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Got rid of my preemie clothes yesterday

KatFCoKatFCo member
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I had saved all of DD's clothes from the last five years just in case we had another girl. We've decided now that we're done having kids, so I've slowly been getting rid of all the clothes we saved, but was unsure what to do with the preemie stuff--especially the micropreemie stuff was too small for secondhand stores to want.

Finally I called children's hospital and they said they'd be glad to take it for their NICU. DD and DS went with me to drop it off. It felt good to give a little back to the NICU that saved DD's live, but it also felt like the end of a chapter in my life.

She'll always be a preemie, but giving those clothes away somehow felt like I was finally starting to separate myself from it all. It only took 5 years.

Consider this also a PSA: if you have old preemie clothes you're ready to get rid of, your hospital's NICU would probably take them.

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  • jcsntms06jcsntms06 member
    Definitely a great idea! When DD#2 left the NICU I made sure to bring in all her preemie outfits the day before we left. It just felt right (plus like you we knew we were done having children!).
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  • rslhmgrslhmg member
    This is my plan for dds preemie clothes, I do want to keep one outfit have my grandma help me make a doll with it, but so far I haven't been able to make myself go through them to pick one.
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  • KatFCoKatFCo member
    We kept the ones that had her name/initials on them and the outfit she came home in.
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  • PhillyGal34PhillyGal34 member

    I'm so glad you had that closure! 

     

    We gave all of DS's stuff to the NICU.  I hope to have another baby but I'm hoping they won't be a preemie :o} 

    We did keep two outfits though. The first outfit we put him in and a oneside that said "team dad" that I put over DS on father's day ... he started to wear clothes a few days later so he couldn't wear it.  It meant a lot to DH so we couldn't let go of it.  I plan on putting the one outfit on a toy he has and getting a picture of him with it on his first birthday!  

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  • DrRxDrRx member

    That's awesome! I kept a round hat box full of Adalyn's time in the NICU, which included 4 of her onesies (her first ones), her first outfit, her first PJ, and her bp cuff, bili lights "sunglasses", hospital bracelets, etc.  There aren't that many outfits, since we just had her in NB size (that she swam in) once we got her home, but if I had more I would've donated them.

    I understand people wanting to get rid of that stuff and letting go, and it is great to donate them to the NICU and pay it forward, especially since so many babies have parents who can't afford to buy them preemie clothes.   For me, I like to remember how tiny she really was and that she really did fit in that.  I can't wait to share with her the story of her time in the NICU.  

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