All Those Clothes

[wegrowsheep]

So, now that most of us have accumulated a few baby items that no longer fit, what's your clutter solution for the bulk of it?


I kept DS#1's clothing for this guy, and have it stowed away in rubbermaid boxes, sorted by size and labeled.
I'm giving away or selling all of it as he outgrows it, save for his coming home outfit. SIL has a LO 8 weeks younger, so she's getting most of it.

[pghtruelove]

I'm keeping for future, but honestly keeping to continue to wear! I'm still obsessed with my maternity tank tops! They are so long and stretchy. I don't think I'll ever go back!

[turtletyme]

I am saving a few sentimental items and donating and selling the rest. We hate clutter, and I buy everything on sale, so it's not worth it to me to save stuff for another kid... particularly since nothing is gender neutral.

[littlemissgrump]

I am saving my favorites, passed on the gender neutral stuff to a friend who is having a girl, and donating the rest to my h's work. MH works with refugees so there is always families with lots of children who are in need of clothing.

With the baby gear we will consign it, donate it, or pass it on to my friend or sister who is hoping to start foster care.

I always knew this but I can't believe how little time babies use their stuff for. He is out is his bassinet and RNP already. We'll probably have to transition him to a convertible seat sooner than planned because he is so big.

(Ugh, sorry for the super long response!)

[baileybaileybne]

I'll hand down a lot but there are things I'll keep for sentimentality too. I also want to keep some things for the next one. Hoping it's a girl just so I can use them again!

[tiffbot]

Currently keeping everything! When we know we are done I'll see if any friends will want stuff and whatever I can't get rid of will just be donated somewhere.

[mrsmonogrammed]

DD is our first so we will keep everything as she outgrows it...luckily when we purchased our home we made sure to choose one with lots of storage space. Babies come with a lot of crap!!

[PurpleIris]

ThredUp! They send you a bag, you put the clothes (kids and women's) in and send it back and they give you money. They don't take all brands but I've made about $80 so far, which I spent buying stuff from them (great deals!). I think I have a $20 referral code (you get $20 to spend, I get $20) message me if you're interested. A mom friend recommended it to me, she has 4 kids and uses it a lot too.

[Widget123]

we have tons of unused stuff but im saving it for a friend or a family member, although i dont know who that will be yet. i was really upset when my SIL sold a lot of her baby stuff at a yard sale for pennies without asking us if we wanted to buy it first, even though i recognize she had the right to do so. a lot of our stuff is still in nearly new condition, and even though we dont have space im not going to sell it on the cheap.

eTA my mom still has some of the toys my brother and i played with when we were kids and she has broken some out for DD- they are some of her favorites. i might try to keep a few things so we could do that too someday

[Deleted]

I'm donating everything to our nannies church group the only outfit I kept so far is her little newborn take home outfit. That is so small I'm going to keep it in her baby scrapbook

[erbear]

I have a few things I'm going to try to sell that are just nms, but I saved everything she outgrew. If we had a second baby, it would likely be another summer baby with our IVF timing. If it's not a girl, I'd take out a few pieces and sell the rest. Plus, I think newborn sleepers fit the bitty baby American girl dolls and I want to buy her one of those!

[periwinkledaydreams]

Honestly, most of her onesies have gotten poo stained and scrubbed and washed repeatedly so many times before she had a chance to grow out of them, and thats the majority of what shes worn all summer.. so those wont be going to goodwill or anywhere but the bin once they dont fit anymore. We have a few cute newborn outfits that she grew out of so quick she only wore once or twice a piece so those will get donated, but all her 0-3 outfits we're definitely getting our full wear out of.

[periwinkledaydreams]

Chances are Ill keep a couple things cause Im really sentimental (as in I keep things.. in boxes.. and move across the country for years repeatedly.. its problematic) but not with intentions of them being for future children. Baby gear may stay at my parents house intended for future neices/nephews perhaps. Im pretty much hopping on the one and done train.

[ravinraven216]

We're keeping about 60-75% of clothes and passing on the rest. One of DH's co-workers has a baby on Sunday, so now we have someone local to pass things to. Our family in Kentucky brought us tons of hand-me-downs, but those were from late summer/early autumn babies and much smaller than our chunky monkey, so we hardly used anything (though there is a 0-3 sleeper with turtles on it that may "accidentally" get left behind). They're getting sent back down south Labor Day weekend for a friend's October baby.

