Ladies with children

wfdfire607 · March 2012

What are you doing to include LO in your big day? I know I saw one poster is doing the ring for her DS but I was wondering if there was any other ideas being thrown out. He'll be 14 months when we get married on the 29th. TIA

agladhill · March 2012

My daughter is 10 and she will be my "honorary maid of honor." LOL! She didn't like the title junior bridesmaid and is a little old to be a "flower girl." We are including her in the unity sand ceremony and my FI is giving her a special necklace. Your son is a little young to have any sort of specific role in the wedding. I'd dress him in a cute little suit and incorporate him the day of in whatever you can get him to participate in, because you never know how they are going to cooperate at that age. My friend tried to have her two year old be the flower girl and she wouldn't walk down the aisle, so she ended up sitting in grandma's lap the rest of the wedding. LOL! Just plan to be flexible and have someone designated for his care.

DreamCLG7 · March 2012

the plan is - he is going to be ring bearer and carry a cute little pillow and walk sweetly down the aisle. (he'll be almost 4)

the reality - he will probably cry and/or run away and sit on his grandpa's lap the entire time.

wfdfire607 · March 2012

Given he's walking, I want him to be the ring bearer (fake rings). But ceremony wise, I wanna include him in some way. Like a reading or a special vow FI and I do. I'm at a lost, I wasn't expecting this when we got engaged, lol.

volleygurl0306 · March 2012

Not a parent but maybe just a family blessing or poem about families (as opposed to just the couple) would be nice.

misscrafty84 · March 2012

My FI and I both have 5 year olds(he has a daughter, I have a son) so they will be the flower girl and ring bearer. We are also having a family tree instead of the sand/unity candle. We choose a weeping willow, and we'll have it in a big pot, and we'll each water it, our children and parents will as well. And then we'll plant our family tree in our yard at home.

The kids are really excited about that. Otherwise I've just tried to involve them, my son doesn't care so much, he's excited to dance at the reception. But his daughter I'm trying to keep more involved by taking her shopping just us for her dress, letting her choose it, her shoes, ect.

SCogs18 · March 2012

I think he is probably too young to walk all the way down the aisle along. It's a lot of pressure for a child that small. My friend tried to have her two year old walk down the aisle and he got upset, started to cry, and then tripped and fell. She ended up running down the aisle to get him.

I would have him incorporated into your vows or read a special poem about the unity of a family. Perhaps your mom could bring him up and have you pronounced as a family and not just husband and wife and you can carry him back down the aisle all together?

bsims726 · March 2012

We have a 3 year old daughter who's going to be a flower girl but we're also planning to have family vows. I want the pastor to say some words about how family is a bond that we promise not to break, etc. Instead of a ring, we decided to purchase a nice pendant necklace or even a locket to give as a token of the vow. I think it's a great way to remind people that we don't just think the day is about the 2 of us but about all 3 of us officially becoming a family.

Keyneky · March 2012

Our daughter will be 17 months and we're having her as our flower girl with the assistance of our ring bearer (Fiance's 4 yo nephew) and my mother. Other than that, we may have a family poem or blessing read.

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