https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 16:41:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961961 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:09:41 +0000 pui 1961961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have one and I don't miss it. I have a (non-rocking) chair from Ikea in the nursery, but I mostly nurse DD either in bed or on the living room couch.</p> <p>Personally I'd put a chair in the nursery that is at least comfortable (What use is a chair you won't sit in?), or use the space for something else... but I put practicality over aesthetics (I try to have both lol). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961958 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:05:33 +0000 meganmp 1961958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rarely used ours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961940 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:54:20 +0000 Corduroy 1961940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A comfy chair somewhere in your abode is a must-have. I could do without the glider in LO's room. She hated it as a newborn but likes it now for bedtime stories &amp; climbing (at almost 2 years). I never once succeeded at rocking LO to sleep or back to sleep or sleeping in the chair with LO. She was more likely to sleep stationary or on the exercise ball.</p> <p>I got mine from Craigslist and it is suiting us just fine. I wouldn't be happy if I spent hundred of dollars on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961857 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:57:06 +0000 Happygal 1961857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to skip it b/c they seem to be either a) ugly or b) expensive. But my friend looked at me in horror when I shared this and talked for awhile about how nice it was to have a comfortable spot for feedings and what not. She convinced me to buy one.</p> <p>I went to some baby store in hopes of finding a non-hideous looking chair. The upholstered rocking chair was nice and comfortable, but when I sat in the glider, there was no comparison--being able to rest your head back is great. </p> <p>The reviews on Amazon for the cheapest glider were pretty split, so I went up a little bit, near $200 for glider and ottoman. I also wanted an ottoman with a pull out stool for nursing.</p> <p>Good luck shopping, and share pictures of what you find! I see a lot of used ones on Craigslist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961738 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:48:02 +0000 Kemma 1961738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an armchair of sorts in the early days but once LO and I got the hang of nursing we ditched the chair and sat or lay on the twin bed in her room. For us, a glider would have been a waste of money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961724 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:38:06 +0000 Bao 1961724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love having a rocker to nurse LO in at night, I found it used for $40 which was a steal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961722 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:37:16 +0000 Meltini 1961722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't use our rocker recliner until DS was around 6 months old but I don't know what we would do without it now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961685 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:15:58 +0000 Ms.Badger 1961685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved having a rocker. Another option is to get a used one and have new cushions made. We got a used dutilier and new cushions and it worked great for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961673 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:10:04 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1961673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've u sed our rocker recliner (more for reclining) every single day for 2+ years and cannot imagine not having it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961671 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:09:37 +0000 jape14 1961671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't use it much during the first 6 weeks or so, but now, at 12 weeks, I'm so happy we have one! My DS is not the best napper, but I can get him to stretch out a crappy catnap in our rocking chair. We have one with a high back and large wings (from PBK) and I have taken some good naps in there over the past few weeks :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961670 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:09:20 +0000 LuLu Mom 1961670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO didn't like to be rocked, so our expensive plush glider went unused. I would have preferred a rocking option in the living room and not the nursery anyways since she didn't sleep in her nursery for the longest time. For me, I wish we would have saved our money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961666 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:07:55 +0000 Mae 1961666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: yea we skimped on everything else. $100 crib from amazon, changing table and dresser from cl that I painted. Bookcase made by fil. I made the curtains and mobile and art. But it's still cute and I am limited in how long I can rock her only by my bladder, not by my butt falling asleep or back hurting. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961662 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:04:00 +0000 loki 1961662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: ugh that is SOOOO nice! i love it!!! we might have to splurge! i just spent $100 for a deer head for the nursery... probably shoulda used that money on a chair! haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961653 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:01:00 +0000 Mae 1961653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: we have this one with the matching ottoman: <a href="http://m.toysrus.com/skava/static/product.html?type=TRU_product_us&#038;url=%2Fproduct%2Findex.jsp%3FproductId%3D23701056%26cp%3D2255957.2273443.2256245.50629046.50628856.50628876%26parentPage%3Dfamily&#038;domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysrus.com" rel="nofollow">http://m.toysrus.com/skava/static/product.html?type=TRU_product_us&#038;url=%2Fproduct%2Findex.jsp%3FproductId%3D23701056%26cp%3D2255957.2273443.2256245.50629046.50628856.50628876%26parentPage%3Dfamily&#038;domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysrus.com</a></p> <p>It's more than you want to spend (and cost more than every other thing I bought for the nursery combine) but it's hard to put a price on a happy ass. We visited my parents last month and I had to do without it for 2 days and it was awful lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961611 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:47:36 +0000 jetsa 1961611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't use ours much in the early days but as soon as we moved him to his room we've used it nightly still do at 