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In reply to the discussion: Wedding etiquette poll [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)29. I wouldn't have been able to get a sitter for a baby at 3 weeks
If you're breastfeeding a baby that age, they almost certainly aren't able to take a bottle yet. And it was the groom's brother and his family? I think if it's "go to your brother's wedding" or "stay home because you have a tiny baby who isn't ready for a sitter," you probably take the baby to the reception and bring along reinforcements to help if the baby has trouble.
I should add that I'd just miss the wedding if it wasn't immediate family as in this case.
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I think you did/wrote the correct thing. Some people are not bothered by a screaming, poopy baby...
BlueJazz
Jul 2012
#11
It's as much about the presence of the baby (quiet or not) becoming the focus of the dinner table
mnhtnbb
Jul 2012
#15
She's not joining the family--she IS my brother's only daughter and has 4 brothers.
mnhtnbb
Jul 2012
#49
If ya have a kid, stay the heck home and take care of it. BOTH do not HAVE to attend.
benld74
Jul 2012
#23