https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:21:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair/page/2#post-1978591 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:30:58 +0000 LindsayInNY 1978591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: Did it come fabric covered? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair/page/2#post-1978352 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:15:30 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1978352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has been saying for years that she wants to give me the wood rocking chair that she used for all of us kids. It looks a lot like the one @Charm54 posted and I have never found it particularly comfortable. I may have to go the 2 chair route and get a glider for the nursery anyway and maybe put the rocking chair in our living room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1978195 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:32:12 +0000 Charm54 1978195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have DHs grandmother's rocking chair that she rocked her babies and grand babies in.</p> <p>It was perfect for us - but DD was/is a great sleeper and I bottle fed. </p> [attach=2503/14/ngdc9p.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1978120 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:29:52 +0000 ktdid23 1978120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the rocker that was given to my mom at her baby shower while she was pregnant with me. It's solid wood and gorgeous. I spent lots of hours in it and still sometimes rock my 4 year old when she asks. It's not as uncomfortable as you'd think :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1978097 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:50:38 +0000 Snowdrop 1978097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: that nursery is just gorgeous :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1978094 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:45:32 +0000 Mrs. J 1978094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: I always nurse in bed, pretty much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1978090 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:43:50 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1978090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lovejoy: aha moment! now I know what the rockers are called.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wayfair.com/Carolina-Cottage-Victoria-Bentwood-Rocking-Chair-1190-CN1748.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wayfair.com/Carolina-Cottage-Victoria-Bentwood-Rocking-Chair-1190-CN1748.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1978086 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:29:58 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 1978086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bentwood rocker and love it! Now granted we did nurse in bed quite often, and I used a pillow when using the rocker. But I love it! It is fabric covered, but still "old school" :-) </p> [attach=2634/14/ngd6lz.600x400.image.jpg] [attach=2634/14/ngd6m2.600x400.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977715 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:34:40 +0000 Astro Bee 1977715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went and sat in various chairs this weekend, and DH agreed with me that a fully upholstered glider (i.e. no visible wood) is the only way (for us) to go. So much more comfy (we're envisioning many hours of sitting there with baby) and the fact that it looks like a regular upholstered chair means we can use it in our family room after. Both come down to practicality for us, however, I happen to also like the look of upholstered chairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977691 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:06:54 +0000 loveisstrange 1977691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an old school rocker. It belonged to DH's great-grandmother. I refinished and reupholstered it when I was pregnant, to match the nursery. I like it so much more than a glider! </p> [attach=1353/14/ngcdri.450x600.419403_2876968365726_1751599769_n.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977687 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:02:54 +0000 Mrsk 1977687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ah! My dh is the same! And I feel the same as pp's! I want something comfy! His parts had a couple old wooden ones and hd is convinced they are the best thing since sliced bread! I'm not sure how we will solve this, maybe put the old rocker in the living room and a comfy chair in the nursery....but then I'd have an old rocking chair in my living room....men, they are just so funny in what they focus on eh? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977432 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:31:38 +0000 HeartAbandoned 1977432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby isn't here yet, so I can't speak from experience, but we have an old school rocker in our bedroom like the one below. We also have a glider in the nursery. </p> <p>If you can manage to have both, that would be my suggestion. That way your DH can rock the baby in the rocking chair like he imagines, but you can also have a comfortable place to nurse! </p> <p>We bought the rocker at a furniture consignment store a few years ago. </p> [attach=246/14/ngc3sq.497x499.Screen-Shot-2014-12-09-at-4.28.08-PM.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977410 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:21:37 +0000 CakeLady 1977410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to echo what the previous posters said. DH and I both spend so, so, so much time in the glider and have said on many occasions how glad we are that we splurged on a comfy, soft one. </p> <p>We actually have 2 wooden rockers in other rooms - I use them for nursing occasionally, but they aren't so comfy. Also, as DS has gotten bigger and more wiggly, I worry about him bumping his head and kicking his feet on the hard wooden arms. In short, not a fan. If you were closer, I'd offer to let you take one of them off our hands :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977321 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:30:22 +0000 jape14 1977321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lbee: prompted me to come over and chime in on this thread! I did the math via BabyConnect and, in 14 weeks, I have spent time equivalent to over 14 days nursing. So, I think it's sweet that you want to honor your husband's preference, but get a comfy chair! I fractured my tailbone during delivery (2 hours of pushing, baby with a 99th percentile head circumference) and sitting down even on a comfy couch, bed, etc. was an absolute nightmare for the first 5 or so weeks. A hard wooden rocking chair? I couldn't have done it. Even beyond just nursing itself or MOTN wakeups, there have been many, many times where baby will only nap on me, falls asleep nursing and I don't want to risk the transfer when he hasn't napped well all day, etc. The first time that happens to your husband in the comfortable chair, he will be thanking you for resisting the wooden one! (My husband sat in our rocking chair with our son during a 1.5 hour nap this past weekend.