Story Time

Ever since I can remember (which is obviously not to long) we have been reading books to Sofia before bed time. When she was a baby, it really didn't feel natural to me to read to someone who had no idea what I was talking about and was not likely to comprehend any of it any time soon. Ray, I think probably enjoyed it even less seeing as he is not too keen on the whole reading thing. But we did it religiously every night sitting in our big PB Dream Rocking chair. As Sofia got bigger, I don't know if it was so much in physical size as in ego size. She no longer wanted to sit on my lap while I read. She would make her own space next to me on the rocker and would often complain that I was in her space. Through elbows to the ribs and heels to the thigh, we managed for every bed time story until Marcelo came along when we moved the rocking chair to his room. We replaced it with "Pepe", the PB stuffed animal seat (good finds at Downeast) and created Sofia a cute little reading nook of her own. We had to start sitting on the floor to read stories as she sat in her little "Pepe" throne to listen. Sometimes if I was lucky she would allow me to be a seat for her and she would sit on my cross legs with book in front of her. I welcomed her generous gift of human touch but it sure sucked for my back.


As Marcelo emerged out of newborness, I started wanting to read to both of them at the same time and my back really wanted to sit on the rocking chair but there was no way on the planet all three of us could sit in there and read a book so Sofia would sometimes have to sit on the floor. I couldn't stand the site of her sitting on the floor while me and Marcelo sat comfortably on the chair reading the story as though she had been stepped down to a peasant. Story time is our only time to really spend time together and be close each day so I went on a search for a modern rocking chair that would fit all three of us. Luckily the stars were aligned in my favor for once and the previously unattainable Nurseryworks Story time rocker was 50% off! This never happens to me. So we got in the brightest orange color I have ever seen to go in Marcelo's room. OK maybe I should have been a bit more practical and gotten it in a neutral color so we could put it in any room but that would have made too much sense.

I really like this rocker for the purpose it was made for, "story time". It's not such a good rocker for nursing for obvious reasons, low back, low arm rests. I'm still on the look out for the elusive modern, fully upholstered glider for nursing and waking up at night that is not a thousand dollars. But this rocker makes it so nice to be able to sit all together and not make Sofia feel like the third wheel. She was so excited for it when it arrived and she totally loves it too and it doesn't even matter to her that it's not in her room. Maybe this will answer to people when they walk in our house and ask us where the big flat panel TV is they expect to find.