The Best Nursing Chairs
Whether you’ve chosen to breastfeed or bottle feed or a mix of both, you know you’re going to spend countless hours sitting down feeding you baby.
Finding the right nursing chair that is not going to wreck your back is a must. You need a very comfortable, easy to clean chair that will fit your nursery.
We’ve selected our favorites maternity chairs here.
Serenity Nursing Glider Maternity Chair with Footstool
For a classic and comfortable rocking chair for nursery designing, look no further than the nursing glider chair by Serenity.
With beautiful wooden traditional spindle back design frame, and comfortable cream white colored corduroy cushions, this nursery chair would look at home in any traditional style baby’s room.
This chair has a safe, smooth and quiet glide, as well as 7 recline positions. The arm height is ergonomically designed to assist with nursing, and the cushions offer plenty of comfortable support, and have convenient pockets for storing your phone, a book, or snacks.
The wooden frame is available in either natural wood or in painted white. The frame has smooth, rounded edges and made of sturdy wood which is well designed to glide and recline safely.
The cushion materials is soft and conforms to Fire and Furnishings Regulations. Because it comes semi assembled, where you need only attach the back, arm and cushions, it is easy to put together on your own without hassle.
The dimensions of the assembled chair are 109 cm high, 68 cm wide, and 72 cm deep.
Wing Chair and Footstool by STRANDMON
When you want a nursing armchair that is comfortable to feed baby in, but that can also grow with your family, this simple wingback armchair by Ikea just might be what you’re looking for.
The high back on this chair provides extra support for your neck, while the arms provide support for your arms while feeding baby. The small nursery chair size allows it to work in either the baby’s room or the living room. With medium grey color and simple design, it is easy to work into a nursery design scheme.
Easily customisable with your choice of pillow and throw blanket to make this baby feeding chair your own. The stool is optional, so if you already have a stool you like or want to select a different style, either also from Ikea or from another company, you have that option available. Ikea’s line Strandom also offers a very similar stool but with storage inside.
If you are an environmentally conscious consumer, buying from Ikea is a good choice. All of the cotton Ikea uses since September 2015 for their products comes from are sustainably sourced. The cotton is either recycled, or grown with less water, chemical fertilisers and pesticides, which increases the profit margin for farmers. This chair comes with a 10 year guarantee.
The dimensions of it are 105 cm tall, 74 cm wide, and 54 cm deep.
Blick Ducon Lounge Chair and Footstool
If you are interested in finding a chair for a baby nursing chair that fits into a minimalistic style, the miljä line lounge chair and footstool set by Blick Ducon is the perfect choice. The modern Scandinavian look is very clean and calming, which is ideal as a chair for baby room design.
Minimalist furniture nursing chairs have a reputation as being cold or uncomfortable, but that is certainly not the case with the carefully molded and well cushioned ergonomic design of this chair. When you buy from Wayfair, you are able to get the look for less, with fast shipping and outstanding customer service.
This chair is easy to match to your room’s color scheme as it is available in 8 beautiful colors; oatmeal beige, dark and light grey, lime green, burnt umber, turquoise, and mustard yellow. Easily work this chair into the living room later on. The stool can be used as additional seating as well. The dimensions of the chair are 65cm tall, 60cm wide, and 72 cm deep.
Gaia Serena Rocking/Feeding Chair
Beautifully contoured with classic styling, the Gaia Baby Serena nursery rocking chair will add a contemporary feel to any nursery or living space.
This chair is the ideal shape for a nursery, as it will grow with you and your child. The ergonomic design to provides optimum comfort as a nursing rocking chair with extra lumbar cushion and padded armrests, while the generously sized seat easily accommodates both parent and child for bedtime reading.
The durable woven polyester upholstery of the armrests is removable for easy washing, and comes in a choice of soft oatmeal or dove gray. The legs are a solid birch, contoured for a smooth rocking motion.
The optional matching footstool features a practical storage compartment for your bedtime books or spare burp clothes.
The dimensions of the chair are 94 cm tall, 78 cm wide, and 81 cm deep.
More4Homes Swivel Recliner Massaging Chair and Footstool
While not advertised as a nursing chair specifically, this chair is affordable and highly appropriate for nursing in. The Tuscany Swivel Recliner has an built in 8 point massager and great back support.
Can you think of a better way to spend your postpartum nursing chair sessions than reclined with back support and a massage?
Aside from back support and a foot stool, one of the most important things while you’re nursing is having comfortable support for your arms. While most breastfeeding chair recliners tend to look big and bulky, this one actually looks sleek and modern, without compromising on the comfortable cushioning. The design of this recliner stays sleek with the use of curved wooden legs which swivel, making reaching for your water or phone easy while you nurse.
The material is a bonded leather, available in either black, dark brown, or white. The reclining push tension is adjustable, so that you can customise how hard or softly you need to push back in order to reach a reclined position.
The 8-point massager includes massages the body at the upper back, lower back, thighs, and legs. It has 2 intensity settings and 5 different massaging modes! T
he design of this chair is strong and long lasting, however it does not come preassembled. Included in the package are all the necessary parts and a set of instructions, but you may need a second person to get it all set up. This brand offers good customer service, and will quickly help you to replace and missing or broken pieces.
The total dimensions are; 103 cm tall, 79 cm wide, and 78 cm deep.
