Do I take my boy to a family funeral?

[Spuggy]

Not really sure what to do.

Do I take my son to his great uncles' funeral?

My husbands uncle is a close member of family but lives far from us. It will be a really sad day so do I expose our boy to this? Is it good for him to see what happens in life and death? Perhaps he will cheer people up a bit (but I don't want to use him as a tool).

What do you recon? There may be the uncles grandchild attending who is the same age.

 

[rbryan0205]

how old is your son? and its up to you to think about how he would react x

 

[kiansmummy]

I took my LO although i think hes a lot younger than yours, when he was 4 months old to my aunties funeral, and he just slept through the service. However there was a few other youngsters there around 3/4 and i dont think they understood fully what was going on, just everyone all upset xx

 

[Piglet10]

i think babies r ok as dont understand, but other than that i personally dont think children need to be exposed to funerals, they will learn bout death and all the nasty sides of life soon enough as for the relative that has passed chances r child wont really notice! my nephew didnt pass much remarks on his granda passing lol cos he only seen him like once a month, sorry bout the death hun xxx

 

[Baby Bean]

I took ella-rose to her great nanas funeral when she was 3months old as it was miles away and I had no one I trusted up there to leave her with. She slept for most if it but I had to leave to feed her during the cremation as didn't want her to cry in there x