (like they did at the wedding we were in about 4 weeks ago). We will allow plenty enough time from the end of the wedding to the reception to have children dropped off to be watched and then the parents can come and enjoy the reception. The only other option we have is to let them bring them to the reception but stipulate a cut off time for kids. I wish you luck

Okay, I will tell you about my experience since I am recently married! I was adamant about having an Adult Reception, so much so that it said that on the invitation. Not that I don't like them, but I just had visions of them running around unsupervised, not to mention having to pay for the. So we were just going to allow the 7 kids who were in the wedding which ranged in age from 2-16. However then we were faced with what to do about the kids of those in the wedding party and the immediate family. Then on top of that we started getting RSVPs back that included children. Very frustrated, I took a deep breath, counted my blessing and did nothing. I did have kids at the wedding and the reception and it all went off without a hitch!!