Babysitters.

dollygirl1302

dollygirl1302

Newbie
Hi. I moved to stafford a few years ago I have 4 children and am getting married in October the dilemma I have is I need a babysitter for the evening for my youngest two 3 yo & 19 mo

On the odd occasion we have gone out grandparents have babysat but everyone we know and trust will be at the wedding just wondered if anyone else has had a similar issue and what they did

Thanks in advance
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
dollygirl1302 said:
Hi. I moved to stafford a few years ago I have 4 children and am getting married in October the dilemma I have is I need a babysitter for the evening for my youngest two 3 yo & 19 mo

On the odd occasion we have gone out grandparents have babysat but everyone we know and trust will be at the wedding just wondered if anyone else has had a similar issue and what they did

Thanks in advance
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Take them with you! And, when they get tired, you can put a couple of chairs together and have a makeshift bed for them. Used do that with ours all the time, it doesn't hurt them once in a while.
 
Bob

Bob

Well-Known Forumite
Do any of your kids go to nursery? It might be worth an ask there if they do, a few of the girls the nursery my kids used to go to did babysitting on the side or possibly ring round a few anyway, they are generally qualified in childcare, CRB checked and first aid trained.
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Withnail said:
They'll be on hand to look after the bairns, then?

Unless you want to pretend you don't have them?

What's the problem here?
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Which is precisely why I said
Glam said:
Take them with you! And, when they get tired, you can put a couple of chairs together and have a makeshift bed for them. Used do that with ours all the time, it doesn't hurt them once in a while.
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wmrcomputers

wmrcomputers

Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
This is the kind of dilemma I can see both sides of. Usually I'd be on the side of making them a part of your big day no matter what, but when I got married the second time around I had a 3 year old step daughter that was between us on almost every picture..... including the signing of the marriage certficate! I look back now and can honestly say I wouldn't have had it any other way - but at the time it caused us a lot of stress.

By the way........ I hire out a selfie-pod (open photo booth) at very reasonable prices if you don't have one booked yet ;) more info
 
John Marwood

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords
wmrcomputers said:
This is the kind of dilemma I can see both sides of. Usually I'd be on the side of making them a part of your big day no matter what, but when I got married the second time around I had a 3 year old step daughter that was between us on almost every picture..... including the signing of the marriage certficate! I look back now and can honestly say I wouldn't have had it any other way - but at the time it caused us a lot of stress.

By the way........ I hire out a selfie-pod (open photo booth) at very reasonable prices if you don't have one booked yet ;) more info
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Smooth
 
Wormella

Wormella

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It's a tricky one, and where you're getting married might come into it too - I know the bar we had our reception in was strictly over 18's from 8pm - including babies etc.

Is there anyone you trust with kids who are coming with kids, who you could pack yours off with when they have to take theirs home - and the collect them the next day.
 
Carole

Carole

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As lovely as some children are, when they are very young, they can be very distracting to a wedding.

Some couples like kids at a wedding, others don't like kids at a wedding.

It's a personal choice.

@dollygirl1302 leave it with me, I might know someone that knows someone (qualified).

I'm not promising anything, but what are the dates?
 
M

Martin

Well-Known Forumite
Carole said:
As lovely as some children are, when they are very young, they can be very distracting to a wedding.

Some couples like kids at a wedding, others don't like kids at a wedding.

It's a personal choice.

@dollygirl1302 leave it with me, I might know someone that knows someone (qualified).

I'm not promising anything, but what are the dates?
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Hi Carole, @dollygirl1302 the wedding is October 7th
 
Trumpet

Trumpet

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Found out last night that we're baby sitting granddaughter in Liverpool on Saturday.
Future Gurly in law's (Gil) parents are a little younger than us and live 30 miles nearer.
Mrs T has just been diagnosed with ADHD and I don't particularly like kids.
Future Gil says that she would definitely never want her parents babysitting.
WTF
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Trumpet said:
Found out last night that we're baby sitting granddaughter in Liverpool on Saturday.
Future Gurly in law's (Gil) parents are a little younger than us and live 30 miles nearer.
Mrs T has just been diagnosed with ADHD and I don't particularly like kids.
Future Gil says that she would definitely never want her parents babysitting.
WTF
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Thats a little worrying that she'd never want her parents near their grandchild alone, is there more context?
 
Trumpet

Trumpet

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Nothing I'm aware of, met them at the Christening and they seemed OK. Although we always thought it a little odd that in the four years they'd been together before having a child we'd never had the opportunity to meet them. Many times we'd suggested a Sunday lunch or whatever but it never seemed to get off the ground.
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
proactive said:
A 'friend' of Mrs p's hasn't allowed her in-laws to see their grandchildren since she found out they voted Brexit...
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I laugh, but it's done considerable harm to the children's future. My parents also did. One has seen the error in her judgement, the other ran off to live in Spain before brexit kicked in yet still insists it was the right thing to vote for.

I'm at the latvian embassy tomorrow to hand in my residency paperwork, a direct consequence of brexit as currently my wife and son are over there and I'm not allowed.
 
proactive

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
tek-monkey said:
I laugh, but it's done considerable harm to the children's future. My parents also did. One has seen the error in her judgement, the other ran off to live in Spain before brexit kicked in yet still insists it was the right thing to vote for.

I'm at the latvian embassy tomorrow to hand in my residency paperwork, a direct consequence of brexit as currently my wife and son are over there and I'm not allowed.
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In fairness, she is madder than a box of frogs.
 
Trumpet

Trumpet

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So is Mrs T currently until she starts drugs and therapy.
Christ knows what'll happen if a nappy needs changing.
 
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