There are unfathomably beautiful moments and unfathomably miraculous phenomena in life. One of the miracles of life is children . However, sometimes weddings are difficult to decide whether to ask friends and relatives for them as a full family - together with the little pranksters, or to organize anyway adult party. To make it easier for you to answer this question, we summarize the most important practical aspects, if children will be happy with their presence at the wedding.

Our children at our wedding

If you have children of your own and you are still in doubt - to celebrate together or not, no one else will answer this question like well as yourselves. Your children - your decisions. in this case, you should not listen to the opinion of others. Nobody knows your children as you know them. And if the heart says that it is not acceptable to celebrate a wedding without the presence of children, because you are alone whole, one family, one organism, then the participation of children will be a completely natural and non-negotiable decision. Just like that you have the right to choose to leave your children with a babysitter and it doesn't matter what the grandmothers say about it.

Guests' children at our wedding

Before deciding whether to invite the children of friends and relatives to the wedding, it is worth remembering the practical side - the smaller the children, the they are less interested in the wedding. At the same time, for new parents , who are with a small child most of the time every day, your wedding can be about an important moment of rest or even a holiday when you can catch your breath, take time for yourself and enjoy the company of your loved one.

If children are present at the wedding ceremony and celebration, it is important:

Indicate who you are inviting in the wedding invitation

In any case, couples with children wedding in the invitation, it must be clearly indicated whether only a couple or a full family is invited, so as not to create confusion.

Those responsible who will monitor children and save them in awkward moments

The invited parents will be grateful if there is a hired nanny at the wedding who will look after the children, keep them busy and be an assistant in unexpected moments. Children have a talent for creating unexpected surprises.

Site suitability

The chosen place of celebration plays an important role in deciding whether children will also participate in the wedding. If it is open water bodies, for the invited parents, the holiday will turn into a non-stop babysitting event.

You should also make sure that small children do not have to sleep in strollers in the immediate vicinity of sound equipment. Depending on the age of the children, you must remember about various breakable, sharp, heavy objects - so that children cannot accidentally injure themselves.

Children's entertainment and games

Games, games and attractions are an essential element of a wedding if children participate in them. Depending on the age of the children, you can invite professional entertainers - animators, magicians , creative laboratories, or provide inflatable attractions (and again we must remember about caretaker!). Thus, you will be sure that the children will be occupied and not bored, which is a much bigger guarantee for great wedding celebrations, both large and small.

Surprises, gifts and natural sweets

You need to think about how you will distract preschool children during more boring moments, such as a wedding ceremony. Excellent salvation can be candies of natural, ecological raw materials hidden in the pockets of guests and caretakers, as well as small surprises like colored pencils and printed coloring pictures.

Appropriate menu and highchairs

There must be a children's menu at a wedding, but in order to make the most suitable one and be sure that the children will eat something, it is worth asking parents would be invited to find out their children's favorite products and foods. It is very important to find out and provide the required number of highchairs.

Baby's feeding and changing room

If the guests are not supposed to be accommodated in the celebration building overnight, it is important to plan and arrange the space for the smallest child for feeding and changing, which must be equipped with a comfortable chair, pillows, a kettle, fresh water, a changing table with a surface and wet wipes. A sink should be available in the room or conveniently located near the room.

A room suitable for sleeping

You should also take special care of the room where the baby will spend the night. A changing surface is also desirable for the baby's age suitable safe cot.

Author of the article: IEVA KRASTIņA

Photo: MIKS SCHELS, GATIS PILOT , CLYDE BEANIES , SOPHIE LINDLER

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