One really fun part of being a new parent is decorating baby's room. I had huge attitude the nursery bedding most places carried. I was appalled by the frilly insanity and just couldn't bear the thought of my child being ensconced in some pink chiffon nightmare. I love what we ended up with - sheets from Pottery Barn Kids handmade into a quilt, bedskirt and little pillow by a dear friend - it's darling and girly without being frou frou. She's got plenty of time to decide to be frou frou, I don't need to inflict it upon her from day one. Anyway, to the point of this post, and something I think is hilarious. We started out with a wicker rocking chair in her room, and for the first 6 or 7 months, we sat in it occasionally, but since she didn't sleep in her room - we didn't spend much time in it. Only when we started putting her to sleep in her crib did I realize that I'd like to be able to sit in her room with her for night feedings, before naps and at bedtime - thinking the rocking chair would be wonderful - wrong-o. It was uncomfortable, loud and trying to get stand up without almost falling over and dropping her was a joke. So we got rid of the rocker and replaced it with the chair below.
Perfect, I thought, it's wide enough for us to fit comfortably, looks cute and most importantly - it's free (from my ma)! Wrong again, the ONE time I tried to night feed her in this chair, instead of snuggling up with me, she got distracted by the dang thing - she stared at the pattern, kicked it, bit it and generally oohed and aahed over it, normally I find her curiousity endearing and wonderful, but not at 3:37 am. Well, the chair remains in her room, and she still bites it and pulls herself up on it - but do we sit in it?
No, we sit here. In the middle of the night, before naptime...
At least 2 sometimes 3 times a night I sit, completely uncomfortable, in this teeny, tiny, armless, cushionless, but non-distracting child's wooden chair. Needless to say, I'm on the hunt for an attractive, but not too exciting, armless chair for her room. Preferably adult size.
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