Nursing chair or not? Baby upstairs we are down..

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What are everyone's thoughts on nursing chairs? Baby's nursery is upstairs while our bedroom is downstairs. This makes me swau towards purchasing one incase baby moves to cot pretty quickly and saves me carrying him / her in the night down to our bed or sofa? Had baby been on our floor j wouldn't bother. Also our stairs are quite steep with a turn.

We never had a chair with DS2, I had a bean bag. I don't see the point of buying a specific chair. Any comfortable chair with arms will do. If you suffer from a bad back, I don't recommend a bean bag!

I echo the folks saying buy a chair at the 6 month point.
There's really no point before then is baby is going to be in with you- normal furniture will surfice.
Once they're in their own space, I do find it useful to have a comfy chair in there for cuddles and feeds.
I just bought an old recliner from a charity shop. Ds is 3 and a half now and we still use it for bedtime stories. Ds likes to sit in it by himself and look at books in the morning. I will warn you it has seen a LOT of snot, vomit, smushed banana and poo. I would be gutted if Id bought something new!

I second the suggestion of the ikea chair - we were given one by someone who had moved house and it's worked perfectly as a nursing chair for both of my DC and is still in use for bedtime stories in DS2's room. Also, you can wash/replace the cushion pads on it cheaply so if you have a sickly baby and the chair takes a few hits it's easy enough to freshen it up again without paying the earth.

And ignore the people feeling sad because baby will be on a different floor! We had to do this too once they moved into their own rooms - there was no other option given the layout of the house. I could still be in their room with them in no time at all if they woke.

I have a nursing chair. I got it when DS (now 4) was a baby. It's now in our room. To be honest, it's a nice chair. Actually, it's been quite good while pregnant this time as its got good back support, so I sit in it a bit now when I can't get comfortable anywhere else.

Obviously its not an essential bit of kit, but it's a nice chair in its own right and it's been quite good for pregnancy back pain.

And yes, what bollocks about the baby being on a different floor. Bloody hell, you think about the awful lives some wee mites have with abusive parents and people are complaining about a much loved child being on a different floor, when of a safe age to be in a different room. Where are they handing out grips?

I must say I will not buy a house with bedrooms on different floors. It limits what we can look for. Fire safety is a big factor for me. Others will worry about different things. No grips required however.

So many houses round here have bedrooms on different floors; that's a bloody lot of poor neglected children then

We haven't moved DD yet as she's 5 months but when we do she'll be on a different floor (we're in the attic; she's on the middle floor). It doesn't have to be that way (we've two rooms in attic, two in middle) but it works best for storage and furniture etc.

We have the IKEA Poang chair - I'll probably just move that into her room when she moves.

Agree it's bollocks about neglect with children on a different floor. I would much prefer to have us all on one floor, because it's easier. But a lot of new houses have the master on the top floor, while the children on the middle I found. They call them 'town houses'

I fed ds in our bed with lots of pillows. Borrowed a friends nursing chair once and there wasn't enough room for ds to lay across my lap. I would suggest check where the arms are first. Maybe hold off until you know how it's all going to workout. A normal armchair might be better? Babies are get quite long by 6m.

Buy a crib & keep baby in your room for at least 6m. I can't believe you plan to leave them on another floor at such a young age

Personally I loved the nursing chair I bought for baby number 2 (he's now 3) and have only just put it into storage for the next baby. We breastfed (a lot!) til 2.5 years but it would have been just as useful for bottlefeeding, it was also great for sitting to read bedtime stories.

We already had a cheap ikea chair (poang?) so used that, and still use it for bedtime stories (dd is 2.5).
Unless it's a freebie or amazing bargain I wouldn't bother.

I think you need some sort of chair. I couldn't feed lying down in bed - it hurt my back. Baby was in our room for the first 4 months, then moved next door, but continued to wake for feeding until 11 months old. You'll need a chair for the last evening feed (breast or bottle) I'd have thought. It makes sense to feed the baby next to the cot and pop in when drowsy. And to have somewhere to sit at night if you have to go to them.

I love our nursing chair. 1) it's big, comfy and supportive 2) DD wouldn't sleep anywhere apart from on us for the first few nights, and it was a safe comfy chair in a separate room where DH and I could take it in shifts to let her sleep on our chests 3) even when DD shared our room I'd take her across the landing to change her in the nursery when she woke at night so I was going there anyway, and feeding her there meant all the feeding gubbins stayed out of our room 3) now she's in the nursery to sleep, it's exactly the same set-up and very easy 4) if she's restless I'll rock the chair as she's finishing a feed and it helps her to nod back off after unlatching 5) it's great for if you have to sit in the nursery with your child to shush, settle etc.

Before we got one I read loads of posts on here saying they were pointless, and I'm so glad we got one anyway. Works for us.

Eeek which nursing chair do you have? Interested to try a few out.

It's a Kub Haywood glider chair, blue

I am looking at my nursing chair across from me now. I got it over 10 years ago, it is just a chair now and I honestly don't ever remember using it for nursing.

I already had a poang and I found the angle was awful for BFing, for me.
Luckily our friends sold us their nursing gliding chair and stool, it's awesome I definitely recommend it.
It glides so not a jerky rocking motion, the stool is a glider too so very comfortable. I did find as a PP said that the arms were in the way (stupid for a specifically designed nursing chair!) But we put two cushions on it to sit on and it lifts her above the arms.
We use it at night time to get her back to sleep and I still feed her to sleep in it now at 11 months.
Definitely buy if you find a bargain, or second hand.

Thanks Eeek will check it out!

I found when dc1 was a few days old that I couldn't bear to feed in bed. It was unbearable for some reason, so we ordered a proper nursing chair. Now expecting dc3 and really pleased we have it.

But you can suck it and see.

Don'tBuyANew - me too! Couldn't feed in the Poang. When DS was tiny the angle was all wrong, and when he got bigger the wooden arms just got in the way.
Everyone's different though. I loved feeding lying down once we eventually cracked it.

We got one second hand off gumtree for £50 and I'm really glad we did. Baby went in his own room at about 10 weeks but even before then I would take him in there for night feeds so I didn't disturb DH (I formula fed) and I use it every day still now 9 months on for his morning bottle and book/bottle at bed time.

I bought an ikea rocking chair in their classic style and it was perfect with s few extra cushions. Now Dd is older and not feeding we sit together and read a story before bed.

Buy a crib & keep baby in your room for at least 6m. I can't believe you plan to leave them on another floor at such a young age

Might I suggest reading the full thread, or at least OP's posts?

(OP - I have and love the IKEA Poang chair.)