Hellobee Boards Topic: Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:32:50 +0000 atoz on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2590139 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:29:43 +0000 atoz 2590139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We live in a small house and our nursery is about three feet from the living room. I usually nurse her in the rocker in her room, or sometimes on the chair or couch in the living room. Honestly, it's nice to have the choice of mixing it up. You spend a LOT of time sitting around nursing in those early weeks! On a side note, I liked having a quiet place to escape if DH is watching TV or if we have visitors and she is fussing or needs to nurse. Sometimes it's just not fun to wave your boob around other people with a fussy baby. :wink: PawPrints on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589931 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:05:02 +0000 PawPrints 2589931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery glider. You'll want somewhere to nurse her where you can have peace and quiet when other people are using the living room. After a few months she may be too distractable to nurse while the TV is on anyway (definitely the case for my DD). And why would you worry about getting bored? You'll have your phone and your kindle (if you don't have an e-reader... highly suggest one.) Also if you don't have somewhere to sit inside the nursery, where will you/DH sit with LO to read bedtime stories? Bluemasonjar on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589785 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:23:13 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2589785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair for sure! I nursed in the living room in front of the TV a lot in the early days when DS was eating frequently but at night we are always in the glider in this nursery. DH sits there to read him bed time stories and I sit there while he plays in his room some times. You will definitely use it. LulaBee on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589761 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:52:40 +0000 LulaBee 2589761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We splurged on a nice gilder/recliner for DD2 and it's our favorite piece of furniture in the house. We sleep in it nightly with DD2 :silly: It's so nice to have for MOTN wakeups. And seriously we do fall asleep in it... Mommy Finger on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589759 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:49:59 +0000 Mommy Finger 2589759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ As long as you have somewhere to sit, that's all you need. Granted, for the first 8 months of DS1's life, we lived in a small 1 br condo. I nursed on the coach or in my bed. Luckily our headboard was angled slightly and that made it perfect for nursing. You could go either way here and be totally fine. MrsBrewer on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589570 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:09:04 +0000 MrsBrewer 2589570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes get one x1million! seriously! What about the middle of the night feeds? So much easier just to stay in the quiet nursery, without turning on TV or lights in the living room. catlady on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589532 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:25:00 +0000 catlady 2589532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At least an arm chair, if not a glider, in the nursery if you plan on breastfeeding. Middle of the night nursing sessions are way easier if you can just grab baby, nurse quickly in the chair, and then put them back in the crib. We started out with nothing, quickly realized I needed a chair so we bought an armchair because DH didn't think we could fit a glider in there. I honestly wish I had tried to find a small glider but the arm chair worked out. yoursilverlining on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589526 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:19:29 +0000 yoursilverlining 2589526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had ours in the living room and didn't have any issues; we spent literally no time in the nursery. snowjewelz on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589525 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:18:31 +0000 snowjewelz 2589525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I personally could have used without one; I mostly nursed in the living room too or in our bed. BUT DH had always solo parented her for like 1.5 days a week and when she was in infant who napped a lot, the glider was a saving grace for DH to have a comfy place to sit and put on a movie on the ipad w/ headphones while holding DD for 1+ hour sometime! And since we'll re-use it for #2, we thought it was a good idea to have one (it was gifted to us anyway). mediagirl on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589522 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:15:14 +0000 mediagirl 2589522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. At 4, we still use it. My husband and I both are in there at bedtime so one of us sits on the bed, the other sits on the chair. erinbaderin on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589519 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:13:08 +0000 erinbaderin 2589519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. What if you have guests you don't want to nurse in front of? Or you're trying to get the baby to sleep and your partner is watching tv? We also used ours for sleeping, cuddling after naps, and now stories. We still use our toddler's nursery chair so much that we just bought a second one for the new baby's room instead of moving it. littlebug on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589498 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:18:02 +0000 littlebug 2589498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ What about nap and bedtime? My kid would never go to sleep if I nursed her in the living room every time. She's a nosy nurser and if there's noise (especially coming frm Big Brother), she wants in on the action. We have to have a chair in the nursery for bedtime feeds. Also, it's nice to have a quiet space to duck to when there are people over. While she's nosy, she also gets overwhelmed very easily. ValentineMommy on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589481 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:40:14 +0000 ValentineMommy 2589481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. Even if you don't use it for BF-ing (which you probably will), you'll use it for nighttime rocking/snuggles, and for reading to your LO before bed. youboots on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589402 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:45:04 +0000 youboots 