We put a note on the bottom of the invite saying this is an adult only wedding, children are invited to the evening reception.

My best friends little boy will only be 3 months old and is staying with his grandparents until after the dinner and then they are joining us.

A few people have said word of mouth, so people say putting a note in with the invite or just speaking with the guests that do have children.

My uncle was the only one that moaned about it, but I didn't mind too much as I only see him once a year but his wife said that her parents will have them for the weekend :)

I'm putting a note in about kids, family kids are invited but not friends, if people have a problem with that its their problem not mine. I'm definately not relying on word of mouth

You will definitely need to mention it on invites or personally speak to those with children. We have a lot of young children in both our families and as a result both me and OH and our families tend to view weddings as child friendly family events. I understand though that its not everyones idea of a good day but in all honesty, until I started reading the wedding forums I hadn't really realised that kids where an issue for other people. Also just recently we were invited to a wedding and my OH assumed that we could take the kids because thats what we're used to doing but I pointed out to him that as it was the wedding of a childless couple it might not be appropriate, he was surprised by this. I then contacted the couple and sure enough, they didn't want kids there, so I think it would have been better if they'd made a note of it somewhere on the invite because as I say, if not for recently reading forums like this, I too would have assumed that they were invited.

you could just put an extra slip of paper in explaining catring2b or maybe contact the parents individually to make sure :)

Definitely mention it in the invites, don't just rely on word of mouth. However, be prepared for people to not come. A lot of people wouldn't go if their children weren't invited.

im having children free day other than our own and flower girls, but have said yes to evening. if people so complain they be given the explanation that at 20 odd pound a head we simply cannot afford them. im going to put in the invites that children are welcome in the evening x

we have 2 babies in the day and just our 3 flower girls and our sdon paige boy and my mohs nephew ive told people in evening i dont want children as its a golf club and they are strict plus i dont want kids running around destroying 'my worst nightmare'

luckly our venue caters free for under 5s and half price for under 12

we're only having our own kids and even then our 3yr old son will be going home about 8pm with his regular babysitter which will only leave our 2 girls who will be 15 & 12