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Just a "happiness" tip, based on an experience this weekend...
If you choose a 3-year-old flower girl and she has meltdown at the top of the aisle, don't force her to walk it. You'll feel terrible, and so will she.
The way a Wedding Consultant works, is she helps mangage all the little details, including relations with vendors and other help. But, there is only so much a Consultant can do to when a determined mom and a cute, but cranky, toddler are involved in the scenario. So again, I say, if your Flower Girl if feeling traumatized, don't insist (in all fairness, it was mama, not the Bride) that she make the long trek in sobs and tears. It's just too sad. Do remember that you, the Bride walk down right behind this miserable child. Where would you like your Groom's focus to be?
So, what to do? My 1st suggestion is to curb the possibility of crying to begin with, by getting an age appropriate gift for this littlest attendant. A white teddybear with a big ribbon, that she could carry down the aisle with her, has worked beautifully for me in the past. Or, as we ended up doing in this case, you might have to have the Consutant/Hostess request that mama carry the child down the aisle (a mama of a 3-year-old aught to be asked in advance to choose attire that would allow her to do this in style). Lastly, if none of the above have hope of working, let it go. Have the sad sweety calmly removed to the side with a tissue, cookie and glass of water. Don't focus on toddler tears just as you're going to take that momentous journey down the aisle. Now, take a deep breath and smile!

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