Glider?
LCass
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Last time we skipped the glider because they're so expensive and we had access to a beautiful wood rocking chair that belonged to the ILs. Well, the rocking chair was beautiful but didn't work for nursing (the arms were too high; MIL found the same thing but never mentioned it) and made a creaking sound that wasn't helpful for middle-of-the-night rocking. Now I'm considering getting one. BRU has a glider and ottoman on sale this week for $150, or I can get a used one for $50 or $100 (some with an ottoman, some without).
What are your glider experiences? Was it worth the money or was it a waste? Is an ottoman that glides necessary (we have several extra stationary ottomans that we could use with it). Anything else to consider?
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Re: Glider?
I would check Craigslist and yard sales for a Dutalier if you don't want to buy one new. I would also skip the ottoman. I never found the gliding ones comfortable, they aren't the right height and I don't like them moving lol.
If you want to buy a new chair in a lower price range I would just make sure it's nicely padded and reclines.
The glider was our most expensive purchase (possibly even combining everything else we bought) and it was worth every.single.penny.
There is a good possibility that I've spent more time in that glider than I have in my own bed. Between the initial nursing period, night nursings, and most nursings following the four month wakeful period when we had to move to his room to keep him distraction free, I've spent a good amount of time in it. I've slept in it, nursed in it, DH has fed him in it, and does nightly stories with it. There hasn't been one day that it hasn't been us. (and it still looks like new)
I didn't like the look of the dutaliers and Shermag gliders, so we went with one of the Best Chair Storybook Series, along with the gliding ottoman.
We bought a new one from Burlington Coat Factory for my DD and spent about $200. I still use it every night. For DS we bought one off Craigslist for $30. It's actually better than the new one I bought for my DD! We still use his every night also. I'd be lost right now without our gliders, we read in them for every nap and for bed. Once they transition to big girl/boy beds, then we will ditch the gliders.
I found my glider essential for my DD, but my DS didn't use it much in the newborn phase. Now though we couldn't live without it as he loves to read in it.
ETA: we have ottomans for both gliders. In DDs room I use the ottoman all the time. In DS's never because there's no room. I don't prefer either. I guess I'm impartial to the ottoman.
I am pro glider and meh ottoman.