https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:09:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032594 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:31:51 +0000 illumina 2032594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They saved my first pair of shoes and my first bike! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032453 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:09:59 +0000 namaste 2032453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She saved pretty much everything. My grandma is making A a quilt made of all of my baby clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032440 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:52:18 +0000 jhd 2032440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom didn't save anything. I'm ok with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032430 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:46:36 +0000 blackbird 2032430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I was never that awesome. My friend had that game and i loved it! There was an iphone app but it wasn't as good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032420 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:37:47 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2032420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: the worst part was when you got to the last level, won, and realized you had to do it all over again!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032410 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:33:13 +0000 blackbird 2032410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I *loved* bubble bobble! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032404 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:28:11 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2032404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's got all my babysitters club books (I HAVE EVERY COPY BE JEALOUS!!!!!) and my little ponys in her attic for the kids. </p> <p>She saved my sisters Polly pocket too. Chloe loves playing with it!</p> <p>My parents still have our original Nintendo &amp; we still play that. Anyone remember bubble bobble? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032394 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:22:04 +0000 daniellemybelle 2032394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLonghorn: Whoa, a potty!?</p> <p>My mom saved my little brother's crib and we almost used it - it was 16 years old and we could have converted it so the drop side didn't lower - but ultimately we decided just to get a new one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032205 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:46:52 +0000 mrsrain 2032205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLonghorn: My in-laws really wanted us to use the crib they had saved! So awkward to explain why we couldn't do that. I let my husband thank them but then explain about how safety guidelines have changed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032198 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:44:36 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2032198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved 2-3 of our favorite toys, but that's about it (oh, and my crib, which she was upset we didn't want to use....).</p> <p>My MIL, on the other hand, has saved really random stuff including my husband's little plastic training POTTY!! I kid you not - she has been keeping it in storage for 30+ years. Because spending $10 on a new, clean one is too much?! ick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032151 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:17:59 +0000 mrsrain 2032151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved several blankets, two beautiful hand-made (not by her) dresses, some knit booties, a little jacket, and a handful of toys. My daughter has worn all of the clothes-- she wore the knit booties home from the hospital! She loves the toys, and I love that we have such unique keepsakes. I will definitely be putting some things away for her children some day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032137 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:07:08 +0000 rachiecakes 2032137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much everything. And I have a boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032131 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:01:59 +0000 Mamaof2 2032131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of toys - too many actually and I pretty much donated most of it.</p> <p>She saved 1 dress that I wore when I was a few months old - I took a pic of DD in the same dress and have our pictures with the dress hanging in the middle in her room - I hope one day I have a granddaughter to continue the tradition! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032106 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:39:24 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2032106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nothing and i haven't saved anything ever except for a onesie that olive wore shortly after she was born. it's a preemie size and so tiny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2032103 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:35:01 +0000 looch 2032103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mother kept one dress of mine, eventually, it will go into a shadow box.</p> <p>I also have my Barbie Dream House and Cabbage Patch Kids. Part of the doll house is in our playroom now, but man, the stuff is OLD so it is pretty worn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031559 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:02:18 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2031559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh how I have mixed feelings about keeping childhood things!! :</p> <p>I have been dealing with this a lot lately as my parents are cleaning out the house I grew up in to sale soon. Basically all the stuff my mom kept of mine over the years I am having to decide if I want to keep it or throw it away. Some things I am happy to keep and pass down to my daughter but a lot of stuff like old school projects, year books, art projects are just too much. I have no room to store anything, especially things I will probably only look at every 10 years or so but it is still sad having to throw away all these things from my childhood. It would have been easier for my mom just to do it as I grew up I think. My DH mom is bringing a bunch of his similar stuff with her every time she visits and it is just frustrating because we have no storage space for any of it and he isn't into purging as much as I am so it ends up just taking up space.