https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118601 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:59:00 +0000 daniellemybelle 2118601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am paralyzed by the idea of sorting out what to keep or get rid of, so I have saved literally everything unless it is super stained or badly worn. I figure if we don't have more LOs or if we never have another girl, I will deal with it down the road! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118593 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:56:14 +0000 kimbed 2118593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this is a much harder process than it seems! LO#1 boy, LO#2 girl. 2 1/2 yrs apart and born mostly in the same season. I kept all the sleepers and unisex clothing for DD and a couple sentimental pieces. Picked out all of my favorite boy outfits and shipped them to my friend that was having a boy across the country. Donated the rest to a family having a little boy. now as for what I'm doing with DD's clothes as she outgrows them? no clue! (as I hoard them away in the spare room...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118275 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:27:06 +0000 Veggiemama 2118275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are close in age but born in opposite seasons. However, #2 is smaller than #1 so I was actually able to use almost everything for #2. I would hold onto everything at this point until your second is actually in that size. I was surprised at how much I could re-use and saved a lot of money! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118135 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:40:39 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2118135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: @Kimberlybee: I found this company that gives a little bit of info about clothes recycling: <a href="http://www.smartasn.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smartasn.org/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118100 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:12:46 +0000 catlady 2118100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just went through a ton of LO's baby stuff this weekend. My process was:<br /> - Did I love it on her and would I use it again if we had another girl? Keep.<br /> - Everything else - Sell, donate, or trash, depending on brand and condition.</p> <p>I got rid of probably half her old stuff and feel so good. So much of it was gifted and just not my style. I know if we have another, we'll get tons of gifts again, so I didn't feel bad getting rid of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118099 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:11:54 +0000 Mamaof2 2118099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: if its not stained or worn I keep it!</p> <p>I get lots of hand me downs from my nephew for DS who is 6 years older than my DS and none of it is out of style - then again its all t-shirts and pants so there isn't anything "stylish" about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118088 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:04:42 +0000 blackbird 2118088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, i got so overwhelmed with this process that I decided to space vac down everything and store it under the bed. I had a box to give to a friend, a box of sentimental items to keep (stuff i've made, bday outfits, coming home outfits, and favorites) and then the rest I tried to sell. Some i did, most i couldn't. So i just vacc'ed it down and will hold onto it until a couple of my friends have kids, then give it to them. It's not really worth enough to consign and I don't want to mess with those events to make maybe $50, and i have friends who want to have kids soon...and we have the space. So i flattened them all (they all fit in a big rubbermaid tote or two, stacked) and shoved them under the bed downstairs. I'll have a very large clothes sorting project in a few years. BUT i'm hoping that once we're done having kids, I can either donate the lot or know someone who's having kids and just say "here you go" and give them a few trash bags worth of clothes like friends have done with me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2118053 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:48:27 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2118053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Keep - anything that I love love love and cannot part with and pajamas in great condition (HA, Carters sleepers, Lands End sleepers)</p> <p>Consign - good condition brand name clothing that were not my favorite items</p> <p>Donate - Circo, Garanimals clothing that are in good condition but usually 'play clothes'</p> <p>Since #2 is a girl I pulled out the 'keep' boxes and sorted into special items that I want to hold on to from LO 1, items that baby girl can wear, and items to consign.</p> <p>Since this baby will be our last I will keep my favorites for her and consign the rest. </p> <p>Ideally I would like to only have one rubbermaid bin of sentimental clothing for each child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117966 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:02:06 +0000 SweetiePie 2117966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just want to say that just last night I was in our storage unit (we live in an apt) and I have plastic bins full of infant clothes from newborn to 6 months. Since we have them in a storage unit that we pay for and I don't know if/when we are having another it feels silly to take up so much room for them. But I can't bear to get rid of it because it is so sentimental AND because it would suck to start from square one if we do have another boy! I'm torn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117959 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:49:40 +0000 Mrs. Coral 2117959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: Our local Goodwill made pulp then paper then beautiful cards out of "un-sale able" clothing. They employed people with varying degrees of handicaps that struggled holding a job elsewhere. </p> <p>I imagine other Goodwill stores do something similar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117956 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:43:09 +0000 Dandelion 2117956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a large gap between D and M. D's clothes used to be passed to my bff's boys. Now, I save pants if they're not holey and nice shirts. T shirts and shirts with characters go to my bff because by the time M is big enough to wear them, some other character will be "in". