This chair is fairly comfortable but unfortunately, does not work well in our baby's nursery. The main reason is that when you open it up to recline, it feels and sounds like you are being catapulted into the next apartment. Second, once we rock our baby to sleep in it, it is nearly impossible to put the reclining part down. Something about the mechanism makes it very difficult. I can really only get it closed when I kick it hard, which is impossible to do with a newborn in your hands. So we're going to keep it because it's too much of a hassle to return, but unfortunately, we're unable to use it as a recliner. We're going to have to buy a separate foot rest for it instead.