https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:52:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102689 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:23:53 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 102689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've kept everything for now. Except we are selling the crib set seeing we are opting for white furniture for baby girl.</p> <p>The stuff we have already is gender neutral. Play mat, bumboo, excerciser... so we are good about that. I'm just waiting to see what my sister is having to ship her the boy clothes. If not I'm giving it all to my other sister. (who isn't preggers yet0 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102666 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:14:14 +0000 heffalump 102666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: At least this makes me feel better about my decision not to lend things that I want out to people. More like a certain person. We're letting a friend use our infant seat because I know she'll give it back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102577 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:18:19 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 102577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: We had an agreement, but people get busy and I quickly decided that it wasn't worth losing any sleep over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102433 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:49:02 +0000 His Barista 102433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we will keep it. We have an empty room we can't remodel yet so we have the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102432 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:42:22 +0000 BoogieBea 102432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We kept everything for the second. We didn't acquire too much stuff luckily. LO is already phasing out some of the stuff and I can't wait to either sell or give away. She wears some of her older brother's hand me downs so sometimes she's dressed like a boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102419 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:22:33 +0000 heffalump 102419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: did you tell them you wanted the stuff back? I'd be pissed! That's why I'm not lending our stuff out. I feel selfish but I can't afford to buy all new clothes. And the person that needs them never returns what I lend her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102397 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:34:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 102397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're lucky to have some storage space so we stored most of it. We lent out a lot of stuff and just got most of it back. I also just gave away most of Wagon Jr.'s clothes to 3 different couples who either just had a boy, are about to have a boy, and have a boy just a little younger than Wagon Jr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102332 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:10:43 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 102332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gave a huge batch of girls clothes to a friend after Lala, but with the expectation of returning it if our second baby was a girl. I knew there was a possibility we wouldn't get them back (which happened... my friend donated them to a friend of hers), but I'm sad there are some cute clothes we don't have now, especially since my friend didn't seem to totally adore the clothes we lent. Oh well, it gives me a chance to indulge my Zulily addiction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102317 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:41:31 +0000 banana 102317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We saved all of my son's clothing and gear in preparation for #2. But now that we found out #2 is a girl, I'll probably save the clothes for when my brother has kids or give some away to friends. Most of the gear I bought were gender neutral so they work for boy or girl, with the exception of the crib bedding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102309 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:22:58 +0000 cupcakemama 102309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have saved most of LO's clothing. If we have #2 we'll decide what we can reuse. We have kept most of our other stuff until we know one way or another. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102239 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:38:33 +0000 anbanan15 102239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we will keep all the big ticket items. Clothing I have saved and thought about reusing it, but if we have a girl the gender neutral stuff is still slightly boyish. Either way I'm saving DS clothing from the first year or so and using it to make a quilt. I think we will sell things after the second baby because ideally we would be happy with 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102233 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:31:56 +0000 lemondrop 102233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are hanging on to it all- fortunately we have a big attic. We are planning on getting started on #2 later this fall anyway. I really don't care about gender colors anyway, and am hoping for another boy, but if we have a girl she would be in her brother's baby clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102142 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:23:52 +0000 MsMini 102142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are team green for our LO (our first) so all of our basic stuff will be easy to re-use, and we have a ton of storage in our house, so we plan on keeping it all for LO#2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102128 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:14:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 102128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a lot of neutral stuff because we were "team Green". However, I just sold my swing because it was going to be too hard to store. I will buy a new one with an a/c adapter when #2 comes around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102114 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:04:21 +0000 volksgirl64 102114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gear we kept gender neutral with the intent of re-using it for #2. Then, we decided to move 3,000 miles across the country so we gave a lot of it to a friend who was expecting. We kept the infant seat &amp; stroller and that's about it.<br /> DD's clothes went to a cousin who had a girl, then were passed to my brother &amp; SIL who had a girl and are now coming back to us for DD#2!<br /> My cousin has given us a lot of their things like a swing and pack 'n play and we purchased a few items so it's coming together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102110 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:55:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 102110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan on purposely buying gender neutral big items for this baby so that way we can use them again on baby #2. I will buy gender specific bedding/clothes/and blankets but overall I want to reuse as much as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102094 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:37:29 +0000 Mrsbells 102094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we plan to keep everything for baby number 2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102060 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:15:07 +0000 looch 102060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are selling a lot of stuff as we go along, I don't know if we'll have a second and if we do, we'll buy smarter the second time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102036 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:47:21 +0000 Andrea 102036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just talking to DH about this the other day since the amount of things we are storing is getting out of control!! We still don't know if we're having #2 or not so I think we should just stop keeping everything already. I have given a few things away to my cleaner, though, because she asked if I was willing to donate anything to her granddaughter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102034 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:46:42 +0000 regberadaisy 102034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If my good friend were to give birth before we have baby #2 I would def lend them out with the intent that they return when we have #2!</p> <p>I've also been trying to register/buy big items that are gender neutral so we can re-use for #2 whether it's a boy or girl. We have plenty of storage space and a basement so space is not a concern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102021 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:34:18 +0000 SAHM0811 102021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well since we lived in a 1 bedroom for DD1's first year, we Craigslisted a lot of baby gear. I kept a bunch of her nice girlie clothes though and thank goodness I did because we were blessed with DD2 3 years later!! </p> <p>I do buy DD2 some new stuff though from time to time because they were born at opposite seasons. I also was "Team Green" the second time, so I registered for some gender neutral newborn stuff prior to her birth.</p> <p>Just like you, I'm addicted to buying and selling used baby gear. It's easy in NYC because so many other parents are in the same boat as us (not having a lot of storage space). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102017 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:32:09 +0000 chopsuey 102017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're storing all of LO's baby gear in our 3rd bedroom. Everythiing's in great shape still. I have all of her clothes boxed away as well. Most of her clothes were worn once-a handful of times. Lots of stuff were never worn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102012 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:27:53 +0000 heffalump 102012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm keeping most of it. There's a few things that I don't have to have either because I don't love it and we already have a lot in that size clothes, or LO didn't love it because she had something like it similar but better. So I'll give that to the next family member who gets pregnant. </p> <p>But for the most part I want to keep everything for baby #2. If we have a boy, I'll be giving away a lot more because right now LO has lots of pink! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-save-all-your-baby-gear-for-baby-2#post-102009 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:22:25 +0000 Mrs. Bee 102009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave most of our baby gear to friends with babies, and then they returned it when we had Olive. Which was great for the big stuff that took up a ton of space!</p> <p>As a first grandchild, Charlie had a ton of clothes. I saved all of them in case we had another son. When we found out we were having a daughter, I gave all the boy-ish clothes to a friend. </p> <p>But once Olive arrived, I ended up giving away another big batch of gender neutral-ish slightly boyish clothes. I thought I wouldn't care about what she wore, but my mom insisted that I dress her in girly colors so that people would know she's a girl in person and in pictures. She buys all of Olive's clothes, so I didn't care too much.</p> <p>As for some of the really big stuff that I couldn't give away like a stroller frame, I sold ours and repurchased a used one when Olive was born. I'm addicted to buying and selling used baby gear!</p> <p>What did you do with all your baby gear after #1? </p>