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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. By the way, I would not attend your wedding if nursing babies weren't allowed. Just a heads up since you're talking about an infant. [/quote]

That's your prerogative, and the prerogative of the OP's SIL as well if she's breastfeeding at the time of the wedding. But there  is the also the option to pump and store so someone else can feed the baby. Unless the wedding requires an overnight trip somewhere, there is no reason to [i]have[/i] to take an infant to a wedding because of breastfeeding. That's a choice the mother is making (unless there's some condition where the chilid can't ever take a bottle). Just as the bride and groom have a choice to have an adults-only wedding and/or reception.

I also know a couple who attended a wedding with their infant but got a room in the hotel where the reception took place and dad would stay with the baby for a while, then go down to the reception while mom came up to feed the baby, and so on. Yeah, it was one of those looooong receptions. Grandma took a turn babysitting in the room too, so the mom and dad could have some time together. Just saying that this can work if people really want to be at the wedding.

To OP: If your future SIL wants to be at her brother's wedding for her brother's sake, she will make it work even if it's a no-kid wedding. If the SIL wants to play drama queen, she will be sure to ignore every possibility that would make it work, and to bray loudly to the world about how mean you are. I'd really be sure you and your new husband plan to live somewhere far from her and hers.

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