https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:54:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding/page/2#post-2202214 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:42:01 +0000 daniellemybelle 2202214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raspberries: @Mamaof2: @mrs.shinerbock: @twodoghouse: @dc yoga bee: @HabesBabe: @Anagram: Thank you! I don't want to do it again anytime soon, though! I felt like her butler - "Do you need a drink? A snack? What can I do to make you happy?" Haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding/page/2#post-2202125 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:26:07 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2202125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She is adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding/page/2#post-2202079 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:46:02 +0000 twodoghouse 2202079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's so cute! I'm glad it went well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding/page/2#post-2202040 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:05:43 +0000 dc yoga bee 2202040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! Glad it all went well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding/page/2#post-2202014 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:41:37 +0000 HabesBabe 2202014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: cute! glad everything worked out! i think to post videos, you have to host it elsewhere (youtube) then you can link/embed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding/page/2#post-2202001 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:32:04 +0000 Anagram 2202001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: So, so cute!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2201999 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:31:41 +0000 Mamaof2 2201999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: she is sooo cute!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2201997 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:31:10 +0000 raspberries 2201997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Oh my gosh, she's freaking adorable - so glad it went well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2201987 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:22:11 +0000 daniellemybelle 2201987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a video of her walking down, but I don't know how to post it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2201984 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:18:55 +0000 daniellemybelle 2201984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Operation Flower Girl was a success! The rehearsal was moved to 1pm so she took a 1 hour nap on the way there and then a 30 minute nap between the rehearsal and pictures before the wedding. She was a champ and turned on the charm! </p> <p>@jh524: @tysonja: Thank you! It was great - she did so well!</p> <p>@birdofafeather: Glad your LO did so well! It is nerve wracking, isn't it?? But then I'm sure you were beaming with pride like I did ;) </p> <p>@regberadaisy: @MsMini: We kept her in the dress as long as we could - all pictures were done and I could tell she was uncomfortable. It was itchy for me to just hold her! I asked the bride if it was okay for me to change her, and she was like, "Oh, yeah, I thought I told you that's totally fine." :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2201362 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:40:13 +0000 birdofafeather 2201362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: R (almost 2.5) was a flower girl yesterday. She rocked the rehearsal, freaked out crying when we were lining up because she wanted to walk right.that.second to grandma and then calmed down, smiled down the aisle to me and then walked to my sister. She stayed in her dress for a long time until we determined it was time for my parents to take her home then we got her into her jammies. How did it go for your DD? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2201017 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 16:02:59 +0000 tysonja 2201017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hope all goes well today, and that you all have a lot of fun! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2200993 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 14:27:13 +0000 jh524 2200993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After reading all this, I'm excited to hear how it went @daniellemybelle: !!!! I bet she was adorable in her tutu:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2200758 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 23:06:10 +0000 MsMini 2200758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely leave her in it as long as possible, I think if lots of people are fawning over how cute she is it will probably last longer than you think ;) Let the bride know before you change her in case she wants more pics or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2200703 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:31:18 +0000 regberadaisy 2200703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think as long as she stays in it a bit past introductions then it should be fine. Assuming all picture taking is done. I would probably check with the bride before you change her though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2200697 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:26:27 +0000 daniellemybelle 2200697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh &amp; here's a bonus question: Do you think she needs to stay in her dress for the whole reception? It is a huge tutu thing - I am thinking it might be kind of hard to keep her in it for the whole evening? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2200695 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:24:17 +0000 regberadaisy 2200695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: good luck! I'm sure it will be great! It sounds like the bride is prepared it won't be "picture perfect". FWIW we had 3 flower girls and 2 ring bearers in my wedding. Our youngest niece could barely walk and the one niece was just 3. The younger One was carried down the aisle by my MIL and the other got stage fright last minute. So FIL carried her down the aisle. No biggie! During introductions the older one got more comfortable and walked in with my niece and nephew. It was super adorable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2200690 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:20:15 +0000 daniellemybelle 2200690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, wedding is tomorrow! LO is trained to run down an "aisle" for an M&amp;M when I say, "Wedding time!" :silly: We'll see how it goes... They pushed the rehearsal back to 1pm so I think we are going to try to do her real nap in the car before, and burn plenty of gas sitting in the car with her for 2 hours. Maybe if we can fit in another short car nap in the afternoon before the wedding we'll do that. Fingers crossed!