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DS was 6 when we got married.... The only other children that were there were DH's neice & nephew since they were IN the wedding.

No regrets about not having kids there!

Infact last wedding we went too we took DS b/c it was a kid friendly wedding (we have quite a few large families in our church that were all close to the couple), but then as guests began drinking they got more annoyed with the kids around. We ultimately left b/c another guest (who was already pretty wasted) was ugly to DS.

We had kids at our wedding!

We had a fancy black tie night wedding with kids and they were the stars of the show. I was shocked at how much fun they had and how much fun we had watching their dance contests.
Aside from marrying DH, watching how much fun the kids had in their fancy clothes was my favorite part.

We had an adult only reception. Kids were welcome at the ceremony and at the church reception, which we attended first (ate dinner and cut a cake with my parents' friends) while our friends were at the extended cocktail hour before the evening reception. We had no kids AND none of my parents' friends, so it was just family and our friends, so everyone had a total blast getting wasted, dancing, and eating. I don't regret it for a second! When I attend weddings of friends I prefer to leave Wagon Jr. with a sitter. When I attend weddings of family members, since we usually don't know anyone I prefer to bring Wagon Jr. and leave after dinner.

We had an adults-only wedding and even though I have an LO now, I still prefer adults-only weddings. This is only because every single wedding I've been to that had children in attendance there were kids who really ruined important moments for the couple (but I do believe the parents have to be responsible for their children's behaviour). For example, during the vows, a 6-year old kid was running up and down the aisle! Things like that...Ugh.

We've been invited to weddings this year and I will be leaving LO with my mom.

Kids were welcomed at our wedding, and I loved seeing them have a great time. They were all very well behaved (from what I remember) and so super cute on the dance floor. If kids were not allowed, many of our family members would not have been able to attend. Even though I didn't mind kids at my own wedding, I don't think I would bring my LO to a wedding unless it was a close family member.

@Rubies: very true about a kid chiming in at an inopportune time! We were ok with the possibility of that though, as we were one of the last in our family/friends to get married or have kids, we wanted everyone to be there.

It turns out that since we had our wedding at the zoo, the kids behaved perfectly, it was a zebra that made some very loud noises during a reading that my grandma did. It is truly one of my favorite moments from the wedding, everyone laughed so hard!

The only kids we had were our nieces and nephews. Tbh our friends didn't expect us to invite their kids, it isn't usually done here. Two friends had young babies and we left it up to them whether they brought them (they didn't)

We had a lot of kids at our wedding, but had a babysitter for the ceremony that people could use if they wanted. I don't think I would regret having a kid-free wedding if we had gone that route.

We didn’t have a kid-free wedding, but aside from our little ring bearer and flower girls, all of our friends with young children (which are not many) opted to treat our wedding as a fancier date night and leave their kids with sitters so they could kick up their heels.

I hope you don’t regret having an adults-only wedding – I wouldn’t, and wouldn’t judge anyone who has one. It does seem like a nice excuse to get out for a night with your spouse and enjoy some grownup time.

Helllll no. Granted, LO isn't here yet (still a couple of months to go), but I wanted a party for all of my friends to get together, have fun (without having to watch our language), and take advantage of our open bar package.

we had an adult only wedding, although there were some exceptions and kids of immediate family were allowed to come as well as those in the bridal party. I would do it again even though I have a baby on the way.