Hi fellow Mummas, my fiancé and I are tying the knot soon and we have a gorgeous little 3 year old who will be joining in the festivities ? We have my parents staying the wedding night with him at our home once the night is over and I will have a babysitter/nanny attending too to take some of the pressure off them at the wedding itself so they can still eat etc without having to be stressed about watching him. But I feel bad that we are just 'leaving him' for the night and going to a hotel after the reception finishes, without him. I feel like our wedding is a big celebration of the 3 of us becoming a family and feel a bit like a sellout just going to a fancy hotel for the night and sending him home with the grandies. Then we are only around for another 3 days before going on our honeymoon without him for 2 weeks (which I'm already freaking out about)! I have so much guilt right now, but am I just being a typical mum who is beating herself up about things that are totally fine and acceptable? Or should we scrap the baby sitter, stay under the limit to drive and all come back to our little family home to have the night all under one roof? I don't knowwwwww???!!!
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I think you're over thinking it. It's perfectly acceptable to send your son home with the grandparents. It is your wedding night! You deserve to have sex without your son interrupting :)
Oh this was me when we got married our daughter was 12mths old. We ended up gking home after the reception and she stayed at my inlaws for the night. The next morning we both missed her so much we where up at 6am waiting to leave the house to go get her.
If this was me, I would send him to the grandparents for the night. it's one night. You then have 3 days to celebrate as a family before going on a honeymoon. Plan some special activities with him the next day. How exciting. Getting married. I believe that a good marriage requires couple time and it's your wedding night!!!!