babysitting/late night at reception

There is another post similar floating about. i was a babysitter at a wedding with a friend when i was about 14. we sat with them through the meal and kept them entertained in the evening. im sure you could get someone to take them upto a suite. do you have any teenagers in the family who would want to earn themself a few ££?

Ask the hotel if they have any recommendations or if the bedroom is not too far away from the reception room, a baby monitor might be an idea.

J

I hadnt even thought of the babysitter idea - i have 2 kids to, of similar ages!

im working on the basis that both my boys will deal with it ok - and like you i think the younger of the 2 will keep it together more then the other! When i was a kid, i used to love that bit at a grown up party where you start to drop off and there is all that noise, it just kind of sends you off to sleep. I slept over 2 chairs at my grandparents 40th wedding anniversary i seem to remember!! Im hoping that if my kids dont make it through till 1am (which, lets face it, is unlikely) then they will be like me and drop off cuddled into a relative or on a pile of coats!!!

if i could garantee what time they would be flaked out i would get a baysitter, but they offen surprise me - in either way, either knackered early or still bombing around like loons late on!

I would phone the hotel and ask for recommendations - a lot of them will be used to this kind of question. The kiddies who were at my wedding all fell asleep quite early and were just put in an adjoining room with coats etc over them, they were fine.

Hi we are having a very similar wedding to you (no breakfast etc) and we also have two children 2 and 5yrs. We are all staying in a hotel and our 2 yr old is spending the night with my parents and 5 yr old with mil. But I am sure they will go to bed earlier so we have a babysitter, who we know. Both children will go to sleep in my parents room which has a separete lounge for sitter, and then we will move 5yr old when mil goes to bed.

You wont look like a nutter for asking.

Personally I wouldn't use the hotels service as it is either people they hire, who you don't know or a monitor service which scares me to death in case of a fire, also the child is on their own!!