My fiance and I decided to invite children to the ceremony and reception with the stipulation that the children go to the daycare that we will set-up upstairs from the reception once the guests arrive. The daycare in the same building steps away from the reception. Is this ok? We will hire a daycare provider or two depending on the number of children. The room will be set-up with games, toys etc and they will eat up there too. Is this something that we should announce before the wedding with the invitations? The down side is that might encourage them to bring their kids or more people. But I also thought of just addressing the invitations to the parents only. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
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Jan 21, 2007, 3:20 PM
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Re: [emartin336] Daycare at reception
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Dear Emartin,
It wouldn't be polite to mention that your guests may bring their children only if they agree to the baby sitter. I can't think of any polite way to state it.
If you invite children, the parents have the choice of sending them to the sitter. You could suggest that they do, but couldn't mandate it. Many couples are simply providing the sitter because parents bring their uninvited children with them. Most of the time, once the parents are notified of the sitter, they use him/her. So, consider all of this when deciding how to invite your guests.
You may include an enclosure mentioning the child care with your invitations. This is also a sly way to infer that while children are invited, they should stay with the sitter.
Re: [Et.byRebecca] Daycare at reception
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Thanks. One thing we were thinkng about is the children upstairs at the daycare starting at the beginning of the reception, therefore, we would set-up their seating arrangement upstairs and they would eat dinner there. Is this ok?
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Jan 22, 2007, 10:09 AM
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Re: [emartin336] Daycare at reception
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Absolutely. This is fine. Often the children would be receiving completely different fare, such as pizza. So, you are fine. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
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