what do u do with the clothes they outgrow?

ManciniMom · May 2010

save them all for next baby, donate, sell? Do you keep anything?

I am going through about 8 huge containers of clothes so far and not sure what I should do. Makes me a little sad to give it ALL away but dd will be our last child

MegGary · May 2010

If you aren't having anymore donate them.

I've kept most of DD's. I'm sure my next will be a boy born in the winter though. lol Than I'll just give them all to good will I guess.

LynnJones · May 2010

I store them away in case we have a girl the next time around. If I knew we were done then I'd save my favorite clothes to give to my friends when they have kids, then I'd give the rest away.

mieuxmieux · May 2010

I am going to sort them and keep the ones I love, and have a garage sale with the rest.

mollymay38 · May 2010

We will definitely be done after the twins arrive. I will probably consign some of the nicer things (smocked dresses etc). However, I plan to donate the rest. Don't get me wrong....I'll keep a few things (monogrammed items, or those items that mean a lot to me).

adri77 · May 2010

Oh, this is like the worst nightmare for me right now! It's like a full time job! I have 2 boys, so obviously I save DS1's clothing for DS2.....but we want to try for another baby next winter......so I'm saving everything that DS2 has outgrown. I probably have 20 bins of clothing in the basement, 2 in each of their rooms to stash stuff in as they grow out of it/pull stuff out of as DS2 grows into it. I'm constantly reorganizing and in and out of bins. and I KNOW if I start getting rid of the stuff DS2 grows out of, next baby will be a girl. And I also KNOW that b/c I'm going to so much trouble carefully organizing and labeling everything DS2 grows out of, it will be a BOY!!! So, that's what I'm doing, saving everything, storing it in bins in the basement.

hewinked · May 2010

I've kept everything. This baby will be the last one, and if it's not a girl, I will probably donate and give my favorite stuff to a friend that is having a girl.

MrsAmers · May 2010

We're having a garage sale in a couple of weeks, and I have a friend who is pregnant and finding out the sex soon. I'm going to keep one box of "special" clothes for each kid - hand knits, picture outfits, etc.

Anything that doesn't sell at the garage sell or get taken by my friend is going to charity. I literally have over a dozen boxes of clothes on my third floor and I want it gone ASAP!

lmdbww · May 2010

I ebay everything. Whatever I dont sell, I put in the donation box.

bnljane1988 · May 2010

We kept the ones in good condition or that still had tags for #2, just in case we were having another boy - and we are. Otherwise, we'd have given them to friends and donated some. I have several friends who are pregnant right now.

ETA - once DS2 outgrows the clothes, we'll probably keep a handful of our "favorites" and give away/donate the rest.

We have a couple of DH's outfits from when he was a baby (which I love). if our children want them one day, we'll have some of theirs too.

sunnyday016 · May 2010

I'm saving pretty much everything for future LOs (we want a few more Big Smile

), but if we were done I'd be keeping a small amount for sentimental reasons, giving away a bunch, donating/selling the rest.

hersheykiss · May 2010

I am keeping a lot of her nicer things and having them made into a quilt for her that she can use up through her adult years. A lot of her stuff through 6 months that I didn't keep went to a friend of ours who had a baby 4 months after E was born.

RJMbim · May 2010

We plan to get back on the TTC wagon when DD is 2 so I give most of her outgrown clothes away to less fortunate families and keep a few unisex things and keepsakes "look at these shoes; yeah your feet were this big".

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