Gliders are so ugly and country- what other options are there?
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Anonymous
I bought a glider, but I got a Medela nursing stool instead of an ottoman. |
Anonymous
For nursing, my ottoman had a pull-out footrest that stopped the ottoman from gliding. Otherwise, the chair and ottoman glided at the same rate because my body was on both of them. |
Anonymous
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Having a glider won't make you any different than any of my other friends with renovated Petworth rowhouses. They're practically ubiquitous.
Agree with PP who said the glider will be the least of the baby gear/furniture to fuck with your aesthetic. Bouncers, rock n' play, pack n' play, swing, most high chairs...all useful, almost all ugly. The good news is the gear phase passes pretty quickly. With that in mind, we got an upholstered rocking chair that converted to a regular chair. Ours came from Pottery Barn, but I think I've seen them at Land of Nod, too. We used (and still use) the chair all the time, but DC was never into the rocking motion. I agree with the PP's who advised you to get something comfy for snuggling and reading. You'll use it for that purpose far longer than the nursing/infant phase, if you are looking to get something with some longevity. |
Anonymous
| I used a poang chair from ikea, cheap, comfortable and it allowed for bouncing up and down which my son liked. |
Anonymous
| This is the West Elm one I have. It is unbelievably comfortable. http://www.westelm.com/products/graham-glider-g667/?pkey=cliving-room-chairs&cm_src=living-room-chairs||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_- |
Anonymous
| I have the Monte one- it is chocolate brown with pink piping. We used it for approx 1 year, and it is in like-new condition. Just don't have room for it in our condo. I'm happy to sell it to you for $350 cash and carry. If interested, please respond to this thread. |
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Agree with others who said the glider is totally unnecessary.
I was like OP, very worried about aesthetics and not wanting to spend a ton of dough on something I wasn't sure I liked or needed. We punted, got a cheap rocking chair, never liked it and ultimately put a big comfy club chair in baby's room (we already had it -- thanks to the lady who sold it to me for a steal in 2005 on craigslist from her house in Shaw  The chair is very much our style (since we already had it) and is very comfy. I did 90% of my nursing on the sofa or in my bed, so that chair was only used for 1st and last nursing of the day, and for snuggling and reading books. Son has always fit comfortably up there with me and we still use it (age 3.5). And it still looks good.
Yes, I agree with others that the ugliness of the glider is the least of your worries, given how ugly baby gear is. However... the ugly baby gear was pretty much over for us by age 2. No more bouncers, rockers, swings, high chairs, etc. If you buy an ugly glider for $800, it will be with you FOREVER (or, at least until you can justify tossing it). Many of my friends who bought furniture specifically targeted to babies, told me that they regretted it a couple years later. The stuff is expensive, has limited selection (so you buy something you think is cute for a baby but not necessarily what you would have bought for "real life"), and the marketing tries to sell you that the cost is worth it because it's not just for the first couple years. But that adorable mocha crib, now converted into a kids' bed, is just plain ugly. And it has teeth marks on the headboard (which used to be the crib rail that baby teethed on). We bought the cheap crib at ikea, donated to a mom's group as soon as he grew out of it at age 2 (he's a big kid and likes to sleep all spread out), and he's been in a regular bedroom set since age 2 (a fab vintage set that I picked up when I went to college and had refinished). It looks great in his room with some kids stuff on the walls, a fun carpet... and there's no pressure to upgrade. We get a lot of compliments. |
Anonymous
Can you send a picture? |
Anonymous
I have the Irvington1 glider and ottoman from Best Chairs and love it. It's so comfortable when it reclines. I got it in a microfiber material and a neutral creamy white color. Looks a lot like pottery barn. I hate the wooden rockers/glider too. |
Anonymous
| what does ugly and country mean ? |
Anonymous
Yes, we still have and use ours 13 years later. |
Anonymous
clashes with OP's aesthetic |
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I am in general not a fan of those wood sleigh rocker gliders, but I bought one after having done a ton of research. We have a mid-century house, Danish modern furniture, etc., but we did end up biting the bullet and getting the Dutailier sleigh rocker glider in XL (DH is 6'2") with a reclining feature, lock, and got the ottoman to go with it--and you know what, we love that gd chair! We bought it with the least offensive oatmeal neutral cushions, and it has lasted us for 9 years and three children. It is fabulous for nursing with a pillow, for rocking to sleep, for resting when you need to be in the baby's room, etc., etc.
One word of advice, make sure that you and DH both like the chair in terms of comfort. |
Anonymous
+1 we had a small nursery room and didn't really have room door the ottoman. I love the glider and it now is in our living room (mostly cottage style so it fits in OK ). It's not the most stylish chair but i like to sit there to read. It's also great for visiting elderly grandparents because it isn't low and has a handle to stop the rocking for stability. I've joked with DH that it's the one chair that will someday go with us to assisted living! |
Anonymous
| If you hate the looks of it that much, just buy it on Craigslist cheap and resell it when you're done. |