2589402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I usually fed her in bed but now it's nice to have a place to sit and read to her in her room MrsB2012 on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589397 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:40:28 +0000 MrsB2012 2589397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm the odd duck out, but I've had two kids, and I think our nursery chair has been used, maybe 10 times. I'm pregnant with our third and was going to sell it as it's just a space taker for us. If I was to do it again, I'd probably buy a cozy lazy boy or something that could be used elsewhere after. peaches1038 on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589382 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:16:01 +0000 peaches1038 2589382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, agree with pp. especially once they are older and more distractible while nursing, a rocker in the nursery is essential MrsSRS on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589362 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:38:09 +0000 MrsSRS 2589362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I liked the sofa/everywhere for day nursing and nursery glider/bed for night nursing. Mrsbells on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589286 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:28:06 +0000 Mrsbells 2589286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @milag64: a lot of the more tired feeding happens at night so you would want the glider in your room or in the nursery. We had ours in our room at first and then later moved it to LO's room Foodnerd81 on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589265 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:31:50 +0000 Foodnerd81 2589265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I vote you need someplace comfortable to sit in the nursery. We didn't have room for the glider in there because we had the old guest bed in there so I sat on that for nursing at night. I wish the glider could have fit- and like you I'm in a condo where living room and nursery are like five steps away. At night especially I wanted to keep her in the dark with the white noise on so she got the message that it's still night time not play time. mdf106 on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589263 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:29:15 +0000 mdf106 2589263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I did not find it necessary for my first child. I do think it is useful to have at least some reasonable chair set up somewhere private for when visitors are around. With my second a nice chair somewhere private was more important, but it was in our room, not the nursery. daniellemybelle on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589257 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:12:21 +0000 daniellemybelle 2589257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Chair for sure. We still use it twice a day (nap & bedtime) every day for reading & songs before bed. avivoca on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589251 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:48:12 +0000 avivoca 2589251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. It was a must for us. We did bedtime stories in ours once she got older and it was so nice to have a quiet, dark, calm place to retreat to. BabyBoecksMom on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589250 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:46:56 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2589250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I nursed everywhere, but I am SO happy we went with a comfy rocker/glider in the nursery. I spent so much time in that chair and it was well worth it. josina on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589249 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:45:46 +0000 josina 2589249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have a rocker/glider in both our living room and nursery, and I used both often. Having one in the nursery was great for when people are visiting and you'd rather not use a cover, or for MOTN wake-ups. It's not a 'necessity' but it is nice to have... Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589248 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:43:35 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2589248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. Hands down I prefer nursing in his room than the living room day or night. Sometimes baby will look at me while eating and I feel bad if I missed his initial gaze because I was too busy watching TV or looking at my phone. Going from nursing chair to his crib is so quick and easy in the MOTN. Alba4 on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589241 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:26:47 +0000 Alba4 2589241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. You'll use it, I promise. KayKay on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589236 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:23:06 +0000 KayKay 2589236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I did like having a comfortable chair in the nursery for MOTN feedings and to have a dark/quiet place to go once my LOs were older (4m+) and got easily distracted while nursing. Other than that, I nursed plenty of other places in our various houses :) Cole on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589235 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:22:20 +0000 Cole 2589235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We spent the day on the couch but evenings and early mornings in the chair. It's also worth noting that the glued to the seat all sway phase of nursing/having a baby doesn't last that long but the chair will be used for bedtime stories and rocking for a long time to come. Mrs. Pickle on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589232 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:18:20 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2589232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nursery chair. If I took DD into the living room in the middle of the night she would think its time to play. milag64 on "Nursery Chair or no nursery Chair?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-chair-or-no-nursery-chair#post-2589230 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:16:24 +0000 milag64 2589230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am working on setting up my nursery. My friend is advocating strongly for not bothering to put in a chair/glider. Her argument is that it would be more pleasant to nurse in the living room, where I could be watching TV and entertaining myself while nursing. Whereas in the nursery I'd be bored. (I live in a condo where the nursery is about 2 yards from the living room) Experienced parents - what are your thoughts pro or con? Thank you!