Sahm/ no nursery

Im a sahm, and my daughter is 2.
She's never been to nursery because there's been no need.
I'm planning on starting work part-time when my daughter is 2.5 and hope she enjoys it, but if she doesn't, I won't send her.
My partner, when I got pregnant, was 100% behind me being a sahm.
Fast forward, his sister has stuck her beak in several times, saying my daughter is missing out because she isn't playing with other children.
So every few months or so (when my partner has been with his sister) he peeps up about it saying she needs to be with other children, and I need to let her go and do her thing 🤨🫢
We go to play group once a week and have done since my daughter was about 6 months.
We go to the park she plays with other children.
It's like his sister is pissed off because she wanted another baby and couldn't have one and she's caused so much trouble between me and my partner trying to split us up, she's jealous of what I have!
She's so nasty, and my partner has said she is himself, yet he still listens to her like she has a hold over him!
He would never say it's her, but I know it is. He's so easily led by his family.
Even his mum said I need to send her to nursery when she was like one. I got into a conversation with her one day about her children going to nursery and she said yeah 2 went but my partner screamed his head off and got so upset she never took him again 🤯
It's really pissing me off!!!!!!

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"I have heard your opinion on this topic many times now, and while I appreciate your input, I will be doing what I feel is best. Please respect that, or plan on not being around my child until you can."

And the part about your SIL being pissed because she wants another baby and can't have one -- that's exactly how I feel with mine. It's like she thought she was gonna get to help raise my daughter and have this special bond with her. No, ma'am.

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@Sarah this is exactly what's happend. She had made up in her head she would be having my daughter to look after.
My daughter was only a month old and she told my partner I wasn't normal because I wasn't letting her have my baby over night 🤡 we don't speak, and she rarely sees my daughter!

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If it was me (and I have said this my mil not sil) my child not yours fuck off 🤷🏻‍♀️

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