</p> <p>Oh, and she banged her eye on something yesterday and it is all swollen and droopy :bummed: Acting totally fine but she looks crazy! Awesome, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2195435 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:54:46 +0000 daniellemybelle 2195435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: That's so great! That's encouraging! I've decided to do what the bride asked. We'll hope for the best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2195199 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:56:17 +0000 mrsjyw 2195199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So My 2.5 yo son was just in a wedding a few weeks ago. The rehearsal was the night before and he cried and didn't want to walk down the aisle, but when it came to show time, he was a superstar! </p> <p>Is there any way you can talk to the bride about the rehearsal? I don't think that it's a very good indicator of how she may handle the actual ceremony! Otherwise, I would just wing it with the car naps and hope for the best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2194727 Sun, 31 May 2015 17:39:22 +0000 daniellemybelle 2194727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Oh, it's next Saturday! :) We have all week to practice, though I got sick so boot camp has not started yet ;)</p> <p>We did finally get her dress in and she loves wearing it. Hopefully that is a good sign. When I took it off her, she was very upset and kept saying, "My shirt, my shirt!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2194708 Sun, 31 May 2015 16:58:41 +0000 Smurfette 2194708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: how did it go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192935 Fri, 29 May 2015 00:25:56 +0000 Sapphiresun 2192935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, I read the part where the rehearsal is really a trial, but... I still say skip it. My LO was a flower girl at 16 months old, and the rehearsal and the wedding were night and day different. Not at all an approximation of what it would be like at the actual wedding.<br /> If your LO is one that tends to be tentative in new situations (mine is), I almost think shock and awe would have been better, than letting her get too familiar with the area. That said, LO went down the aisle in a wagon (which I'd also recommend as a potential backup!), so I didn't have to encourage much cooperation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192782 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:49:15 +0000 daniellemybelle 2192782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: That's a good idea. I'm hoping we can leave the rehearsal early - maybe the family of the other girl will too and we can go to a park or Chick Fil A playground or something and they can bond.</p> <p>As much as I want to try to control this situation, though, I know we are going to have to go with the flow that day. Hopefully it all works out! We are just going to hardcore practice starting tomorrow. Toilet paper aisle, wedding music playing, M&amp;Ms ready, cue word "Wedding time!" LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192775 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:42:48 +0000 daniellemybelle 2192775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks y'all. We're not going to skip the rehearsal. I want to do what the bride has requested.</p> <p>Hopefully we can practice a lot and she won't freak out! As for the nap situation, I think we'll do a 45 minute nap on the way there so she'll still nap later in the afternoon before the wedding. I'm planning on packing a lunch to feed her before the rehearsal begins so she'll be in a good mood.</p> <p>If anyone has any tips about how to keep her happy that day, I am all ears! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192747 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:27:32 +0000 catomd00 2192747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Skip the rehearsal and let her nap! My 2.5 year old nephew cried all the way down the aisle. It was funny and cute and didn't ruin a thing. I love those pictures! We had his babysitter take him away to play after he got down the aisle. If she's concerned a out your daughter crying or something you guys need to reevaluate her participation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192698 Thu, 28 May 2015 20:04:32 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2192698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can also vouch that a good rehearsal does not mean a good aisle walk. My son was a "petal boy" at 23 months. Rehearsal was fine and he cried all the way down the aisle during the real thing. I think the bride needs to be ok with the chance that DD might not do well &amp; allow for a nap to increase her chances of a good mood. If the bride will really be upset with a poor "show", maybe you should bow out - this seems like a lot of pressure on you &amp; LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192261 Thu, 28 May 2015 15:12:33 +0000 Madison43 2192261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: oh yikes. I would just do 2 car naps. We did that this weekend with my 19 month old because we had a family party in the middle of the day. The stimulation was enough to keep her from melting down and then she passed right out in the car on the way home. That said, I feel like the brides expectations may be a little off here - toddlers are so unpredictable that what happens at the rehearsal has zero relationship to what will actually happen at the wedding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192208 Thu, 28 May 2015 14:44:33 +0000 littlebug 2192208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I understand your friend's theory on wanting to see how your daughter does at rehearsal, but how she does at rehearsal with 20 people present in the early afternoon may have ZERO bearing on how she does at an actual wedding with 100+ people present late in the day with (potentially) little-to-no nap. I'd go back to your friend again and ask if you could have LO skip the rehearsal. </p> <p>Could you try to get together with the older flower girl an hour or so before the ceremony so she can get to know her? Maybe she'd feel comfortable walking down the aisle with the older girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-decrease-the-chances-of-my-19-month-old-ruining-this-wedding#post-2192207 Thu, 28 May 2015 14:44:20 +0000 daniellemybelle 2192207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: It's not that I am not willing. The bride has specifically requested that she be at the rehearsal to see how it goes.</p> <p>She does fall asleep really easily in the car - like all the time - and especially with all the stimulation I think she will take two car naps. I just hope being off her regular schedule doesn't throw her off. </p>