It wasn't the case of deliberately leaving my niece out, no way.. shes my niece, i automatically love her from day 1, can't wait to see her. it's just that my other friends are not bringing their bubs under the age of 12mths due to the fact they are using the night as a break away from their little ones.. you know... to relax and party a bit. fair enough. in saying that, i would be able to give my sister the option of asking her did she want to leave her little girl at her MIL's place (she is very close to her MIL)....
I've decided now that I can't ask her if she wants to do that because it's not my place to ask her... i just have to go with the flow and i welcome my niece to the wedding of course.
in return, i ask that my sister can be respectful on my day and not have the baby crying when we are in the middle of the ceremony etc as it would be rude and would upset me because the last thing i want is a baby crying while we are saying our vows... hey,it does happen.
don't get me wrong, I LOOOOVE babies otherwise i would not be on this website LOL!