The chair looks comfortable, especially the short legs, which I wish more
chairs had.

The problem that I have with such things is that they cost a lot and, along
with all of the other "necessary" equipment one needs to do mothering there
is no money for lactation help. The parents feel very poor after putting so
much money into the baby stuff.

In the US there is the must-have "Nursing Rocker." They are very expensive
and are not good for many of my clients.  They have rather high arms, there
is a foot stool (which one must put her feet on) that causes Mother to lean
back, and they don't even "rock;" they glide back and forth. After the
newborn period they will probably be ok, but my clients have the mind-set
that one must feed in the Nursing Glider.

When I was in a great childbirth class the instructor said, " You don't
need a changing table, but you do need a Snugli."  [The original one that
was really good, before they got into making junky ones.] "You don't need a
stoller, but you do need a Snugli.  You don't need a crib but you do need a
Snugli.  You don't need a baby bathtub, but you do need a Snugli." She
would have a lot of other things to add today to the list of what is not
needed.

I had a client whose only equipment was two kitchen chairs and a beat-up
old couch and, surprise!, she was able to feed her baby.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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