Two weddings this winter

[vamoose]

On premesis, but with someone other than you to tend to him. At that age, your baby will likely still be nursing every 2-3 hours and spending maybe 20 minutes nursing per session (could be less or more, but in would figure about that for scheduling). I would want someone to bring me the baby when the baby needed to eat and then take the baby away to have its short awake time and then sleep and repeat. The rest will depend so heavily in the temperament of your baby. My first was colicky and would not have been able to hang out in the wedding area because he cried often. My second was more typical and could have easily chilled in his car seat or being held by someone.

[mcsangel2]

I had a BM with a 3 month old baby when I got married. We had no kids, except for the 2 flower girls, but I told the BM that she was an exception if she wanted to bring her (because of nursing), but she didn't. So what we did is that her mom watched the baby at the church in the few hours before the wedding while we got ready and did pictures, and she nursed right before the ceremony. Then, they chose for her DH to take the baby to her parents' house (pretty nearby the church), instead of him going to the ceremony or reception. It was her choice. What is the bride saying about your baby?

[speckledfrog]

Introduce a bottle early in the hopes that your LO will take one!

We went to a wedding when W was 12 weeks old. He was kind of taking a bottle at the time. Like PP suggested, we had MIL stay at a hotel near by and call when he was ready to eat. FWIW, he was invited to the wedding, we just wanted to enjoy our time without him.

ETA:  We had him for the ceremony and MIL picked him up for the reception.

[JayhawkGirl]

If you have grandparents coming to the weddings, put them in charge of baby other than feeding times. Have a change of clothes for each of you in the car just in case. And try your dresses on with breast pads to be sure they don't show through in person or in pictures. Have fun- by then you'll be ready for some fun!

[rupertpenny]

My sister got married when B was 9 weeks old. I didn't really have a choice whether or not to bring her, since it was a family wedding, but on the other hand I had tons of help.

I agree that you should probably try and get her to practice with a bottle before the weddings. I brought some pumped milk with me and that was great for one feeding. However, my boobs probably would have exploded if I tried to skip two consecutive feedings at that point, and if I had to choose between leaving the party to pump and leaving the party to nurse nursing was the easy choice. I just went up to the room where my sister got ready before the ceremony and then went back down to the party when we were done. I would have just NIP but I did not have a single, solitary BF friendly dress nor was I interested in buying one.

In any case, that will probably be an easy age. They are starting to get really cute, but not totally insane yet.