This chair is great. I'm 5'10 and the back is high enough that I could have held my child and rest my head on the back of it comfortably. I did have an issue with the first one we ordered in that the leg rest did not pop out and would get stuck, seems like a screw or something was just a tad too long and catching. We would have to kick it and it would pop the rest of the way out. Would not have been great to do while holding our daughter. I contacted Wayfair and they just sent me a brand new chair, did not even ask for the old one to be returned. Wayfair was quick to handle the issue too, I had a new glider in my house less than a week after the first chair should up.