2nd time moms, what chair did you preferred?

babypringle · April 2012

Just stater thinking about the nursery, and I was wondering what other mothers enjoyed more. A rocking chair or a sofa chair. I figured I would be doing a lot of breastfeeding there and I can't decide which one is better. The rocking chair seems like it would relax the baby more but a sofa chair seems like it might be more comfy. Any suggestions?

6fsn · April 2012

With my first I had a glider and used it every night for nursing. With the second she had a twin bed and a glider in her room. I ended up using the bed. My recommendation is to be sure that you are comfortable in a nursing position and/or that a boppy (or whatever) fits in there with you. My glider was too narrow for the boppy to fit in with me so I ended up using the arm rests as a support. If those had been higher it wouldn't have worked.

My glider was a cheapie from Walmart. It's held up. Unless you have a use for it after babies think about just how long you'll be using it when you look at prices. Once babies are done my glider is gone.

sbartschke · April 2012

I have a glider but I don't like to BF in it. The cushions are not comfy and the arm rests are too high. I usually BF in bed or couch with boppy or pillow when he was younger.

tinktink20 · April 2012

Love my La-Z-Boy. It's great because I slept in it many nights at the beginning and it was super comfortable.

Kie310 · April 2012

I have a glider right now. MH and I talked all the time for the first few months how we will we would have gotten the big sofa chair.

ETA: And we still use the glider to this day. That's what we sit for reading books and cuddling before bed.

I honestly think this is a good splurge & I think will be upgrade for this baby.

SummerOH · April 2012

tinktink20:
Love my La-Z-Boy. It's great because I slept in it many nights at the beginning and it was super comfortable.

This exactly. Rocker/recliner. The gliders aren't very comfortable to nurse in, and you can sleep in the rocker/recliner on nights the baby is sick or fussy.

orgnlmama · April 2012

I had a glider and an arm chair, but would end up on the couch. My DD was 2 months old on Christmas day 2008 and I have sweet memories of sitting on the couch at 2 am nursing, when the world was still and snow was falling in nothing but the lights from our Christmas Tree. It is a memory forever etched in my heart. Those 2 am feedings were always my favorite.

rnfromtn · April 2012

I used a glider rocker. I love it. We still rock DS in it to read books or when he is feeling snuggly. He even climbs up in it and looks at books by himself. I chose it because It has a highback and I could just relax my head back on it. I would make sure you sit in every chair and try them out. I also especially appreciated the pockets on the sides of the chair. We moved the glider from the living room, to our bedroom, to DS's room, and it never had a table next to it. HAving a pocket to put burp cloths in and bottles when he was finished. Good luck deciding.

+Jasha+ · April 2012

I love my recliner. I was torn between a rocker/glider or the recliner, but ultimately decided on the recliner. I chose the recliner partly because SO really wanted it, but mostly because I wanted to be able to start the tradition of LO sitting on my lap while I read to him, and the recliner was going to allow that tradition to continue for longer than a rocker/glider.
It turns out the recliner was heaven sent because I had to have a c-section and it was the only thing that I could sit in comfortably and put my feet up (I was so incredibly swollen from all the fluids they pumped into me during the surgery). Plus even before delivery I slept in it a few nights because I couldn't get comfortable in bed.
And the added bonus SO can use it in his "man cave" once we are done with the baby thing.

Aloe0l · April 2012

I spent most of my time BFing in the recliner in the LR (it also rocked). Kid ate for 40min at a time every 2-3hrs in the newborn phase. I would have never left the nursery. This way, I could be lazy & watch TV and have easy access to food.

Get something you're going to want to plant yourself in for a long time. Eventually, we moved that into her room, but not until she was much older (say, 6-8mo or so?) when we really had a pretty regular bedtime routine going on.

kspies · April 2012

Our glider didn't get that much use. I preferred to nurse on the couch propped up with pillows (it helped that B didn't care about being rocked). We'd have been better off buying a nice cushy rocker/recliner that wouldn't scream "nursery" when were were done with it. I love the one at PBK.

gusabbey · April 2012

A recliner...genius!!!! I dont know why I hadn't thought of that. Defintiely would be a better option than the glider!

jenjury · April 2012

I have a glider only because those nights when baby is crying and not sleeping- I can rock him/her to sleep. I would be lost without it on that front. As to nursing- I nurse in bed at night and during the day I can nurse anywhere....literally. I'm not as good as say Mrs. Duggar on TLC standing up with her breast friend pillow, but good nonetheless.

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