How useful is a glider/recliner?

[Anonymous]

Use it everyday still (plus ottoman). DC’s 2.5.

[Anonymous]

I had a nursing stool instead of an ottoman and liked that just fine.

[Anonymous]

I was very stressed because we just did not have space for a glider or rocker, just for a small arm chair and storage ottoman. It was totally fine! You definitely want some kind of comfy chair with a high back and arms. A foot rest or ottoman is important too. But if you don’t have room for a glider, it will still be fine!

[Anonymous]

If you have an easy baby, you don't need one. If you have a high maintenance baby who wants to be held and rocked, they are very nice to have. In other words, buy a high end one and you will get an easy baby! (joking)

[Anonymous]

It’s an awesome luxury and agree that I used it to snuggle and read after nursing. So comfortable and you will spend so much time nursing your baby. It’s hours a day. Great splurge!

[Anonymous]

For nursing, yes. It's definitely useful to have a recliner. I have a La-Z-Boy, and I used that thing for all 5 of my kids. Pair it with an ottoman or footstool and mybreast friend BF pillow and you'll be so comfortable!

[Anonymous]

Literally my favorite thing in the house. I’ll cry when I have to give it up, have rocked babies to sleep many many many nights on that.

[Anonymous]

It’s easy to not realize and then forget how long you spend nursing in the beginning, but I was using a tracker and it was more than 7 hours a day. To say nothing of the naps where you get stuck.

[Anonymous]

Yes you need some kind of comfy chair. My second is 18 months, and I’m literally holding her for a nap (she’s sick) while I type, sitting in her nursery chair. Mine doesn’t recline and I wish it did.

[Anonymous]

Yes it’s necessary. I didn’t have one with my first kid but did with my second and found it soooo incredibly helpful. I had a used dutalier with her and it was wonderful. Highly recommend.

[Anonymous]

We used it for nursing our kids, cuddling sickness upset kids, and reading to them before bed, later they would sit in the glider and read! I think the each had one in their room until we re-did their rooms at age ten.

Definitely worth it. For kid #1, bought a brand new one. Kid #2 bought one used off craigslist. Both worked just as well, both had ottomans too, one cost $$$ and one cost $50. Go for a used one!

[Anonymous]

We didn't get a glider/recliner but did get a padded rocking chair and ottoman. Used it for 2 years. I did find it useful and it was particularly useful for nighttime feedings and wake ups for the first year -- DH and I both used it a lot for that and I think it would be hard to get through that phase without something because you are so tired and just want to lie down, but the baby really wants to be rocked. So it's kind of a no brainer there.

But after the first year it had increasingly little utility, IMO. We had a full size bed in the nursery and we'd lie down on that to read books or snuggle before bed. We did sometimes sit in the rocker, but it just was no longer as important.

We were one and done but if we'd wanted more kids I might have invested in a glider since we would have used it for multiple kids. But I didn't want to invest in such a big, expensive piece of furniture just to use it for a year or two. I'm glad we went with a less expensive rocker, which was also easier to get rid of since it was not upholstered so stayed in better shape and resold quickly.

[Anonymous]

I have a wooden rocking chair. This was fine!

[Anonymous]

It’s nice to have but I preferred feeding on the couch or in the bed. Used the glider mostly for reading books which was lovely. Gave it away to a friend and now we all just pile into the bed to read books which is also great!

[Anonymous]

It was the only thing I spent real money on and it was so worth it. I sold it when my youngest was 4. Definitely cried! It was used for nursing, rocking to sleep, reading, snuggling, and I remember a particularly hellish sleep regression around 18 months when I slept it in.