[kemdupuis]

Since B is our first, I'm planning on storing everything organized by size for future LOs. I am a sucker for really nice baby clothes, and have invested way too much to just donate it. Luckily, everything is still in really good shape so we'll definitely be able to use it again or consign it if our next one is the opposite gender.

[carolyngrace]

littlemissgrump, I was just wondering when we will have to switch carseats! I need to move the shoulder straps up to the highest setting soon. And it's getting almost too heavy to cary with him in it. I agree, you use everything SO briefly.

[Girlymama79]

We have a big storage room so I'll keep it all and see if we can have another

[dmoney]

This is baby number 1 for us, so we are keeping it incase baby number 2 is a little girl. I have gone out and purchased the huge Ziplock bags and have things labeled as Newborn, 0-3, 3-6, 6-9, and 9-12 for now. When DD outgrowns a size it goes into the appropriate bag and then the bags are stored in a large tote. Clothes that are to big are in their respective bags waiting to be taken out. Everything was washed when we first got them, but we might re-wash them when it is time to wear.

My sister recently sold stuff at a tot-swap, but you only make 60 cents to the dollar. Most of the stuff she sold was clothing and only went for 1-2 dollars. Once we are done having children we might go down that route, or we might just donate the clothing and take the tax cut.

[sunnyb]

I'm between a few options. Im keeping some of my favorites because I'm sentimental and also we haven't completely ruled out having another child. I'm also passing many things on to some friends.

[wifedeangel]

We are done, so once Baby Noy is done, everything will be consigned or donated. We're so tight on space, the only thing we'll be keeping is the tiny coming home outfit.

[musicfrk2002]

Not quite sure yet, depends on if we come to a decision on having more kids.

My cousin is due in 2 weeks with a boy, so we may pass things that way, otherwise they will be donated. Right now the stuff he outgrows is just tossed in a basket.

[Deleted]

I just donated all our NB things to a newborn baby who was abandoned in the NICU on one of the new cases at work. I usually consign stuff we are finished with.

[mcp6286]

My child has a ridiculous amount of clothes, between the stuff my cousin gave us as hand-me-downs, what I bought, and gifts. I am keeping the things she actually wore - the leggings, onesies, sleepers, etc. I'm consigning all the stuff that proved useless. Once we find out if Baby P #2 is a boy or a girl, I'll decide what to do with all of it. FX for another girl - I bought WAY too much stuff!!!

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Aug 21, 2015 19:22:09 GMT -5 budders said:

Aug 21, 2015 17:15:31 GMT -5 @jimbobcooter said:

I just donated all our NB things to a newborn baby who was abandoned in the NICU on one of the new cases at work. I usually consign stuff we are finished with.

How heartbreaking! Poor baby.

I know. But from what I know about the mom, it's probably a good thing.  I think they've already IDed a foster/adopt family for him to discharge to when he's ready so he'll have regular cuddling from here on out.

[thecatsmeow]

We are keeping for the next one. I tried to stay neutral with my purchases, or if it was boy clothing just avoided masculine sayings. I am not big on pink or frills, so probably fortunate I got to stock up on little boy clothes! 

[ThePalindromicOne]

Aug 20, 2015 12:47:04 GMT -5 PurpleIris said:

ThredUp! They send you a bag, you put the clothes (kids and women's) in and send it back and they give you money. They don't take all brands but I've made about $80 so far, which I spent buying stuff from them (great deals!). I think I have a $20 referral code (you get $20 to spend, I get $20) message me if you're interested. A mom friend recommended it to me, she has 4 kids and uses it a lot too.

I have the biggest beef with ThredUp right now!  If you use it, make sure you read through ALL the fine print and FAQs.  I sent them 2 suit sets (with tags on), but it turns out they don't accept "multiple piece outfits" so instead of sending me the suits back, they kept the pants and sent me the blazers the back... WTF - I could've sold that or donated it for more than they gave me for the 2 pairs of pants and skirt!  Anyway - just be careful.

[Flick]

I went to walmart friday night with the girls and overheard a mom struggling with the decision to buy clothes for her newborn granddaughter or clothes for her youngest going to college. I gave her my number and told her that my newborn stuff is hers if she wants it.

[gilder40]

Just wanted to throw this out there. My friend had a quilt made of her girls' baby clothes. She picked her favorites and had one made for each girl. Super cool version of the t-shirt quilt.

[silv3rlining]

Saved most/all of DSs clothes. I'm mostly saving LOs clothes too. DH is "done" but we decided to wait 2 years before making a permanent decision. The past week or so I've definitely been feeling not done. So we'll see.