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[quote=Anonymous]On top of everything else, December is the beginning of cold and flu season. There is no way I would fly with my 6 week unvaccinated baby at any time if I could avoid it... but especially then. What do you do when the person sitting across from you on the flight is coughing and hacking everywhere? It will happen; it's December. Also that time of year is notorious for delays (tons of pre-Christmas travelers and terrible weather)... think of how miserable it could be if things did go wrong with the travel logistics.

I do think your wife is being unreasonable about you bringing your 2 year old to the wedding if she's really said that you can't. (I will flag here that you are very opaque about why your wife is so uncomfortable w/ your child around your parents. If there is abuse involved in any way (including substance abuse), even past abuse, then I feel differently.) So, if you actually want to bring him/her yourself (which, I admit, I'm skeptical of), then that is the case you should make.  It will probably help if you start from a position of "Of course you shouldn't come if you don't want to. I get it. You don't know how you will feel. The baby will be very young. I plan to help out at the wedding as much as I possibly can, but of course -- as best man -- that might be easier said than done. However, our 2 year old..."

Now, the above said, obviously you cannot have your 2 year old stay out with your extended family and miss Christmas at home with his mom and new sibling. That would be absurd. So you need to make it clear that it'll be a quick trip for the wedding only.[/quote]

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