Cotbed with drop sides?

[JoyApple]

Hi,

I am short and will struggle to get baby/toddler out of cot bed without the sides dropping.

There seem to be only 2 cot beds on the market in the UK that I can see that have drop sides but both mention it is difficult to do and it makes a loud click noise.

Can anyone recommend one or has any insight/advice please? Thanks

Cots and cot beds tend to have multiple mattress levels, so baby is near the top when immobile, in the muddle whe rolling etc, and not at the lowest level until they are pulling themselves up. Or will even just getting baby into the cot with the mattress at its highest position be tricky?
I don't know why drop sides disappeared, but suspect safety, as they just suddenly vanished.

Yes it was safety thing after some tragic incidents.

As a very short person that has huge babies I was wondering how new vertically challenged Mums were going to cope.

It's fine in the early weeks as they can have the mattress up high but a nightmare in the in between age when you have to pick them up from the bottom position.

Also I had mine close together so once I had a bump again was a nightmare. Couldn't reach the bottom of standard shopping trolleys either

We had continental cots and just took one side off and they used them until they were at least 4 - plenty of room despite being very tall for their age thanks to DH.

That sounds tough! I can't reach bottom of shopping trolley either even when not pregnant, I wait for the smaller trolleys to get empty in Aldi, even if its a 10 min wait.

I haven't used a "normal" trolley in years, about 18 years ago they got even deeper 🙄

Use the little ones.

There was also the time when my toddler was stuck in the toddler seat on a trolley. We'd had to move up from one in the baby seat and one in the toddler seat to the 2 toddler ones. Got her in and then discovered that I wasn't tall enough to lift her out and get the angle right for her legs 😳 never took them shopping again!

For the first six months or so the cot can be on the highest setting. Then drop it down a bit when under one.

Once they can stand you are picking them up by the armpits so don't need to lean over.

I went to the shops to see various options and decided what will work for me is to get a cot bed that is short in height (less than 90cm). The ones that are sleigh designed, the actually frame is lower than 90 due to the design, so that works even better.

Have you tried looking at dropside cots from Yappykids? I have no experience with them but we did buy them (then returned as it came too late and we had a different one sorted already). I'm very short myself haha