</p> <p>I think I will try and keep this in mind with my future kids.. try to only hang onto the really important stuff. Although I am getting the feeling that as a parent you think all your kids things are important enough to keep seeing how much stuff both our parents kept haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031526 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:38:38 +0000 Andrea 2031526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only some books! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031418 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:04:08 +0000 Torchwood 2031418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Since you've been on the end of dealing with things not getting saved that you would have liked, any suggestions for not accidentally getting rid of something I shouldn't? I'm definitely more of a purger too, so it'll actually be hard for me to keep much at all. :) And yay Nashville. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031405 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:53:19 +0000 daniellemybelle 2031405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: Fellow Nashvillian! :)</p> <p>All of this is so interesting! My mom is actually the opposite of a hoarder and loves to purge, and she carefully chose the things she saved. I was sad to find out about a few toys that didn't make the cut. :(</p> <p>DH's mom saved several toys which LO plays with at her house, but I don't think she saved any clothes. We haven't had a boy yet so maybe she did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031298 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:45:40 +0000 Astro Bee 2031298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: I've known for years that my mom was a hoarder. I would have had similar problems to some other PP with needing to purge if they hadn't lost most things. </p> <p>Here's a case in point: after I moved away from home, oh about 16 yrs ago, my mom went through a really sentimental stage where she redecorated my room with all of my kid stuff. They had a plumber by a couple of yrs later to work on something in the bathroom (which was next to my room). He asked my folks how old their little girl was, and was shocked to find I was in my twenties! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031292 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:41:18 +0000 Anya 2031292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but not too much. A few special outfits and toys, and the most loved books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031286 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:38:42 +0000 Corduroy 2031286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't realize that my mom might be a hoarder until I had LO. My baby shower was decorated with my old clothes on a line. My mom had her labor kit and my feeding/sleeping/pooping log for the first 6 weeks of life. So yeah, we have clothes and toys, and crib, and pack n play... and both my parents first baby shoes... and a bassinet my great aunt was in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031246 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:24:30 +0000 Miss Ariel 2031246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved a ton of books and clothes. Although not a lot of toys </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031237 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:21:46 +0000 blackbird 2031237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes....like my first bra (which she "gifted" to my husband, hilariously enough). She didn't, however, save my barbies and little ponies!!! WUT!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031215 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:10:47 +0000 Torchwood 2031215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved some (I don't know how much), but as far as I know it was all destroyed in the flood here in Nashville in 2010. Part of me is sad, but I'm pretty sure she saved a lot of things that I wouldn't have remembered or wanted back, since she tends not to throw out *anything*. It's sad, but it saves me stress on figuring out what to do with things I don't want without hurting her feelings. And the most important thing, my bear my dad got me when I was 3 days old, has always stayed with me so it's fine. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031125 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:24:19 +0000 Astro Bee 2031125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MIL has saved a bunch too, I just haven't seen any of it yet. Presumably, it will all come out of storage in the next couple of months. She has said that she wants us to use DH's little wooden bassinet. She's having a foam mattress custom made for it, so I'll plan to use it for the first several weeks, assuming it's comfortable for baby. He'll be swaddled, so I don't worry about him banging into the wooden sides at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031112 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:17:19 +0000 Espion 2031112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm actually glad my parents didn't save anything. (To be fair, a ton of it was lost to bad storage.) I'm glad because my MIL saved <i>everything</i>. And I mean EVERYTHING. So. much. stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031105 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:14:23 +0000 matador84 2031105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tons of books which my toddler has really enjoyed so far, brio, Legos, dolls, all kinds of stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031103 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:13:24 +0000 mrsjyw 2031103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has a few things (clothing, old cloth lunch bag, etc.) and a lot of our childhood books (Korean).</p> <p>MIL saved ALL of DH's clothes. I kid you not, ALL of them. Needless to say we did a major purge when I was pregnant with DS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-save-any-of-your-clothes-books-or-toys-to-pass-down#post-2031092 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:08:28 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2031092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my mom saved quite a few things. I have my favorite books from childhood. Still at my mom's house are her favorite dolls from my childhood. She won't let go! LOL </p>