glider chairs .......do you think they are worth it ?

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I have one from DS2 but bought it when preg as had horrible bad back and has been godsend with DS3's pregnancy BUT...

...found it difficult in early days feeding with both DS2&3 the arms got in way while trying to latch on my big baby. Almost bought another chair in desperation (sound like I'm made of money don't I but was just having a rough time establishing feeding with each of mine and the credit card was calling in middle of night!)

Wanted on of those specially designed BF chairs from Mothercare (but you can also by them direct) which are very low and have no arms. In the end went for a cheap dining chair and a pile of books in early days!

But for me the glider was fantastic when (big) got babies got bigger and I could feed with them in a more sitting up position. And if you do get one, make sure you get the footstool as well I'd recommend...

the mouse- imo this is one piece of furniture worth investing in. i love my duatalier - and wont be getting rid of it- it is such a comfy chair. only thing that confuses me is that covers are not removable and washable, so got round that by buying nice throw and making cover for footstool. (defo get the footstool too).
does the sindy recline too?

Yes get one, they are wonderful! I got mine off ebay as well, and also found I really started to get the benefit of it when DS moved into his own room at 8 months. Use it for reading bedtime stories and feeding, and lie DS on a pillow now he is a bit longer (10 mths), so he lies over the arms (if that makes sense). Wouldn't be without it!

I always wanted one and bought a new one for dc2 as I knew I'd use it. She had reflex so we spent nights holding her upright to sleep, it was my saviour. I have never been able to sleep sitting up before, but I spent hours in that comfortable chair, dozing, reading, feeding. Set up with everything in reach it was great. Looks a bit odd once you've stopped using it so I sold it pretty quick (took up a lot of room) but I loved it

when my dd was a newborn I loved my glider chair and footstool but when she got to around 6 months nigh times became even more of a nightmare and realised its because we were restricted by the arms of the chair. Got a poang with footstool from ikea and we're both much more comfortable.

Aren't they quite big?