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AimmeeJo
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Glider necessary?
AimmeeJo
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For the moms out there, if you had a glider were you glad you did? Did you think it was a waste? I'm trying to figure out right now if one will fit comfortably in the baby's room but am thinking it might feel a little cramped. Thoughts and opinions appreciated?
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Re: Glider necessary?
We have one but I wish we had purchased a better chair. W's nursery is teeny tiny so we got a glider vs an upholstered type chair thinking it would save some space. It's not comfy to sit in for long periods. I never can fall asleep in it if we are having a rough night. I'm glad we have some sort of chair in there, but my suggestion is to get something better than a glider. Also, now that he's bigger, he can't comfortably nurse or relax to read a book because the chair is too narrow.
This! Some nights, you'll just want to close your eyes and go to sleep in there too because the baby will only want to sleep being held. Our chair is not comfy enough to sleep in and we wind up miserable while Lucy is sawing logs.
If it makes a difference for the sleeping aspect, we'll have a queen size bed also in the room....
ETA: If you have recommendations on where you got your chairs of have seen them I'd be happy to get those recommendations as well!
I have one in both of my children's rooms. I've slept many, many a night in those gliders with fussy newborns, sick infants.
It's still a nightly part of our routine.
One of my daughter's first words was "rock".
That's great...but if your baby is asleep on your chest, the bed isn't going to do you any good
We have both a simplier wooden Dutalier glider (picked up at a garage sale). That one is in my daughters room because it's rare, now, that I'm rocking her much past our good night rock.
We splurged on a leather padded Dutalier for my daughter's original nursury. It's now in my son's room. It reclines, has a leather glidding ottoman. That's the one I have slept in so often. It was waaaay more than I ever, ever thought I'd spend on a glider and worth every dang penny. We picked something that we could move into our living or family room at such time as we no longer had it in either of the kid's rooms.
I am not much for splurging on children's furniture - but this is the exception.
We rarely used our as well, I was either down stairs with him (his bassinet was down there) or he was in bed with me until 5 months. I never had to rock him to sleep. If we have another I won't buy one unless I need it.
Yes! We have this one: https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3902404
I can't tell you how many hours I have spent in it rocking A. I believe this is something you do not want to go cheap on. You'll pay for what you get so if you are going to buy one spend the money and get something comfortable.
I don't think a glider is necessary but SOMETHING is necessary for sitting and nursing and sleeping and rocking and reading books. We actually have a small couch in the nursery and I love it. Having some place that you can lay down has been a godsend. But anything you can comfortably (or semi comfortably) hold a baby and sleep is a requirement.
OK I see you have a bed in there. that might be OK. Although I like having something that's chair height. I'm not sure I'd be able to nurse every night in/on a bed and then get out of the bed holding a sleeping baby to put him in his crib. And you'll want to make sure you have some good way to be able to sleep sitting up for sick nights with snotty noses.
Do you need to leave the queen sized bed in there? I might take that out and put in a really nice upholstered chair/recliner or even something more like a futon so you can sit in it but pull it out if you're finding you want to really sleep in there.
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
same here! We are actually going to buy another one for baby #2 because I'm sure we'll be reading Ella her bedtime stories in her rocker until she is in a big enough bed that we'll all fit!
We have a glider/ottoman that we like quite a bit. We got it at BRU and it doesn't take up too much space. However, had I known just how much time would be spent in that chair, like PP, I would have purchased something more comfortable. When I'm sitting with baby on a rough night I dream about it being a big, cushy, rocking recliner!