How do you have baby clothes organized?

Lee81 · October 2013

I'm trying to put away all the baby clothes I finally got around to washing and for some reason I'm making it harder than it should be. I'm a FTM so it's hard to decide what will be easiest when I'm sleep deprived and I'm changing her clothes for the fifth time that day. Is there a logical reason to have some things hanging vs in the dresser? Closet space is limited since my house is old, but I can hang some stuff. Do you separate onesies vs tee shirts? Long sleeve vs. short sleeve? Thinner fabrics, thicker fabrics? Keep outfits together or keep tops and bottoms separate? Just throw everything together in a drawer and put the baby in the first thing you grab?

sleepy33 · October 2013

By size. The end.

jen-and-ryon · October 2013

I have them organized by size in the closet.

HFrizzle · October 2013

Don't think to hard about it. Do what's easiest for you.

calibr8te · October 2013

I am only using drawers for baby's first clothes. I've got all the onesies stacked together, the long sleeved onesies together and the footies as well. Pants and sweaters in a separate pile. One drawer has nb-3 months and then 3-6 months. The older months are in bins for now. In my closet I have full shelving throughout it so I have different size bins for socks, hats, bibs, blankets, etc.

Alexplock · October 2013

Hanging up by size. Short sleeve, long sleeve, sleepers and all by color. I don't have a dresser. I also feel like if I can see it all he won't wear just the same few items.

cassey910 · October 2013

I have onesies and sleepers arranged by size in drawers. The regular clothes are in the closet by size.

jnsmith85 · October 2013

jen-and-ryon said:
I have them organized by size in the closet.

This. I have little seperaters (not sure what the fancy name is haha) that are labeled NB/0-3/3-6 etc that way I know which size is where. They go on he curtain rod. Seems pretty convenient so far. Found them at Hobby Lobby!

BrittanyCupcakes · October 2013

I have them sorted by size and everything over 0-3 is boxed up in the closet.

As for the dresser. Outfits are folded together, but that's about it. Nothing else is in any particular order. Just folded and put into drawers randomly. Nothing is on hangers, and I don't even know how diligent I will be about folding in the future, lol. I was given so many boxes and bags of hand-me-down clothes that just sorting by size was a huge ordeal. Any other sorting just seems like too much work.

Also, hats, socks, shoes, hairbows, etc are all thrown in a box together with all sizes mixed up. I'm too lazy to go through it all. Can't figure out what to do with the shoes, anyways. I have no idea what sizes tend to line up with what ages and so I'll just sort as we go.

Inn2 · October 2013

Some outfits hanging by size. Others folded in drawers so far.

CousinVicki · October 2013

i have a huge dresser, so most is in there. only the "fancier' outfits (lol) and snowsuit/winter type thingies are in the closet for now.

fantasticmrsfox · October 2013

Because we have no closet and a built in book case I hung tension rods in the place of two shelves. I have everything NB/0-3 hanging in one place with the pants on the shelf underneath, 3-6 month in another place, and bigger clothes separated out into drawers, which I will switch out with the hanging clothes as baby grows.

bionicb · October 2013

I have things folded by size in drawers. I found these collapsible "shoe boxes" in the dollar section at Target and have two to a drawer with things like pants and toys in between.

Things like jackets or special clothes are hung up. Esp if I want to keep a special occasion outfit together.

JenMatt2010 · October 2013

calibr8te said:
I am only using drawers for baby's first clothes. I've got all the onesies stacked together, the long sleeved onesies together and the footies as well. Pants and sweaters in a separate pile. One drawer has nb-3 months and then 3-6 months. The older months are in bins for now. In my closet I have full shelving throughout it so I have different size bins for socks, hats, bibs, blankets, etc.

This exactly, but socks/hats/bibs are in the top drawer. Only have nb and some 0-3 in drawers. Rest will be washed later.

tmccord21 · October 2013

I have nicer stuff hanging (sweaters, jeans, button ups) and arranged by size.

I have all the lounge wear in drawers by size but also separated in piles. i.e.- onesies, long sleeve onesies, footed pjs, non footed pjs, pants, etc

WSatisfiedP · October 2013

By size 0-3 mo washed and folded in the drawer...everything bigger than that is hanging in the closet unwashed by size.

lolob45 · October 2013

We have an 8 drawer dresser and a small cross bar organized as follows...

