Rocker/Chair in Nursery

[nellnell]

I found a really cool chair from Ikea called Poang. We bought 3 of them as we were updating our lounge furniture. I have one in the nursery, and 2 in the lounge. Everyone loves sitting in them. Best of all, they arent a 'breastfeeding chair and are quite funky, light, easy to move and come in a range of colours and fabrics.

They rock slightly - or bounce, but arent totally upright, slightly reclined but I used to pop a pillow behind my back in the early BF days for correct posture and positioning.

[Taurean]

We have the Babyhood Sovereign Glider Chair. It was about $500 but it's leather and fits in well with our modern house. It's SUPER comfy and I'm already fighting DH for it who thinks it makes a very comfy beer chair!

The glider is currently in the nursery but we will move it into the lounge when we get home from hossi and we'll put one of our armchairs and a foot rest in the nursery instead so I still have a comfy chair in the nursery if I need it. I figure I'll be doing the majority of feeding and settling in the lounge though.

[Bathsheba]

I used my rocking chair a lot when my children were babies and still use it occasionally as it's so comfy.

I have a king glider with a matching gliding footstool. We had it in our bedroom instead of the nursery because it fitted better (our bedroom was larger), plus it was a nice place to sit and talk to DH when he was in bed too at the end of the day... plus it suited the decor in there better LOL

HERE is a photo of it.

It cost about $450 new.

The main thing to make sure when you buy a rocking chair (as well as it being comfy) is that it rocks quietly and that the arm rests especially are comfy (most are too hard and narrow). I chose mine because as well as everything else it had a good head rest where I was able to doze in a comfy position.

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I didn't have a rocking chair with my DD and ended up dragging the office chair into DD's room for night feeds, rocking on that and not doing it much good. Next time I'll definitely buy a rocking chair.

[Erin_25]

We got one when DS was around 6months old & it's been priceless for us! I guess you could wait til bubs is born & decide what works for you & then see if you want one. They have so many uses than just feeds but each bubs is an individual so you may not get as much use out of it for whateve reason.
DS was a heavy baby & would not settle well at night first up so we got it as we were sitting in his room on a kitchen chair feeding & that was not comfy at all. We got it so I could rock him in comfort etc & do night time feeds as once he got more alert it really wans't practical to go into the lounge & let him fully wake up. For us it's been great, DS didn't sleep through the night til after 2yrs of age!!!!! so we've been feeding during the night using the rocker for a long time. He also was very sick for most of last year & it was again priceless with all the wake ups & un-settled nights. When then moved it to the office & up until yesterday were using it at the office desk..very comfy.
We moved it out when he went into a bed as it took up too much room, but we still got a rocker type more funky chair from IKEA that is still in his room as he still needs cuddles & quiet time etc.

[Cassius2]

we had a chair in the nursery and used it all the time. it had a recline so that i could still keep in sleepy mode for the early am feeds.

next time around i am splashing out and getting a 'womb chair'. the cost a bomb, but i really really loved using my chair last time (only thing was that it didnt have comfy arm rests and this was an issue for long feeds) and have decided that because i spent so much time in it, i deserve a comfy piece of furniture (and also, i wanted to use it in other parts of the house once it stopped being used for feeds).

another idea is what my friend is doing and getting a day bed from Ikea (the wooden one that converts to a double bed). this also looks really great as then you can lie beside bubs and snooze while they feed (or at least rest a bit more comfy).

[AnyDream]

After suffering without rockers or even nice armchairs with DD1, I went all out with DD2 and lashed out on a lovely cream-leather rocking-recliner lay-z-boy.

It's quite compact, we only had a tiny corner in our bedroom to fit it in when we bought it, but it was an absolute godsend. So comfy and supportive, it was the only place I could get comfy at the end of my pregnancy. Love it to bits, it's now my chair in the loungeroom, it has been wonderful. It's my favorite thing that I own.

ETA - clare what's a Womb chair???

[Cassius2]

After suffering without rockers or even nice armchairs with DD1, I went all out with DD2

ETA - clare what's a Womb chair???

quite possibly the chair that i NEVER get out of LOL! some finnish dude designed it in the 50s and the moment i saw it i fell in love....

[Ginger]

i am in LOVE with my rocking chair- use it constantly, couldn't live without it.
mine is a papa glider by swallow.
dh loves it too and often falls asleep in it and spills his beer all over himself.