How to Move a Sleeping Baby?!?!

I used to pat her back and the once I carefully laid he down with her head in the corner of the crib or bassinett, up against the pad,I would pat her bottom a little bit longer..

What worked for us both times:
- Dry diaper and tight swaddle before nursing
- Burp and rub the back until they are settled again (leaving the baby over your shoulder)
- One hand under the head, one under the tushy- lower your body (while still snuggling the little one close to you) as far into the crib as you can go
- Tushy down first then slowly put the head down
- Put your hands gently on the baby for a minute after so they don't "stir" themselves awake!

Hi Mama
Slowly and quietly is the key and they should not wake up.

I think if they do it is probably wind so make sure she gets a good burp even if she is asleep.

B. k

It depends on the kid. My kids if you were gentle and sneaky that would wake them up every time. Pretty sure we could have made a tossing chain to the crib and the child would have slept through it. Not sure why there are differences but even now if you sneak around my kids they notice but you could have a marching band run through and they don't bat an eye.

What I did do was when they were done, walked with an over the shoulder burping. Sure they were awake when I laid them down again but they just squirmed a bit till they found their comfort spot and fell back asleep.

Put feet down first. When head first, which is easier for us, babies have the sensation of falling, so instinctual startle response wakes them. And do it SLOWLY! Another tip is to warm sleeping spot with something so not going from warm body to cold sheets. We used blanket or my pillow which had added benefit of my scent which gave illusion of closeness.
All that being said, if she squirms & wakes up she may fall back to sleep on her own. This way she has best of both worlds- security of falling asleep in your arms but also develops skill off falling back to sleep on her own. This will help when she is older. We didn't do this last part with our 4 year old but sure wish we did. He still calls for me when he wakes up in middle of the night, thankfully not often anymore.

See what Krista P said. Additionally, have enough swaddling around him so that when you lay him down on the bedding the shock of the colder bedding won't wake him up. You are so much warmer that the bedding that the cooler bedding will cause them to wake up just like you would wake up if someone put a cold blanket on you if you were sleeping without one.

My wife would also put her hand on his back. I think it helped because her hand was warm and supplied a little pressure.

Good luck to you and yours.

After I'd fed my daughter (and she drifted off to sleep already, like how you say), I'd burp her still, and then put my left arm under her head/neck, and wrap the right arm around her tush. Slowly removing her from my shoulders, I'd gently swing my arms in a wavy motion for a couple of minutes. During this time, I'd also slowly walk to the edge of the crib.
Then, with the same swaying motion, would gently lower her into the crib. Tush first, head next. And continue to gently rub her tummy or pat for a few more minutes.
Usually worked for us.

Proper swaddling. When you're holding her and nursing, your arms are around her and she's restrained from moving. Then you put her down and loosen your grip, and suddenly she can squirm. If she's well swaddled, she will still feel that close hugging sensation once you've put her down, and won't be able to squirm and wake herself up. She'll be wrapped up alike a little burrito, and feel the same comfy closeness she felt in the womb.

I tend to lower her into her crib and pray. :)

Seriously, you're supposed to put them to bed awake, but drowsy. Never works in my house. So we do like previous posters said... I unlatch her and hold her for a few minutes. Then lower her in her crib, touching her as long as I can. Then put my hand on her, so she still feels contact with me.