1 drawer of preemie / <7lb clothes (I was at risk for PTL so got a few items just in case)

1 drawer of newborn

1 drawer of hats, bows, etc

1 drawer of socks/shoes

1 drawer of 0-3mo organized with dividers

1 drawer of 3-6mo organized with dividers

1 drawer of all sleepwear for 0-3 and 3-6 separated by dividers

1 drawer of a small selection of 6mo

I have hung up all dresses (with matching bloomers attached) and jackets.

Mmhodges07 · October 2013

CousinVicki said:
i have a huge dresser, so most is in there. only the "fancier' outfits (lol) and snowsuit/winter type thingies are in the closet for now.

This

Ycu2013 · October 2013

Onesies, socks, hats...dresser.
Sleepers, outfits, heavier things...hung up by size and I only washed newborn stuff for now.

kelle017 · October 2013

This post shows how I organized the stuff she will wear first.

https://urbantimesinmichigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/nursery.html

This one has the rest of the clothes and misc. stuff

https://urbantimesinmichigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/are-we-ready-yet.html

Welshgirl12 · October 2013

mine are pretty much currently organized into the following;

Clean

Unclean

it is working well so far.

yesthisiskim0401 · October 2013

I didn't read any replies, and skimmed your OP. Sorry.

We have a 3 drawer dresser and I have swaddlers and sleepers in the first drawer (newborn-3mo washed and folded in there) for easy access since that's what she will be living in. Drawer 2 has all her newborn clothes (onesies to the left, pants in the middle, complete outfits/dresses on the right). Drawer 3 is all 3 month clothes.

Alexandrap · October 2013

I have a bit of OCD when it comes to this stuff. LO closet is set up in sections that go in this order premie-newborn- 0 to 3- 3 to 6- 6 to 9- and 9-12. Then those are broken down further in this order shirts first short sleeve to long sleeve, then outfits short sleeve to long sleeve, followed by sleepers.
Onesies are in drawers in same order short sleeve to long sleeve and in ascending size. Pants same thing.

TexasGirl81 · October 2013

comeongetdown said:
I only hung the extra cute and fancy clothes. All the onesies, sleepers, sacks, etc got thrown in a drawer based on size. Once she comes I'm sure I'll figure out what works best for us.

This! Exactly!

cdbayes · October 2013

Outfits and one pieces get hung in the closet. Sleepers, onesies, and pants in the drawers

Crinita · October 2013

sleepy33 said:

By size. The end.

This.

Bakeshan28 · October 2013

By size- although I remember last time I didn't end up using half of the outfits because everyone seemed to buy me something within the newborn and 0-3 months and he outgrew them SO quickly!!!!

LC122 · October 2013

Alexplock said:
Hanging up by size. Short sleeve, long sleeve, sleepers and all by color. I don't have a dresser. I also feel like if I can see it all he won't wear just the same few items.

Mostly this but not separated by color as much. I just preferred things hanging so I could see it all.
Another thing that is important to me is to have the zippered sleepers readily accessible and the button-up sleepers hidden so that even DH can't accidentally find them. Hate button-up sleepers with a passion, not only for the time they take, but also because DH never learned how to line up the snaps and poor DD1 was always looking jacked up in slightly mis-snapped sleepers. It's not that hard but dang it if he couldn't get those tiny snaps with his big fingers. But I digress . . .

HBirdie · October 2013

Someone suggested awhile back sorting by length of the item rather than size on the tag, since a onesie by Carter's that's 0-3 might be longer than a Gerber outfit that's 3-6. So we tried to do that. We do have a dresser- we have a drawer for socks/shoes/accessories, a drawer for plain white onesies (we got about a million of these as hand me downs), another drawer for leggings and pants, and a drawer for PJs. Since I like to be able to see everything so I won't forget about it and baby clothes are so cute, I hung everything else by length (in sections- onesies, outfits, sweaters/jackets, dresses). I love being able to look at it all.

Edit: typo

kjenkins346 · October 2013

This entire thread is making me panic over how few clothes I have for LO. I didn't want to get too many NB sized clothes because I heard they are only in them for a few weeks and what I have is mostly onsies (in NB, 0-3, 6mo) and a few sleepers/outfits in NB and 0-3. All the NB sized stuff is washed and hanging in the closet, the rest of the onsies are in the dresser drawers organized by size and any other outfits or other items (snow suits, etc) are hanging up as well. Because no one knew we were having a girl until our shower we didn't get tons of outfits but I expect to get a bunch now that they do (based upon calls from my mom, comments from MIL and SIL) so I don't want to go crazy shopping for clothes but now I'm worried we wont' have enough.

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