How to transfer baby to alongside crib after feeding

[SleepyJules]

Ok so initially I sat up in bed to feed my newborn then popped him down in his next to me to sleep... then at 6 weeks he started feeding HOURLY! all night long so after 2 weeks of epic sleep deprivation, delusions and migraines I started cosleeping and lying down feeding. Now he's 4.5 months and sometimes sleeping 2 to 3 hours I'm trying to get him back in his alongside crib... any tips? I can sit up and feed him and put him down into it but if we feed lying down I just can't get under him to pick him up to pop him back in there. I tried feeding him in there and that is contortion! Has anyone mastered the lying down boobing and "slide" back into his crib? There's a lip between the two so can't really slip him in there? Any ideas or am I back to sitting up feeds? Just can't trust myself to stay awake! Thanks in advance xx

I had a thin Moses basket mattress (maybe a sheet would do) and I’d feed one of mine on that rather than my bed/arms. Then I could move the whole mattress across into the side cot without disturbing him.

I find mine (same age) wakes up too if returned to crib. So he mostly just stays in bed with me!

With DS I would hold him after feeding and wait 10 minutes after unlatching until deeply asleep, then put him in cot. Had a sleepyhead in there, might have helped.
There were periods though where I could literally lob him in unbothered, and periods where he was really sensitive to being moved.
I also swaddled him sometimes and would feed him whilst swaddled, and put him back again swaddled so that they’re still warm and snug when going back into cot. (can’t do that with Sleepyhead, too hot)
If he wakes/stirs try patting his bum/side to see if the rythm can get him back off.

Mine's fairly movable 20 mins after falling asleep. (At night. If it's a day nap she wakes every time.)

Can't you just keep him where he is when he falls asleep? That's what I did until he went into his own room.

Thanks peajotter, will have a think about how that might work, kind of like a slide sheet but I might need my partner to take one end!?

He's actually sleeping quite soundly at the moment and 8 out of 10 transfers are successful for daytime naps, it's more I just can't figure out the mechanics when we're both lying down... how to get under him and up and over the little ridge to his own bed! Some people make it sound easy and I wonder if I'm missing something?!

Russell19 at the moment he stays with me and my other half is in the spare room, I'd like to get us all in our right beds, my other half won't cosleep with him. Also I sleep much better with my own space and my duvet up to my chin. Also thinking it would help with transition to his own cot and own room, hopefully in coming months. Ultimately sleep trumps all so until there's a good solution he'll stay with me for most zzzs.

Thanks all :-)

I have the same crib. I feed sitting in bed but toward the morning when the hourly wake ups start I feed laying down. I later regret it as it is much harder to move the babe.
What I do is I slowly get up to sitting, slide one flat palm under the head/neck, other one under bum. Engage your core at this point as these babies be heavy. Just a light lift and then pop him in the crib the same way he's laying. Sometimes work, sometimes I admit to nearly dropping DD in my sleep deprived state (it's like 10 cm. Onto a bed, nothing dangerous).
For me not worth the hassle most feeds so I feed sitting up and then pop her in.

I laid mine on a cellular blanket while I fed them lying down, then slid them using the blanket back into cot. However they all ended up cosleeping in the end.