Wording help??

[tytalbreliam]

We have been lucky we only 3 families with young children. 2 of them are my best friends and are more than happy to enjoy the reception without children, my bestie will have her children at the ceremony but her mum will be taking them after that. The other family are cousins and have plenty of family on her side to babysit.

Perhaps you can put in the invite kids incur a dinner fee payable by parents ha ha.

[ozwiccagal]

From wedding etiquette guide:
Some couples don't mind having children at their ceremony and reception; others do. The question is how to handle the latter situation. The easiest way is to address the invitation only to the adults. If they R. S. V. P. and include their children, contact them immediately and explain the situation. Also, be fair when it comes to children. Either all children are invited or none (except for those in the wedding party) are. It isn't fair to your guests to pick and choose which children are allowed to attend.

[Beejay]

We put at the bottom of the invite, in slightly smaller font:

For the enjoyment of all guests we request that this is a child-free occasion.

[Catherine 6 September 2008]

When we sent out our save-the-date cards, we included a card with details of accommodation and things to do for out of town guests, and it also had written on it, ‘Please be advised that, for the convenience of guests with children, a babysitter has been arranged for the night.’ We are arranging a babysitter to be at my parents house to look after all the little cousins who will be travelling over from NZ with their parents. I guess it sort of lets them no there’s no kids invited without actually saying it outright. And on the invites we only wrote the names of the adults invited.

[~Dragonfly Fairies~]

When we were planning our wedding the frist time, we planned no children and had written on the draft invite ( as far as we got before cancelling)
Chidren are welcome to Ceremony but or the enjoyment of all guests we request that the reception be a child-free occasion.
We made sure it wasn't too rude, though it is hard to word no children in a nice way.