Too young to be flower girl?

My niece-to-be will be 2.5 at my wedding date. Is that too young to be a FG? I'm not sure if she would make it down the aisle without wandering off or crying or something. I guess the other option is to have her mother walk her down the aisle with her, but I wasn't planning on asking her to be in my bridal party.

What is the youngest age you would have a FG be?

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My niece will be 2 1/2 as well. She's a ham, so, we're hoping she will be that day too! I honestly feel that I could not picture my day without her, so, I think the risk is worth it. What's the worst that could happen, she gets nervous and needs a little help? Just think how happy you'll be to have her with you the rest of the day. Good luck!

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Can you have someone to hold her hand and walk with her?? My son just turned 2 and we dont know if he will actually walk down the aisle. He might be nervous esp. with all those people looking at him and he might just not be in the mood ( cant really reason with them yet at this age)

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I have 2 flower girls: one is 4 1/2, the other is 18 months.

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i dont think its too young, just make sure she isnt the type to be scared to walk down the aisle, my nephew will be my ring bearer and he will be almost 3 and my fg (niece) will be almost 6.

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I'm not sure what exactly or rather if there is an apprpriate age for a FG...2.5 is a tough age...my cousin is 2.5 right now...she has her moments when she loves being the center of attention and then there are times when all she wants is her "mommy"...
I think it depends alot on the personality of the child...I've been to weddings where the FG made it all the way down the aisle w/o crying or looking for mommy. I 've also been to weddings where they have been frozen in the middle of the isle from shock and crying bloody murder for their mothers...its a 50/50 situation

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nope my god daughter will be just over 2 by a month or so and she is it!

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I'm not having one but my friend who got married last 2/14 had a 2.5 year old flower girl. she got married at ST. Patrick's in Huntington. When the FG was to walk down that long aisle she freaked out and ran back. She wouldn't even walk into the reception hall holding her Dad's hand.

I think it largely depends upon the child and the scale of the affair. If you are getting married in a large church with a few hundred people that can be scarey for a little one. Maybe you can bring her to the venue (especially if it's a church and she lives near) a few times so she gets used to it.

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my FG will be turning 3 on our wedding day! I don't think it is too young...I feel if they can walk on their own, it is not too young...If worse case scenario, my brother will have to walk her down

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My FG was not even a year old. She was soo cute

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will there be other kids? I was a floweer girl at 2 1/2. my brotehr was the ring berer, so my family says that he helped me when I wanndered off into the pews.

MY friends had a 2 1/2 year old too. She was the onlt child & she was fine. ( well, she spille dall her bubbles ont ehground but that was AFTER the ceremony!)
and on the other hand I was ina weddign with a 5 year old FG who would wear her socks, had to pee right before the processional, didn't want to walk in
thw reccesional alone. . .so you never know with kids, no matter what age.

I would say, include her, but if she is cooperating,that day, just go on with out her, or have her wlak in with the MOH,. She 'll still be dressed up cute & in pictures.

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I think she will be fine. If she doesn't want to walk down the aisle, ask someone else in the bridal party to help her.

My nephew will be 2 and 1/2 for my wedding (he is the ringbearer) and I"m going to have my niece (8) walk him down. If he doesn't want to go then someone else will help him down the aisle.

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My nephew is a reing bearer in my wedding and by the time we get married he will be 18 months. I am willing to take my chances and hope he makes it because he is the cutest little boy ever!

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My youngest flowergirl was 17 months at my wedding and she had such a good time. If you are going to have children in your wedding party, expect them not to do what you want and you can't force them. Here is a pic of the little one.

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My youngest flowergirl was 17 months at my wedding and she had such a good time. If you are going to have children in your wedding party, expect them not to do what you want and you can't force them. Here is a pic of the little one.

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my daughter will be mine and she will be around 1 1/2 years old. I will be walking with her.

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Jess and Shamrock, those are SUCH cute babies!

Uh oh. FH has explicity told me to stay away from cute baby pictures until at least after that wedding...

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I had an alomost 4 year old ringbearer and an almost 3 year old flowergirl. The ringbearer did great! But the flowergirl was a different story. She cried the ENTIRE day, she wasn't in ANY of the pictures, and she refused to walk down the aisle. Her father was a groomsman so he ended up carrying her down the aisle. She was a disaster. But then again not all kids are like that. My ringbearer was in another wedding when he was 2.5 and he was the cutest thing. I guess it depends on the kid... if a kid is normally a crybaby then they will probably be at the wedding also.

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If you are fully vested in having a FG walk down the aisle, I would either select a second FG or someone else entirely. Although she may be good as gold and a ham 97% of the time, there is really no way to know how she'll react with 200 people staring at her walking down the aisle. If actually having one walk down is not the most important thing to you, go for it and if she does, great... if not, she'll look cute in her dress and probably make it into some of your pictures.

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Our FG will be 2 1/2 also. I think she'll be fine.

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My two nieces were my flowergirls, one was 4 years old and the little one was a year and a half. Their father held the baby in his arms and held the older one's hand as they walked down the aisle. It worked out perfectly.

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my little cousin is gonna be our flower girl. she'll be 3 years and a few months old. she LOVES having her picture taken and is generally a happy kid, so we're hoping it'll work out. if not, my sister is MOH so she can always just hold her hand if she freaks coming down the aisle. i just think its cute to have a little girl in a cute dress there and if i'm lucky maybe i'll get a few cute shots of her and i together