scrappy says:
Oh Clairette! Daddio, there is a way to do this with the least amount of stress to both of you...provided your carrier can open from the top! In short, leave the carrier in a closet and wait until Claire is napping, preferably not the bedroom (too easy to hide). Go to her quietly and pick her up, after you take the carrier out...from closet IN ANOTHER ROOM! Bring her to the carrier...if no door on top, place carrier up against a couch with open end up. For some of us, this requires planning...it does for me and Pea!