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Save it! That's not that much time between kids! I saved everything and am so happy I did.

We did. We didn't plan on the 3 year age gap, but it happened that way. We reused everything and got a few things new. Our age gap was exactly 3 years, so we were able to reuse clothes and everything. LO2 is smaller than LO1 was, but we're able to use some clothes and things longer than we had with LO1.

I have a 3+ year age gap and it never crossed my mind to sell the stuff. It's been delightful to only buy the stuff I want rather than scouring sites, etc for the next best deal on all the essentials. When I didn't have a kid I had time to do that - I am currently 38 weeks pregnant tomorrow with #2 and that's just not in the cards.

We also have a huge storage area so that probably plays a role.

As an aside it's been 3 years since DS and nothing revolutionary has come out that I desperately want. I bought a new tub - but it was actually out when my son was born, I just selected poorly.

I planned to save things from the get go. I kept most boxes for big items and broke those items down and put them back in the box when baby was done with them. We had to get extra storage racks in our garage to accommodate this but it seemed to make sense to me since I knew we would use them again. The hassle of selling them and then buying them again seemed more than the hassle of storing them. And I live in a super tiny, extremely limited space, home.

Also if the bottles are plastic I would toss them because I'd be afraid of the plastic breaking down over time.

i gave away most of our stuff to friends, coworkers... and found i really needed so much less by the time LO2 was in the picture so i only need to buy a handful of things

We had a 4.5 gap between kids and we live in a big city so space has been somewhat limited over the years (well, until we moved) but we saved everything that we ending up using with LO1 (except for pacifiers, bottle nipples, etc.). I can't imagine the expense of having to buy it again or the effort it would take having to sell it and then collect the gear again for the next kid. We're not sure whether there will be a LO3 but we're saving all of our gear until we know that we are done with it forever. I look forward to the day when it will all be out of my house but until then, I just take apart everything and store it so it takes up as little room as possible.

We have a 5 year gap (totally not planned) and saved everything. We tried for almost 3 years and never knew when we would finally get pregnant. We have basically reused everything, but I did purchase new pump parts and bottles. Of course, there were also some fun new things I bought for DS, like a Solly wrap and Lillebaby carrier. You can still definitely spoil a new baby while using some things you already have.

My first and 3rd child will have a 5 year gap and we're basically gonna use the same things. Except the infant car seat bc it's expired after 5 years.

I do want a new stroller bc after five years, it's pretty worn but we'll see

There’s a 3.75 year age gap between my kiddos and I saved the stuff. But let me tell you, I’m excited for when LO gets old enough that I can get rid of stuff!

@misolee: our stroller is SO beat up, but i think i'm just gonna replace the wheels (it's a city select) and then when DD2 is too big for it, get rid of it and get a simple single.

Save it! Three years isn't that big of a gap. Our girls are three years apart, and it's been nice to just pull out the old stuff. I totally understand wanting to get rid of it, but it seems kind of wasteful. We're undecided on a third, but will keep everything until we know for sure that we're done.

I sold what I didn't want to use again and kept everything else. I sold all the dr browns bottles because I was determined not to use them again. Yup, rebought the darn things for my spit up prone kid.

We saved everything for a targeted 3-yr age gap (ended up with a 2y10mo age gap) and I never considered otherwise. I did keep my pump and bottles in a storage bin in our master closet instead of the hot attic so I didn't have any worries about plastic breaking down. The only things I got rid of and replaced were bottle nipples and pump valves/membranes, plus some bibs that got gross from use. (Neither of my kids have taken pacifiers but same logic applies.)

We stored it. We actually have zero space and rented a storage unit (not really exclusively for baby stuff, Christmas decor, some small furniture items, our car roof rack live there) but I'm sure financially it's a loss. My husband calls it mental accounting. Haha
But I'm happy I've kept it. I feel like I researched SO much with #1, and feel confident all of the purchases were great ones. And some were $$$. I've loaned out a lot. Be sure to break down as much as you can, TAPE securely the baggies of related screws and accessories to each item, and sort by size or length into appropriate bins before you store. If clothing Id do vacuum bags. We are having a boy, so I have a lot of girl stuff I'm going to sell or pass on.
I'll only have a purchase a few things...new stroller...a few small size boy outfits, maybe a new change pad...that's it really. Kinda awesome.

I sold a few things I knew I would want to upgrade, kept a few that I was quite happy with and lent out some other stuff. I purged 1/2 of all clothes before packing them away, as I knew I would want some new stuff. LO3 (and our last baby) is going to be here in 5 weeks and we are already looking forward to getting rid of it all LOL.

We're having a 3 year age gap and saved everything (plus my sister gave us their swing after their last kid so we've been holding onto that too). We do have room for stuff in our basement. I am so glad that I don't have to worry about buying new stuff and am also not wasting my time obsessing over the perfect things to buy. I would assume your infant car seat would be expired by the time you had LO3 but I'd prob still save it to exchange in when Target/BRU has their trade-in programs. Selling stuff/rebuying takes time that I could be spent doing other things

ETA: I am going to get rid of baby clothes that aren't in great condition as I organize for LO2. I know now that we have an excessive amount! I am pretty sure we are done with 2 so I do plan to get rid of a lot after this baby and it will be fine to rebuy if we do end up having another.

Can you lend it to a friend who will give it back when you need it? One of my friends has minimal storage space and lent me a ton of gear and then I stored it until she had her next baby. I had another shortly after her and once I'm done I'll sell it for her. Pretty good deal for both of us!

Otherwise I vote you save the stuff you really liked but ditch the stuff you were iffy on. You won't use it the second time either!

We have talked about having a 3rd and it will be a 3 year difference at the very least and we don't know if it will be natural or adoption or foster-adopt (so it may not be a baby). We also just moved so we had to slash through a lot of things in the move.

We got rid of:
- Anything that goes in the mouth or has bodily fluids up in it, like teethers, mesh feeders, pump parts, chewed up loveys or toys, and baby bottles. We threw out most baby feeding spoons except the ones I still use for stuff now. I think we got rid of the bottle warmer and sanitizer too. I kept the drying rack bc I still use it for water bottles and what not!

- Play gym, bouncer, baby tub, RNP, and infant baby toys except ones I know are super useful, hard to find, and/or discontinued. Most baby gear is cheap to replace, someone is going to want to buy you a gift, and they take up SO MUCH ROOM. I hateee baby toysssss.

- Most baby linens, towels, washcloths, and blankets except ones I'm sentimentally attached to.

- Most maternity stuff except the stuff I totally relied on through both pregnancies, like essential pieces, expensive nursing tanks, favorite shirts, etc.

- Baby clothes I was pretty ruthless about. I kept the pieces that I was sentimental about or were just super nice. I also kept ones that I knew were workhorses (I'm looking at you Carters zip-up sleepers!) Otherwise, I donated clothes or gave them away to people I knew were having little boys. I kept any good quality shoes that were in decent shape, since they wear them for such a short amount of time.
- We kept all carseats and strollers. We kept our highchair and travel high chair and booster chairs too.

I'm TRYING to get rid of the bassinet, jumparoo, a bunch of baby soft books and all this other stuff, Its not easy trying to just get rid of it and I don't want to throw it away, so there's still a fair amount in my garage.