14 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961602 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:44:11 +0000 loki 1961602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: oooo which one do you have? looking for recos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961591 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:39:30 +0000 Mae 1961591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES BUY A GLIDER. lol. I can't tell you how much I love ours. Used it for nursing, sitting up nights, and now rocking for naps. I've spent 8 hrs in a row in it overnight and currently spend 4-5 hrs/day in it for naps. I would die without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961571 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:27:50 +0000 loki 1961571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: ohh that's so pretty, that's the kind i want! i'm just cheap haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961562 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:25:06 +0000 littleblessings 1961562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my DD I never had a glider. Wasn't gonna get one for DS either but I inherited one from my great grandma and I love it!!!! When DS is tired but won't sleep we sit in the glider and he's sleeping in a matter of minutes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961552 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:19:24 +0000 simplyfelicity 1961552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am planning on something like this Eddie Bauer one from Target for 399. I don't want just a nursery rocker because I don't feel like I would use it as much. </p> [attach=4953/14/nfns8c.300x300.14851358.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961537 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:12:47 +0000 loki 1961537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>pretty even split! it sounds like maybe it's something i can wait on, see how baby is and get once she's a bit older. we have a bit of cash coming our way in january so if we have a lot leftover maybe we'll splurge! thanks everyone! i think i want one but probably don't need to decide right now.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961533 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:10:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 1961533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: I think you NEED a comfortable place to sit in the nursery. It doesn't have to be a glider but it needs to be someplace you can comfortably feed and hold the baby for a long time. We have a glider in the living room, comfy reclining couch (also in living room) and a bed in the nursery. We only have the bed in there because we already had it and didn't want to get rid of it but t is so nice to have! I used to sit in there to nurse her at night, and now when she wakes up way too early one of us will go in and snuggle with her to get her back to sleep. </p> <p>And C never really was soothed by the glider. It's a really comfortable chair for me but the only motion that soothed her was bouncing on the damn exercise ball. Oh we had such a love/hate relationship with that ball! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary/page/2#post-1961519 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:05:38 +0000 jhd 1961519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a chair in his room, but we do have a comfy recliner that rocks in our living room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961508 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:02:01 +0000 MrsB2012 1961508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I rarely used ours in the early days and was thinking it was one of those things we could have skipped. However, I use it all the time now ( B is 16 months. ) It's a lifesaver during those late night teething pain sessions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961493 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:57:38 +0000 photojane 1961493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: Sadie is almost 2 now, and we use it every night. We snuggle up in her rocker for story time before bed. :) We picked one from BRU that matched the nursery... I don't even know the brand. It's a sky blue velvet. We were lucky that our parents when it on it together. We wouldn't have been able to afford it otherwise. Do you have a local yard sale page or other Craigslist-type page where you can look? My mom found a super nice one for my SIL on a yard sale facebook page. It was barely used, super plush, and only $150. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961488 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:55:15 +0000 looch 1961488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have one, there wasn't really an option to even get one, really, so we did without. Looking back, I would have loved to splurge on one and then eventually move it into the living room, but we had a futon in the nursery that did the trick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961485 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:54:33 +0000 Mama Bird 1961485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, you don't need one. We did fine without it, and the kid didn't care if he was being rocked, as long as he got something to eat :) That said, I had a rocker when I was a girl, and they're sooooo comfy! If you have the room, get one just so you can relax in it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961475 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:51:52 +0000 autumnlove 1961475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rarely used it for nursing but I use it a lot now for reading and cuddling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961473 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:51:43 +0000 Mommy Finger 1961473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have a glider/rocker for the first 8 months of DS's life. That being said, we lived in a tiny one bedroom condo and didn't have the room for it. I fed him on the couch or in our bed. If he was fussy, we bounced him on a yoga ball. </p> <p>When we bought a house and he got his own room, we put a chair in there and we use it every night to read books before bed. But I don't think it's necessarily better because it rocks. We just need a chair. Now that we're pregnant with #2, we'll get another chair to put in the nursery for nursing.</p> <p>So, I guess my point is that it all depends on your space and where you plan on nursing. You can definitely get by without one but it's a nice to have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-rockerglider-necessary#post-1961471 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:49:24 +0000 loki 1961471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: ya maybe if i dont' get one i just won't know what i'm missing! i'm sure i could make due... but i'm willing to consider anything to make my life easier!</p> <p>@photojane: ohh... sounds like it was essential for you. do you recommend a certain one?</p> <p>@catomd00: hearing how much people use them is definitely making me want to get one. which one do you have? </p>