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117945 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:17:59 +0000 Kimberlybee 2117945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: Oh this is great to know! Thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117944 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:16:53 +0000 looch 2117944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, we're one and done, and I knew that we were before my son was even born, BUT, I have packed away and saved my son's entire newborn layette. I couldn't and still can't part with it...unless it was super stained.</p> <p>Now, my son is older and I buy less and his stuff is worn when he's done with it. Sometimes I do make mistakes when I shop and my son won't wear it for whatever reason...those I pass on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117919 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 02:25:48 +0000 Boogs 2117919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept everything as just use what is needed. Now trying to figure out to do with all of the things we are done with since we aren't having anymore babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117880 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:27:05 +0000 hellocupcake 2117880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: recycle how? That might actually convince me to let go of clothes that are stained. I don't know why I can't just throw them out. They're in a box for the day that I can figure out what to do with them :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117860 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:36:04 +0000 Grace 2117860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept everything. I never went crazy with the clothes and I'll keep it until we know if there will be a number 2 or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117807 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:21:19 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2117807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just learned that places like Goodwill will recycle unwearable clothing, so don't toss! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117755 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:43:08 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2117755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>most of the stuff i saved i ended up not using (except for newborn clothes and sleepers), so i would just get rid of most and hold onto your favorites. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117749 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:34:48 +0000 PinkElephant 2117749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm struggling with this too! I toss things that are stained/worn, but we still have tons. I recently sold several lots of items in sizes my younger DD has passed (up to 9 months) that I just plain don't like or am tired of seeing, but that honestly wasn't THAT much.</p> <p>Do you save outerwear? My kids have really nice North Face, Gap, and Patagonia things with high resale value, but since we may have more kids I'm saving them for now....and with clothes, I'm trying to convince myself to sell the things with better resale value (Boden, Hanna, Gap)...but of course those are my favorites!! Maybe once I KNOW I'm finished having kids it'll be easier. But I don't kniw, my sister's kids are 11 and 13 and she still had totes if nice baby clothes she let me go through! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117714 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:09:56 +0000 Adira 2117714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently I'm keeping everything of Xander's that's not stained or have holes in it! The seasonal clothes might not work out and so I'll pass them along once I know, but otherwise, I keep! I'm guessing as they get older though, Logan will get sick of hand-me-downs and I won't do it as much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117710 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:06:48 +0000 yellowbird 2117710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's stained it gets tossed, if it's in pretty good condition I will sell or donate and I only keep the super special things that I don't think I could find again like this 3m size poncho that is adorable that I cannot part with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117689 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:45:34 +0000 regberadaisy 2117689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's crazy stained or worn I toss; but lightly stained or worn I stilll keep. I don't really care if something might be out of style! Mostly I've been keeping everything but super stained onesies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117683 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:37:21 +0000 Applesandbananas 2117683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stained stuff or worn stuff, I tossed. I kept one shirt from each size for sentimental reasons and passed on the rest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-what-to-keep-and-what-to-pass-on#post-2117670 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:18:25 +0000 sorrycharlie 2117670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just made a huge pile of 2T and winter stuff to pack away. I was trying to sort as I went, and donate stuff that would be waaay out of style in two years when DD2 fits, or is super worn, or has been worn by 4 kids already (some of our hand me downs..lol). but some stuff I get attached to and have memories with..weird, I guess. it's clothing.</p> <p>I have an easier time sorting infant clothes (when I found out DD2 was a girl, I went through all the old clothes) because some stuff wouldn't work based on season! but once they're older it's all sort of fair game.</p> <p>if you sort for a younger sibling (or family member/friend), how do you decide what to keep and pack away for a younger child, and what to just donate/toss? </p>