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selling baby things is so hard

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After 2+ years TTC #2, DH and I resolved to celebrate our family of 3 and move on.  This was back in June and since then, DS turned 3, is totally potty trained and going to Pre-School 3 days a week.  He is a big boy - no denying it anymore.  ;)

So - it's probably time to sell the walker, jumperoo, high chair, etc that are collecting dust and cluttering the basement.  But everytime I think of letting these things go, I am overwhelmed with sadness.  

I'm sure this is hard for a lot of people (IF aside) so . . . how did you do it?

Have any of you sold baby things?  Was it hard?  How did you get through it?

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  • VTbride05VTbride05 member

    I was JUST thinking about this (and going to write a blog post for mamasaysvermont.org that I write for).

     

    I have baby food jars that we don't need, but they are still out and ready for baby food. I have my nursing pads. I dont know why, I can NOT throw them away.

    I have given away most of our baby stuff, but it's been hard and it's  not getting easier :(

     

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  • Spin313Spin313 member
    Hugs! I haven't dealt with IF but I think it's different for everyone, whether you've been through IF or not. Some IF moms I know are eager to purge, some aren't.

    I'm doing my third mom to mom sale this weekend. The first was a little hard, letting my son's baby stuff go, but afterwards I really appreciated gaining space and money!

    If you do get a surprise bundle in the future, you can always buy new stuff.
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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member

    Honestly, we have given almost everything to friends/family that have had babies after us.  My ILs took a few things to have as extra's at their house (at the time, neither of my SILs had babies so they were planning ahead - My SIL has twin boys now so the stuff has been used often).  I passed clothes onto friends and the gender neutral stuff my SIL took.  I have some nice baby girl clothes that I was hanging onto until I had a friend that needed it (most have had boys) and just recently found out that my step-SIL is having a baby girl in March so I am now going to pass it all onto her.  I donated some stuff (I had gotten a lot of hand me downs as well) and kept the nicer stuff to pass on.

    I knew I was done having kids so it wasn't as hard for me to get rid of stuff - I have loved each stage as we have past through it and have not been sad to move onto the next as I love each stage and don't feel sad moving on.

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  • bumpuser511563bumpuser511563 member
    imageVTbride05:

    I have baby food jars that we don't need, but they are still out and ready for baby food. I have my nursing pads. I dont know why, I can NOT throw them away.

    I have given away most of our baby stuff, but it's been hard and it's  not getting easier :(

    LOL! I still have my nursing bras after 3 years and still only use them for support. I don't know why I don't buy new bras. If the bras lasted this long, it must be a good bra!

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  • jc&catjc&cat member
    I had some friends having their first this year and I unloaded a few things to them. Otherwise, I did a mom to mom sale which went well. I was ok with selling everything (we need the space!) until I litterally had to walk away from the items at the sale drop off. It was tough but totally worth it. The next day when I went to the sale to shop, I saw a pregnant lady and her mom leaving with the swing and I felt so good about it. If I was closer to her in the parking lot, I would have stopped to show her the smiling babies in the backseat that used it :)
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  • summer80summer80 member
    Sell them and use the money in some way, shape or form for your DS or donate them to a family that needs the help. This might help change the association you are having with letting them go into a positive one. It still is emotional though, I nearly cried when going through toys the other day my DS outgrew. But I think if you give it a new purpose, could be easier?
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