https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:07:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1961932 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:50:37 +0000 shopaholic 1961932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: @hellobeeboston: @Mrs. J: @littlejoy: lol, thanks ladies. Yeah, until recently, I just had them in bins with sizes, but we started seeing more and more silverfish lately. Those suckers can live for years on NOTHING. Gave me the heebeejeebees (sp?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1961098 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:14:33 +0000 ValentineMommy 1961098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Space bags, labeled by size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1961085 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:10:25 +0000 littlejoy 1961085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: That's awesome. I just Googled silverfish, Good Lord woman!!!! Ha. I think I'd love in a vacuum bag if I saw one of those. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1961079 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:08:27 +0000 littlejoy 1961079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just toss outgrown stuff into Rubbermaid tubs. It's not sorted yet, but when I get pregnant again, we'll go through it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1961071 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:04:53 +0000 sera_87 1961071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a mix of totes and empty pampers boxes. Blankets, newborn/0-3, 3-6/6-9/6-12**, 9-12. And he's currently in 12-18/18-24. </p> <p>**For me LO#1 fit 3-6 month for well beyond 6 months....some stuff he was wearing until at least 10-11 months! So I boxed everything that he wore for that period together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1961040 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:53:18 +0000 LuLu Mom 1961040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totes with months/seasons marked on them. Keeps everything organized. I can't wait to sell/donate all the clothes after this one, they take up so much room! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960905 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:38:44 +0000 Mrs. J 1960905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: we did this, minus the vac bags. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960884 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:29:19 +0000 Mae 1960884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep two bins going. One for special outfits I want to save and one for the rest (which I offload on friends with younger babies). I don't know if we're having another baby or not but I figure the odds of us having another girl AND the seasons being right are low so I don't want to store stuff. Especially because I'm sure if I had another girl I'd get hand me downs from friends again (possibly some of my own stuff that made it back around lol) or I could just go to garage sales. Baby clothes are too cheap to keep anything that isn't sentimental to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960879 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:25:09 +0000 hellobeeboston 1960879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: you are my inspiration! I need to do this one weekend. </p> <p>All of my extra clothes are in boxes or a pile in his closet totally disorganized. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960873 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:19:33 +0000 Bao 1960873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: wow that's organized! </p> <p>I just put ours in totes halfway by size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960867 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:12:27 +0000 hilary 1960867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another plastic totes by size person. It's so convenient to store and don't worry about damaging them. It's also been nice because I have a friend who fosters so if the current child is in a size I have it's easy to let her borrow stuff since I can actually find it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960863 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:08:51 +0000 Mamaof2 1960863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get lost of hand me downs - everything is in Rubbermaid totes by size and season</p> <p>for example:</p> <p>DS - winter 5T<br /> DS - Summer 5T</p> <p>DD - Winter 3T<br /> DD Summer 3T</p> <p>Its a pain to sort but so worth it when it comes time to switch out their clothes for new stuff </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960756 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 04:09:28 +0000 lamariniere 1960756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use vacuum bags, although, I try to weed out the stuff I don't like or things that are stained beforehand, so we don't have *that* many clothes in storage. My younger LO is the opposite sex of LO1, so I do get rid of a lot of the really boyish stuff.</p> <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: things are pretty wrinkled, but it's not like set in creases. That said, I always wash clothes after taking them out of storage. Maybe if I were more careful about neatly folding and stacking the clothes before vacuum sealing, they might be less wrinkled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960739 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:52:53 +0000 Sapphiresun 1960739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're also in plastic totes by size. Her 0-3 stuff is in two totes, one "girly" and one gender neutral, since I assume we'll be team green again for any future babies.</p> <p>Usually just as I bring out the next size up bin, it's ready to be filled up with outgrown stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960737 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:47:11 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1960737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do the space saver bags/vacuum sealed bags leave the clothes very wrinkled? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960736 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:35:30 +0000 shopaholic 1960736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: lol, thanks! I wish I could be so organized for my own stuff! But yes to the space saver bags! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960572 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:13:50 +0000 MapleMoose 1960572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't get too many hand-me-downs because LO is the first of family and friends. But I store her outgrown clothes in plastic bins labeled by size: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, etc. When things get tight or short and stop fitting as well I stick them in the way back of the shelves in her wardrobe. That way I only have to transfer the small clothes to a bin all at once and they are clean and folded already. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960567 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:07:55 +0000 Adira 1960567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything is in plastic totes by size. It was definitely worth it to me, especially now with baby #2 on the way. I already took one bin's worth of clothes and washed them and it was nice to know I just had to open that one bin to get the size I need. Once he's wearing the largest size from the first bin, I'll open the next bin to wash those clothes. It was kind of a pain buying all the bins and organizing them, but I definitely think it's worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960558 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:00:47 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1960558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i put them in vacuum seal bags. but ending up giving them all to a friend when we had a girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960556 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:58:52 +0000 Raindrop 1960556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Space bags!! :)</p> <p>@shopaholic: *bows to you* You are so organized! I'm pretty much in trouble when LO 2 comes ... ruffling through my space bags. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1960550 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:55:44 +0000 shopaholic 1960550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used Ziploc vacuum sealed bags, stuck a paper with sizes inside each bag (and maybe things they contain if not just clothing). I recently went through and did this because I was worried about silverfish and moths. It really saved a lot more space too! Then I have them stored in plastic bins in the attic. Also labeled with sizes and/or contents on the outside. Sort of like this. </p> [attach=2730/14/nfmiox.450x600.8f032fe8133901abe07f8e127c21bb1f.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956353 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:18:48 +0000 mrskc 1956353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely at least organize by size. I have 2 large totes. I put each size in a garbage bag and tape a note on the outside with the size written on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956339 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:55:44 +0000 delight 1956339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have put all her clothes in plastic vacuum sealed bags and labelled with the size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956336 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:52:20 +0000 regberadaisy 1956336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Organized by totes in size / season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956327 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:44:33 +0000 Smurfette 1956327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plastic tote for every size. I have ones for 2t, 3t, and 4t waiting on her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956318 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:33:00 +0000 Canoli 1956318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put in large plastic bins labeled on the outside with size. I have gotten lazy with labeling and organizing and it's such a mess. It's so much easier to organize from the get go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956309 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:15:13 +0000 rattles 1956309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours are in space bags, separated by size with an index card indicating size in the front. The bags are stacked in a tote in LO's closet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956305 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:09:55 +0000 Tanjowen 1956305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made up 3 totes and taped on the sides what size range (from newborn - 9 months) and filled each tote and stored in the closet. Beyond 9 months it's become a bit of a jumbled mess... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956303 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:07:50 +0000 blackbird 1956303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I box everything up by size in plastic totes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-store-hand-me-downs-and-outgrown-clothes#post-1956300 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:51:13 +0000 cait 1956300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've seen some really great hand-me-down organization tips on Pinterest. Before I had my LO, I got a bunch of clothes that my nieces had outgrown. Many things that I didn't get around to organizing ended up getting misplaced or not seen until after LO had grown out of them. I'd say it's definitely worth taking the time to sort now, rather than when you're juggling two kiddos! </p>