https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:25:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-339579 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:54:50 +0000 MamaCate 339579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the same but since I am cheap instead of buying a bin I use old diaper/wipes boxes. The hand me downs go to LO's little cousin but I save some of my favorites (in a separate old diaper box). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-339576 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:46:14 +0000 erwoo 339576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: That's a great idea! I should do that b/c I do spend quite a bit of time going through all of my son's clothes to remove the smaller sizes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-339565 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:32:11 +0000 luckypenny 339565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take them out as soon as I notice she's outgrown them. Then I'll go back in her closet and grab whatever is left of the same brand and put it away. I'm keepin everything in vacuum seal bags am keep them under her crib </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-339561 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:16:11 +0000 shopaholic 339561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like this bin/tote system! Planning on doing the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333833 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:10:57 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 333833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same- bin system. Once the bin is full I sort by size/type then put away in storage. Whenever I see the stacks of clothes are running low- every couple of months or so, I start adding from the larger size bin. (I always have clothes from the next size up already washed and ready to go). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333783 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:51:02 +0000 duckduckkristen 333783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought a bunch of plastic bins from Costco and keep one in LOs room. When I find something that doesn't fit, I put it in the bin and when all of that size clothes are in the bin, I close it up and label it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333707 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:22:51 +0000 kakimochi 333707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i do what alot of other posters are saying, keeping a bin in the closet that I just toss things in that LO is outgrowing after cleaning it. every other month or so, I'll go through it, label the bin, and start taking out the next size of things I have waiting for her (we get a lot of me hand me downs from friends). we are keeping all the clothing for our next LO coming. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333667 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:05:50 +0000 heffalump 333667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I notice something doesn't fit, I go through everything and remove everything in that size (unless something is a little big in that size, then it gets to stay for a bit longer). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333313 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:45:36 +0000 chopsuey 333313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo doesn't have too many clothes, so I usually go through her stuff once a month and put things that are too small away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333309 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:44:16 +0000 Bao 333309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put things that she is out growing in a tote as she outgrows them. She is just getting out of newborn stuff, but some of the newborn items (especially pants) still fit. Brands vary in size so much that I just go by how small it is, rather than what the tag says. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333269 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:26:58 +0000 Mrs. Pen 333269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: Same!!</p> <p>I have a plastic bin I was throwing his 0-3 mos stuff in as he outgrew it. Once he was fully in 3-6 mos I just sorted through and took it all out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333267 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:24:43 +0000 HabesBabe 333267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@c.sassy: Ditto to this exactly! I toss things into the container as I go, then I do a bi-weekly purge and put all of the loose clothing into space saver bags and squish them into the bottom of the container. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333196 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:33:16 +0000 Weagle 333196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep a rubbermaid container in the bottom of her closet. As soon as we realize that she has outgrown something it goes into the container. Once I realize that she is fully in the next size (say all 6mo instead of 3-6 and 6mo) I go through her closet and drawers and throw in items that we may have missed along the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333183 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:27:45 +0000 blackbird 333183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At what rate does she seem to outgrow her stuff? Could you start sliding the clothes that she's been wearing for like, the past 2 months to one side of the closet, knowing it's iffy whether or not they'll fit? New clothes on the right, smaller stuff on the left? </p> <p>I'm still trying to figure out how to do this with my closet! i put a polo shirt on today and was like, Nope, it's gotta go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-up-with-removing-outgrown-clothes-from-wardrobe#post-333171 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:22:59 +0000 T.H.O.U. 333171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Obviously all kids grow so fast out of their clothes. How do you keep up with removing outgrown clothes? It drives my husband nuts when he gets her dressed and the outfit doesn't fit. I have tried to do both a semi-frequent clean out of her closet and to remove items one at a time when I notice they are getting small (after they come out of the laundry). How do you handle this process? