Do you save your LO's clothes that they have outgrown?

[Andrea]

I have an issue....I have 3 bins and a big bag of Ava's clothes that she has outgrown. I also have stuff hanging in the closet that she has never worn.

I want to save some stuff in case I have another girl, but I really don't know how to downsize. I have donated some clothes, but I really need to get rid of more. I think I am having trouble letting go of it.:blush: I feel dumb. I mean...who knows if I will even have another one and if it will be a girl...or even if the clothes will be the right season/size. Ava was so tiny she didn't wear "her size" until recently.

I have 2 friends that are having girls at the end of the year, and my bff is due in March (doesn't know what she is having yet). I plan to give some stuff to them, but I just don't know what is reasonable to keep and what I can part with.

Do you keep your LO's clothes?
How much do you keep?
How do you decide what to get rid of?

[Goosey]

I threw away anything stained, that was the first thing I did LOL.

I gave away all the clothes for my oldest to a dear friend whose son was having a baby(they were teens)and I knew they had no money and we could always get more so I gave all his stuff to them.

I had another boy LOL and I had a friend who sent me some of her old newborn stuff and I bought other stuff.

My last baby got leftovers from my second son and whatever he couldnt use(because of size or season) was donated to Goodwill(or as my friend and I call it the GW Boutique LOL).

Now that we are having no more babies I gave a bunch away to another girl who had absolutely nothing for her baby to be. I gave away the newborn clothes and the bassinet, gates,etc.

I now have a bunch of stuff to give away again but this time it will go to the GW Boutique as I have no more friends that I am aware of that need boy clothes.

In the end, I figure my boys wont care if I kept a special outfit or not cuz they are boys LOL. As a girl, I might find it neat to see an outfit I wore as a newborn but I realize my boys wont so I dont keep anything.

[Mama Sandy]

Well, we have no plans for more kids at all so I only kept the newborn keepsakes and the rest gets sold or donated as soon as it is outgrown. BUT if we planned on more I would probably keep it all and have more of a problem than you do.Hmmm...that wasn't helpful at all :hehe:

[Leah]

I have kept most of it. I only got rid of anything stained or that I didn't really like...stuff maybe that people gave us that just wasn't our taste. Everything else is in bins and I can't believe how much there is...way more than he needed. I figure once the next baby comes I will sort through it again. I am also kind of itching to get rid of some stuff, but am trying to stop myself until we have another baby.

[Sam I Am]

I have kept all of it. Knowing my luck the minute I start to get rid of anything, I will get preggo and have another girl. The way the economy is right now we can't afford to be dishing out money for more new clothes. So until we are done.. I am keeping it. Thank goodness for a basement to store it all in.

[Elaine]

I gave most of Ben's clothes to a friend of mine who had a baby about a year after Ben was born. I kept all the things I really liked but over 3/4 of his clothes went to her. I got most, if not all, of the clothes back plus all the clothes she had for her son so now we have more than we know what to do with. If we have a boy we're set! :twothumbs:

A lot of the clothes we have for a newborn are gender neutral so either way we're ok for the first few months. I'm not overly picky and a daughter can wear some boys clothes so we can keep some things. Snowsuit and boots will be reused, jeans are fairly neutral, some t-shirts and sweatshirts, that sort of thing.

After this baby we're done so the clothes will be donated to St. Mary's Home along with my maternity clothes. It's a place for young, pregnant girls and young parents (both moms and dads) to get the help and services they need to raise their kids.

[Jojo]

I keep everything :blush: Even some of his grimy newborn clothes. I can not part with those. I remember storing them and crying hysterically as I was folding them. They are very sentimental to me especially his little newborn hat :(

[lilbunnygirl]

My best friend had a boy 5 months after I had Cash, so as he outgrew things I sent them to her. She had another boy 14 months later, and now he's outgrowing the things so she's sending them back to me. Since this baby will be the lost, as they get outgrown for the 4th time, I'll donate or consign them.

[mama2G]

I've already gotten rid of a lot of my daughter's clothes. I consign them. I've kept a few pieces that are sentimental but other than that I'm getting rid of them to make room for more.

[Jojo]

oh and I've gotten rid of things he has never worn and I know I would never use for the next baby. A lot of the stuff would go to my sister if she has a boy and then I'd take them back :hehe:

[Budette]

I saved everything of Talia and Jackson's until I knew the gender of Tasha. Once I did, I gave nearly all of Jackson's things away to moms who had new boys and hadn't had a boy before. I will use all of Talia's for Tasha, and when done with it, will pass it on to someone else in my MOMS club who needs girl items. I do put aside a few of the favorites of every size. I plan on one day making each kid a blanket out of their baby clothes, and hopefully combining it with their future SO's baby clothes, and then giving it to them each for the first baby. If they dont' get married or have babies, oh well. LOL I also want a few pieces for each of them to use with their own children if they see fit.

[Meshell]

So far I've kept everything. I just can't part with it. We don't even plan on having another one for 2 years, so I don't know what I'll do between now and then. His toys, on the other hand, I am always itching to sell.

[Heather]

I also gave mine to a friend who I plan on getting them back from. Several people gave me their hand-me-downs, so I thought I needed to do the same. If I don't have another boy, I'll probably sell them on Craigslist or something. I really do need to at least put some of them in the attic, I can't even get into his closet right now.

[Ashley]

It took until I was pregnant with Lily to really get rid of most of Tyler's. I still have most of hers because we had tons and tons up until this point- now she has nothing after this season is over. :hehe: Time for mommy to shop..

[Andrea]

I think I'm just freaking out a bit because we are going to have to live in a way smaller house in HI. I need to go through things and get rid of a lot, but I think that I would be mad at myself if I got rid of too much.

So I think I will just get rid of the things I don't really like much (gifts) and hang onto the rest of it.:))

[Farah]

I think I'm just freaking out a bit because we are going to have to live in a way smaller house in HI. I need to go through things and get rid of a lot, but I think that I would be mad at myself if I got rid of too much.

So I think I will just get rid of the things I don't really like much (gifts) and hang onto the rest of it.:))
That's what I would do. If all else fails maybe get a storage space for all the baby stuff and extras that won't fit into the house.

I have kept all of Charlie's and will go through them once we find out this baby's gender.

[Jojo]

That seems like a good idea Andrea. Maybe keep some sentimental items that you can't part with. :support::support: