18 month old

Hey Jordan! Some great ideas from the PPs here. Have you decided what you will do?

Although they were older than 18 months - my cousin in-law hired a baby sitter to stay with their kids at their wedding and just rented a hotel room for her? That way their kids were there with them at the ceremony as a flower girl and ring bearer, but not around them as they proceeded to really "celebrate" getting married.

Do you want him to be part of the ceremony? It sounds like the time might be a little late and close to bedtime (depending on your routine) so if you don't need him to be a part of the wedding I would have a babysitter with him at home. If you can, find a sitter to take him for most of the day or a few relatives to watch him earlier on while you're getting ready.


If you need him there I would ask a relative you trust to take him home to the babysitter after the ceremony or photos are done. That one relative will need to skip the shuttle so they can drive with the car seat there and back. They'll miss a bit of the wedding but not the whole thing.