Goodbye Chair

Luke has never slept in his bed...EVER. When he was a baby we had to constantly rock him and hold him. He wouldn't sleep in his crib either. Once he got big enough he started sleeping in a recliner which we bought when we moved into this house (March '10) It was an awesome recliner so I know why he liked it so much. At first we were able to put a water proof pad under his blanket to protect it. After what I like to call "his Autism kicked in" he could tell something was under it and started tearing it off. We could no longer keep it protected.

So we went and bought a shampooer with a hand tool to clean the furniture as well. That seemed to help but we were cleaning everything about once a week maybe every two weeks if we were lucky. The smell started building, the stains weren't coming out but he wouldn't leave his chair....

Finally we broke down and ordered a new chair, a cheap one from online. Didn't see the point in paying for an expensive chair that he will ruin anyway. Well we got exactly what we paid for..its small, hard as a rock, doesn't rock and only reclines.

Guess who hates the new chair?! I am happy he doesn't like the chair because frankly he is too big for it, he needs to sleep in something more comfortable (was hoping his bed HA). But this chair sucks!!!!!! So now he wont touch and and we don't want to either! lol I rather have old stinky back in the house I think. What a waste of money.

Luke is a little out of sorts, he knows its not "his beloved chair" but all in all he seems ok with it other than refusing to sit down. Not sure how this is going to play out but I just envision him wanting to hug his old stinky chair. He LOVED that chair. Its starting to rain here and I keep asking myself...go out and get old stinky before it gets super messed up? Try to clean it one more time???
But then he will want to go back to rocking and sleeping in it. What is a momma to do?!

Sniffle....Goodbye chair. You were good to us for almost 3 years!