Lowering mattress of bedside cot

[Yaya70]

We have a bedside cot (open side next to our bed). DS has started pulling up to standing in his cot, so I now need to lower the base of the cot so that he doesn't fall over the other side. But this means that the mattress will no longer line up with our bed, so there'll be a little step down from our bed to the cot. Just wondered how others in this situation have dealt with this. Thanks in advance!

I put the closed side of the cot against the wall, so the cot us sandwiched between the wall and our bed.

I couldn't nurse comfortably with any difference in the mattress levels as DD stays in her cot and I scoot over to her, feed, then scoot back to my bed.

I did have to drill new holes in the cot to make the mattress level with ours. Worked a treat.

I found dd trying to pull herself up this week too. I've lowered the cot mattress but also put the other side on too so it's just a cot next to the bed rather than a bedside cot IYSWIM. She was starting to wriggle too much and I often woke up with her sideways. I was a bit worried she might wriggle all the way out and down the bed :)

Anyway last night was the first night like this and it was fine but I've realised how heavy she's getting lifting her in and out!

We've raised the cot up to make both mattresses the same level. Essentially the cot legs are on stilts, screwed into the floorboards so it is stable.

Thanks a lot ladies -- all brilliant suggestions. Hadn't thought of putting the cot against the wall or raising the cot up. Will see if one of those options can work.