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Rocker/Chair in Nursery
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I'm currently in the process of planning the nursery for our first DD. So far we have decided on the cot, change table/chest of drawers and book shelf.
The only thing I am not sure of is whether we need a rocker/chair in the there??? Can you please share with me if you have or havent got one, if you have one how long you used it for or what you did instead of a chair in the nursery. I would ideally like to hear the good, the bad and the ugly!
Many thanks in advance
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Didnt have any chair in nursery as I fed in lounge room on couch. As I would watch tv while feeding as he was a long slow feeder.
There is a sofa bed in DS room but really there as a spare bed!
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We have one in the nursery and i love it and use it heaps. When i got home from the hospital we had it in the lounge room as it was the only chair i could get in and out of comfortably. Now i use it for night feeds, rocking to sleep, reading stories and during the day if i want ds to settle during a feed or before a sleep. Its one of the best things i bought for the nursery. Its especially good for rocking ds to sleep, its literally the only place where i can sit and put ds to sleep in my arms.
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We have a rocker in the nursery and I love it too. Its great for night feeds, rocking to sleep in the middle of the night etc. Sometimes I use it for day feeds too if DS is too distracted in the lounge. Eventually we will probably use it for bed-time stories, and once its not needed in the nursery I will whip it into the lounge because its SO COMFY!!
I got mine off ebay for a really good price, great condition.
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we have a rocker that we have out in the lounge - similar reasons to feeb. if DD is really struggling to settle, we feed laying down in bed. in all honesty, daddy settles her in the rocker more than i do!
i looked at putting it in her bedroom but figured i would rarely sit in there as she tends to take ages to feed and i want her to be used to noise. we tend to feed anywhere and everywhere. yesterday it was outside... i do love the rocker for when she's really grizzly - not so much for her, for me though lol
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We have a rocker in DD's room and i LOVE it, we used it in the lounge a bit when she was younger and was in a bassinet in our room as night feeds i did in bed but as soon as she went into her room so did the rocker, night feeds in there (nice low lit room), also great for once they get to teething stages, can settle them in their own room and your still comfy.
We also do a book in there sometimes before bed (even though she's only little) and she loves it.
If you don't have a rocker it doesn't matter, sometimes a nice high backed comfy chair is just as good, you may find you don't even use it but i wouldn't be without mine... LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
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Same as BG, our rocker is in our lounge as in the middle of the night I can pop the TV on or if feeding during the day I can be around DH rather than tucked away in Baileys room. Its a multi-purpose chair as I feed, settle, read to Bailey in it (have fallen asleep in it myself a few times LOL)
We bought our rocking chair 2nd had from friends and I have to say I'd be lost without it, its a 'must by' IMO, but thats just me
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Well didn't have one with DS1 and that was fine and have one with ds2 and think its great i must admit that we don't use it all the time but do use it a decent amount and I am glad we have it there...I think with Baby products there are certain things that some ppl love and others see as useless. Like change tables I for one wouldn't be without one and use it all the time others buy one and then never use it and think its a waste of space!
I think you just have to kinda guess what u will use sometimes and one recommendation I could make is buy a chair that is multi functional we have a chair thats the poang ikea one so if we didnt end uo using it could go in the lounge room etc and after we have finished using it in the nursery we could always move it there, Plus it was easy to move into our bedroom when Spence was sleeping in there in his bassinette.
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Thanks for the input so far girls. I'm really still in 2 minds about it. Think I might have to have a look over the weekend at the types of chairs available, and maybe even leave it til DD arrives and see if I need/want one.
Does anyone have any rockers/chair recommendations?
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I don't have one yet but am looking for a second hand Swallow Papa Glider.
Try ebay hun that way you can get something second hand for a good price in good condition AND if you don't like it or use it you can resell and not be worried about losing too much $$
Nae x
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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.
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I have a rocker. Was bought with the intention of putting it in Darcy's nursery. Never got there. I needed the TV to try and keep awake for middle of the night feeds. Plus my babies are looong babies and I actually find the armrests a hindrance.
Reminds me to put it on ebay actaully
We haven't had a chair in either nursery and never even really needed one. Depends what you want it in there for I guess. I'm happy to sit on the floor to read, and like I said would prefer to feed where I can also be sociable.
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