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-264708 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:22:13 +0000 red_seattle 264708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just jumped on Hellobee again while Baby X is taking a blessedly long morning nap-- thanks so much for letting me vent and for the support ladies! I'm still working on getting over my issues in thinking he's too small, but reading the replies here helps a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-256438 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:47:48 +0000 looch 256438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was always skinny, that's just his body type. I was expecting him to have rolls, but he never developed them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-256435 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:41:08 +0000 808love 256435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know how you feel. My lo is still under twenty at nearly nineteen months. Yesterday at a party the skinniest lady I know said the same thing I have been hearing since lo was eight months old. She is sooo little. Anyway she eats a lot and is over the top active. I have to have these pep talks for me and my husband too. Doctor keeps threatening to do tests at the next checkup but then gives us 'another chance' and the the cycle of nerves about what she ate today and how much starts all over again.<br /> Btw before six months my lo was huge and dropped fifty percentiles thru the months so that was the main cause for alert. But she really is strong and healthy other than what the chart says. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255454 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:44:39 +0000 loveisstrange 255454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>See, it works the same way when you have a big baby too. My LO is 4 months and the same size as yours and I constantly get:</p> <p>Person: oh how old is she?<br /> Me: 4 months<br /> Person: oh, such a big girl! I thought she was older. </p> <p>I had a lady tell me she was 2 months at 2 weeks old.... </p> <p>Anyway, its the opposite sitation but im just trying to say that i know how you feel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255452 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:25:21 +0000 Ree723 255452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, how annoying! That sounds like a perfectly healthy weight - not too small, not too big, so what is everyone talking about!? It seems like babies are getting so much bigger these days that maybe people are just thrown off when they see a baby that is a more 'traditional' (for lack of a better word) size. I know when my siblings and I were all babies (about 30 years ago), 20 lbs at a year was the norm, and that's what all of us were. 17 lbs at 9 months sounds spot on target to be around there so I really don't know what people are talking about.</p> <p>You know your baby is healthy, your LO's doctor is pleased, and everyone else can go jump in the lake. Keep on doing what you're doing as it's clearly working out just fine for your LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255444 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:33:08 +0000 pinkcupcake 255444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is also a small baby. She's around 14.5 LBS at 5.5 months old, and people are always commenting on how tiny she is. My pediatrician isn't worried about her weight, and LO is growing and developing just perfectly so I'm not trying to stress about it... but it's hard to not feel bad when everyone talks about how little she is :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255318 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:30:00 +0000 heffalump 255318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the opposite. My lo is at the 95% in weight. People tell me she is huge, which she is. But she's healthy! She's a good eater and that's a good thing. Of course I always worry that people will think I'm making my kid obese ..... but I feed her healthy food and they should just mind their own business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255313 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:23:17 +0000 Rubies 255313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was the same size as yours when she was 9 months so I know what you mean! However, I try to ignore comments from other people because *I* know she's healthy. She eats well, sleeps well, plays well and is soooo happy so I try not to care what others say. *HUGS* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255240 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:19:56 +0000 littlek 255240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hear that all the time too! It kinda bothers me because it feels like they are judging my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255236 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:17:48 +0000 red_seattle 255236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just have to get this off my chest. Baby X is a small baby--at 9 months he's 27 inches and 17lbs. The pediatrician assures me that he's absolutely fine, still within normal ranges for all measurements, etc. But in my head a chunky baby = healthy baby. So while I know it's not necessarily true, and I know that Baby X is totally healthy, a little part of me wants to cry every time a stranger asks how old he is... 100% of the time it goes like this:<br /> Stranger: "What a [cute/handsome] baby boy! How old is he?"<br /> Me: "Aw, thanks. He's 9 months."<br /> Stranger: "Oh! He's so little!"<br /> I then try to keep it together while making a polite exit from the conversation.</p> <p> Rationally, I know that Baby X is just fine, that he's healthy and I should be grateful he does not have any weight or feeding issues-- he's thriving. But somehow I still find myself working to overcome the feeling that I've failed in plumping up my baby.</p> <p>Anyway, just had to vent. I'm sure I'll get over it eventually. :) </p>