question about nursing chairs...

[moomin35]

The room I plan to use as the nursery is quite small and doesn't really have space for a chair after the cot, chest of drawers and wadrobe are all in. I have a large chair in the spare room next door where I could feed baby before walking him/her next door to their cot.

I think the rocking nursing chairs are a bit ugly and I think traditional wooden rocking chairs can be a bit clumsy and uncomfortable.

What have you all done with regards to where you fed and what piece of furniture you used?

Excuse my ignorance, I'm a first timer! :-)

I ended up feeding on the sofa to be honest, but any comfortable chair with a reasonably low seat (so you can form a comfortable lap) with no arms will do. I agree that a rocking chair would be no good, but to be honest, until you are breastfeeding, it is difficult to envisage what it would be like.

I have a feeding chair - bought for my second child because I extended fed with first because I enjoyed it so much. If it would help, and you live close, it would be free to a good home!

I really wanted a nursing chair but in the end I've just fed DD propped up with some good pillows on the sofa or in bed. I'd say give it a go without one and you can always buy a chair if you feel you'd like it.

At night I fed DD in my bed as she was in a moses basket in my room for the first 6 months. Also meant I could feed lying down and rest/doze at the same time.

Ikea poang!

Ok I used a rocking chair and there is NO way I could have managed without and I definitely needed arms - but I have a spinal injury and twins. Which does complicat thing!

I would leave the wardrobe out of the room and fit a chair in then when baby grows and needs hanging space move the chair out and move the wardrobe in.

Poang here too. Just the jobs in the wee small hours when they won't sleep.

I always fed in my bed then when DD went into her own room I just carried on doing it in bed a then walked her through. We still have bedtime books, bottle and cuddles in my bed before carrying her through and she's 18months now.

Its a chair . Bigged up with a fancy name so people pay more for it. Any chair can be used for feeding, just find what is comfy for you. Personally I used the sofa or my bed. I'd rather be with the rest of the family than stuck in some lonely room.

Why not save yourself the time and space and just set fire to £300 instead?

I just fed the baby in bed at night and downstairs on the sofa in the day.

EKTORP JENNYLUND Ikea changeable covers was 130

At night I fed dc in our bed then when they moved to their own rooms I sit on the floor with a cushion behind me for support. We have no space or money for a nursing chair.

Be careful of your posture if you do feed in bed. I got a trapped nerve in my back with dc2 and am sure that's what caused it.

Sofa or bed. But agree that you don't need a wardrobe if you really want a nursing chair.

Eleven years ago we bought a Dutailier glider chair and footstool and it is still in DD2's bedroom. I love it still and will never get rid of it!

Here is an old thread about them.

They are a bit pricey, but worth every penny.

The Dutailier website makes them look a bit uglier than they really are IMO - mine is a lovely soft velvety lilac with beech coloured wood.

nursing chairs are usually low. This is the only thing that matters.

Low, because when you are feeding, you need to have a good lap with feet on floor.

But the rest depends on you and the chair. I used chairs with and without arms, fed on the sofa and fed cross legged on the floor.

In the night I fed in bed as dcs were in a basket next to bed for first 6 months (this is recommended anyway)
I found I needed just the right cushion where ever I fed, to get baby to right height (I am tall so distance from lap to boob is long) So my baby cushion was more important than baby chair.

The baby won't be in it's own room until 6 months, so you might not get much use out of a nursing chair by then - at that stage I was doing a feed before I went to bed, and then bringing the baby back into my bed at 5am for the next feed.

When the baby is tiny and feeding lots in the night I doubt you'll want to be getting up and feeding in a chair every time anyway! Much nicer to feed lying down in your bed so you can get some sleep too.

I have an old padded rocking chair in the nursery. But it didn't get used until he was 5 months and in his own room - up until then, it was bed or sofa (or train, park bench, church pew, cafe sofa etc) depending on what else was happening.

I would definitely go for a chair over a wardrobe though, wtf does a baby have that needs hanging?!

You don't need a wardrobe and I wouldn't spend money on an expensive nursing chair unless you really don't have anything comfortable to sit on.

I just have a regular reclining (with footrest) sofachair thing these days for DC3 and soon to be DC4 and it's fine.. I used a regular sofa for the first two with no issues as well. I've been breastfeeding for over seven years (with only a few months off during one pregnancy) and never felt the need for a nursing chair! I just sit in the living room with everyone else and feed the baby/toddler

But if you don't have something comfy and supportive then by all means look into getting something. But it doesn't have to be a nursing chair - you don't need the rocking motion unless you happen to quite like it!

Night time feeds I always did side-lying in bed. We ended up co-sleeping (which was never initially planned) when I realised I was falling asleep feeding DC1 on the sofa which is far more dangerous. I read up on how to do it safely and life got so much easier! We used a proper co-sleeper alongside the bed for DC2 and DC3 and will with DC4 too and just lift them over for feeding and then pop them back after.

In the beginning you may find a special cushion helpful as you learn and to bring baby up to an easier height, but you probably won't need it for too long. As another poster said, the cushion is far more useful than a special chair!

Never had a wardrobe except for my clothes..

Everybody has different ideas though and ideas change once baby is here. I see so many beautiful nurseries shared on forums but baby ends up spending no time in there in many cases until they're at least six months and sleeping a lot better.