New Chair

Since I've been pregnant, I've found that every passing week brings more concern about being ready for our second little boy to arrive. I've also found that the heartburn at night is becoming increasingly unbearable. Every week I am up and out of bed several times at night... trying to prop myself up on pillows on the couch so that I don't have to lay flat. It works okay at first, until I inevitably wake up with a sore neck. I have spent many weeks with an average of four hours of sleep already, and that just isn't working for me. My baby boy is always very active overnight though, so we have a lot of conversations during the witching hours. :)

So, everytime I obsessed on being ready for Little Bit to arrive, it was a pretty fast conclusion that the first step was to find a chair. One that I can start using while I'm still pregnant to help the heartburn problem too.

I'm a picky chair person. Traditional gliders and rocking chairs aren't really my cup of tea. I wanted something extremely cushiony... something that I can fall asleep in now, and while holding either of my boys. My sister told me years ago about her LaZBoy, and how nice it was. I've always pictured myself with that kind of chair too.

We decided to take advantage of Labor Day weekend deals and went chair shopping all weekend. The first place we went was LaZBoy, but they didn't have any chairs with the gliding motion that were comfortable enough. So we left, with the model number of an incredibly comfortable chair that didnt' glide, and pursued the perfect chair elsewhere. But nothing else measured up! I sat in at least 50 chairs... and let me tell you, it is not so easy to sit down and stand up that many times right now!

Well, that night I had a dream. One of the most comforting vivid dreams I have ever had. In my dream I was holding my Little Bit in the chair we'd sat in at LaZBoy. I could feel him, I could smell him, I could hear him. And we were so comfortable and happy. I had this dream several times through the night, sometimes Charlie or Andy were there too. I decided that it was my brain's way of telling me that this chair was just perfect.

So we went back, we tested out the rocking motion... it is very, very easy to rock back and forth. The arms are at the right height, the reclining is easy, and the back of the chair cushions your head. And, we could put a swivel base on it so that it can turn around and do a side to side motion as well.

So, hopefully next week, my new chair will join the furniture in my room. I am so glad to have found this chair that I've been way too worried about!