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977195 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:51:09 +0000 bushelandapeck 1977195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one that was given to us by friends. I did use it with DS and had a large pillow that I used for a cushion. It wasn't 100% comfortable but it was free and it worked so we didn't care :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977180 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:43:31 +0000 Smurfette 1977180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has he sat in a rocker for 30+ mins? I would take him shopping and let him sit and feel the difference. And if you are going to nurse, you get more vote in my opinion since you are the one that is going to be in the chair not him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977176 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:39:34 +0000 NeekieRose 1977176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I was planning on using a rocker, the one that MIL used for DH. But the more I sat in it while pregnant, the more I realized that it was not going to be comfortable. We still have the rocker, it's just in the guest room. </p> <p>I would suggest taking DH to go look at gliders, recliners, and rocking chairs. Let him sit in all the different ones and see what he really wants to spend a bunch of time in. I was dead set on using the rocker because I loved the look of it and its sentimental value (sounds similar to how you DH feels), but so glad my practical side won out. The rocking recliner we got is soooo comfortable. DH (and I) have fallen asleep rocking DD many a times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977156 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:26:31 +0000 Anagram 1977156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: <a href="http://shop.crackerbarrel.com/Furniture-Furniture-Home/b/6060235011?ie=UTF8&#038;title=Furniture" rel="nofollow">http://shop.crackerbarrel.com/Furniture-Furniture-Home/b/6060235011?ie=UTF8&#038;title=Furniture</a></p> <p>;-) Guess you can drive out to CT one weekend and let DH pick a rocking chair from Cracker barrel!</p> <p>Or, you can try showing him this thread. I actually didn't use my glider much for nursing (since I moved to EPing by 3 months), but it's still my favorite chair in the living room and I sit on it every day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1977065 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:41:05 +0000 Mama Bird 1977065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you pick out a rocker, are you going to order it online or will you get to try it out? I had a wooden rocker with fabric pads, and it was sooooo comfy! Too bad my little brother liked it so much he broke it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976983 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:00:32 +0000 looch 1976983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Could be, I have no idea of the proper name, as you can tell! I love it because the footprint is quite small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976982 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:59:48 +0000 LindsayInNY 1976982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: That would be the best option. I'll have to see if there's any way to make that work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976981 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:59:32 +0000 MaryM 1976981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: sounds like a platform rocker...which I also prefer. The base of the chair doesn't move and it doesn't have the long runners a rocking chair has, but it has the same movement. </p> <p>Gliders give me motion sickness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976973 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:54:40 +0000 looch 1976973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a super old one, and the only reason why I like it is that it isn't a traditional rocker, the chair is stationery and the seat moves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976963 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:48:01 +0000 Greentea 1976963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If money were no object I would get a weeks rocker (gary weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976950 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:40:39 +0000 MaryM 1976950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Is there room in your room for a second chair?</p> <p>We have a small traditional rocker in our room (because my mom downsized and I loved how short the chair was). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976937 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:33:22 +0000 LindsayInNY 1976937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: I'm trying to think if there's a way to have BOTH a comfy glider and an old school rocker. Our place isn't that big so it might be happen. I'm wondering about maybe doing something comfy initially, while nursing, and replace it with a rocker when LO is older and not nursing? But we also plan for 2 so I dunno... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976933 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:32:51 +0000 LBee 1976933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: Last night I almost rocked myself to sleep.... yet DS was wide awake just staring at me, smiling behind his paci. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976931 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:32:05 +0000 LBee 1976931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: It's a big decision! We had something like that for our wedding - the one thing my husband requested was so random (men...) and I just went with it. It was actually for a (rather expensive) food that I don't even eat. BUT, it felt so important that he was being involved and I felt like I had to oblige. </p> <p>What about getting a comfy chair to replace one of your chairs outside your LO's room? Actually, I do all the rocking in our household and would HAPPILY get my husband a rocking chair if he was willing to promise me he'd do the rocking at night. I don't even want to add up the amount of time I've spent rocking him recently (4 month regression talking over here). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976926 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:27:34 +0000 ShootingStar 1976926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Haha, I kind of misspoke in my post. I meant that I spend hours in one sitting, lol. We have often done 2-3 hour naps with him in the chair. Two nights ago I almost had to spend the entire night there. DS was inconsolable due to teething and wouldn't let me put him down until after 1 a.m. I was about to just go to sleep for the night :silly: . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rocking-chair#post-1976924 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:25:46 +0000 LindsayInNY 1976924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Good point... It's the one/only request he's had for that room though :/ I just don't *love* the look of it in what I envision the room to be.</p> <p>@MaryM: I'm short and never thought of that... Will definitely need to consider size/height!</p> <p>@LBee: As you can see from my above comments, I'm torn. I know I'll be in it more than DH but he envisions rocking LO in it. I don't think he's factoring in the nursing part and time commitment? I don't love the look of it for the room really but it's the only thing he's asked for. :/ </p>