Rocking Chair or not?

[ShootingStar]

Hehe i tried that dee with DH's computer chair but each time you got up is squeeked lol.
Yeh i took Jesse out to the lounge room every feed. Didnt make any difference to him i dont think. Hes always been a pretty well settled baby.

[jenjams]

We have a glider chair I bought from ebay for $70 and we have a rocking ottoman too. It is in the lounge. I use it for all day feeds. I have a pillow propped up I lean on. For night time feeds we do it in bed where it is nice and quiet.
I love our chair.

[leebee81]

Hubby bought me a Poang chair and footstool from Ikea for Christmas. Its in the living room and I do all feeds in it except the 6am one which I do in bed. For the overnight feed I put the softer light on and put the telly on low to keep me awake while Oliver feeds. He goes straight back to sleep after which is good.

[~Trish~]

I feed my DS in our lounge room overnight and it doesn't bother him. I have a comfy armchair that I always use. I also fed my first DS in our lounge and it didn't disturb him either, I just put a lamp on and read a book.

[Willow]

Hint: buy one with WIDE comfy arm rests. Many chairs have arm rests that are too narrow.

Yep! This is the problem with mine. DS has grown much bigger much quicker than DD so I'm already having probs with him hitting his head on the arms while feeding. I am looking at getting rid of it and getting another chair to put in there, not sure what kind yet.

[doulamamma]

just adding my 2c. We were given a huge rocking chair as a baby present that was almost bigger that a single bed. it was this wooden mohogany big monster and i hated it from the minute we got it (call me ungrateful, but i couldn't stand it) it made me seasick to sit in it.. and eventually (after 2yrs) i took it out of the nursery and dumped it at dh's work - it came from his 'good friend' that he just couldn't get rid of it (friend he hasn't spoken to in over a year).. so then my ILs took it home.
only upside was my lil ones loved it and would cuddle up on it before bedtime.
so no rocking chair for me.. i love to nurse in my bed or couch with good pillow support. (it was also angled very oddly and was not in a 'nursing' position anyway.

[MummyTummy]

Great replies everyone. Really good to hear different opinions, especially the wide arms bit. I wouldn't have thought of that.

By the sounds of it people think very highly of their chairs - except Doulamama, but maybe that was because of the chair itself rather than the idea of it.

I will start doing some research but keep the replies coming in, I find it very interesting reading about everyone's personal experiences.

Thanks everyone!!