Tips on how to get my arm out

Looks like he’s sucking to me could you give a dummy once you remove your arm?

he spits it out :( like half the time I offer it to him he gets upset because he likes to soothe on my nipple

Think you just need to keep your arm there for approximately the next 4 months 😅💕

When my daughter feeds to sleep I usually move her head from my arm down to my hand while keeping her close to my body then lay her down from there. That way I only have to remove my hand

At that age idk, you’re probably just stuck but you can work on it by doing smaller movements. What I do now is wait for my son to shift in his sleep and slip out but don’t move my body away from him for a couple more minutes to make sure he is still asleep. Or get him to sleep with him next to me by putting my arm in an extremely uncomfortable position instead of under him.

My girl does the same most of the time. You might have to give it a few more mins until he's in deeper sleep

I take my other hand to support their head, use that arm to lower so bum touches. Lay them back slightly whilst pulling out and keep head slightly raised with other hand and then use the free one to help support head whilst removing other. (That makes sense in my head, no idea how it comes across to others reading it though 🤣)

Adult diapers 🤣

Listen. I use distraction. No you cannot get your arm out smoothly almost ever. So while I’m getting my arm out I do a gentle pat pat pat on the chest or the thigh to soothe him and that has almost always worked. Or just steady gentle pressure on the chest with a flat hand like “I’m here and you’re secure” not like “stay in that bed and go to sleep you punk” 😂 it’s hard to describe over text

The first mistake is having your full arm under. I'd use just your hand on the back of his neck. Way easier to move it back with less movement overall and less likely to wake up from jostling around.

I put my other hand on my bub’s chest with a little bit of weight so he feels secure while I move my hand out from under him. It seems to help. Then I just gradually reduce the weight of my hand on his chest and eventually remove it.

I don’t know if someone else has said this but when this happened when my daughter was a baby I would put my other hand on her belly so she still felt like I was there and like grounded idk lol until I moved my hand from behind her head and then I would slowly lift my hand from her belly

Maybe dim the light put some pink/white noise background on and put a dummy that’ll help x

Raise his head up a bit with your other hand so the commotion doesn’t disturb him.

When you’re putting them down, hold their head up while you’re sliding your hand out

Wrap or place a blanket on his legs, hold his arms/hands with your other hand and hold his jolts so he doesn’t startle himself awake. 😊

Hold his head with the other hand

If u move ur arm and baby wakes up try to pat belly or leg or place arm on top of baby chest or near the cheek

How are you laying him down to begin with? Change it so your whole arm isn’t under his head. Just your hand. Then it should be easier. Or your other hand to support his head then slip your arm out.

Swaddle him tight use a neck pillow for baby's only way I was able to get mines to sleep

I sometimes can't lol

I give my son forehead kisses and slowly pull my arm out. Support with my other hand if needed. He’s 7 months so he’s a little more durable

Dim the light, push your arm into the couch as much as you can before you slide it out, put him down somewhere else. If he wakes let him put himself back to sleep..

I literally just take my arm out and lift my baby and put him in his bassinet
He falls back asleep by soothing him and shushing 🤫
Just keep practicing with him til he gets used to it eventually he will realize you’re gonna be there when he wakes up anyways

I use my other arm to lift her head slightly up. Just enough to get my arm out and make the sound ‘sh sh sh’ while I’m doing it and she normally stays asleep, she may stir but only for a few seconds x

I don’t put my arm under my babies head when side feeding, I raise it high

And when moving them to crib, I lift her by her waist or under arms, then don’t have to worry about getting arms out

😅 Don’t put him down that way. Prior to shifting to this position from holding, move your hand behind head/neck. Then proceed to slowly put baby down and slowly move hand away. This way your arm isn’t under him, but your hand.

I push down the underneath surface to slide my hand out a little easier and then place my hand on their chest to get them to settle for a minute

Turn off the lights so that when he opens his eyes he’s not triggered to be back awake by the bright room. A swaddle would help too. And then if you don’t want to do those things try and position yourself so just your hands are on his bum and neck, easier to slip out.