https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 10:09:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590650 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:08:20 +0000 LulaBee 2590650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I save some nicer things- pricer, well made items (there aren't that many, lol), and I also save onesies that I love. I am also saving all their saltwater sandals- I buy for my oldest and youngest gets hand me downs, but I'll save them all even if they're ratty because I love them so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590648 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:58:53 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2590648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if I'll save anything to give her later. I do have one dress from when I was a baby that I'll be able to put her in soon and one Cheistmas outfit from a sibling that she wore. I will probably just save those and they will be the special saved outfits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590646 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:56:14 +0000 PinkElephant 2590646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Love it! We have a similar photo of DD1 in a lobster costume my sister saved from her daughters - DD wore it as a snowsuit when we were visiting them and didn't have one. Hilarious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590639 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:45:18 +0000 MaryM 2590639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I'm not even sure I ever actually wore it, but I love it!</p> <p>Eta photo. My niece borrowed them and picked them out one day </p> [attach=4748/16/oaq6qi.338x600.image.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590636 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:39:43 +0000 tlcbaby 2590636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only kept the outfit he came home from the hospital in, some one of a kind things from concerts and stuff, handmade items and OSU gear that maybe they can pass on (assuming my family will always be OSU fans). :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590633 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:37:05 +0000 PinkElephant 2590633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Hahaha I wonder if she saved the Hee Haw outfit ironically (because she knew it'd be funny some day), or because at the time she put it away she was so pleased with it's coolness. I'm sure that some of the little neon graphic print outfits that melt my heart today will make people say "WTH?!" 20 years from now (heck, probably 5 years from now)</p> <p>@wrkbrk: Good point with the quilt. Having a purpose makes it easier to select what would work best to save. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590629 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:27:34 +0000 Jess1483 2590629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I'll keep them to hand down--I'll probably make a quilt or something with my very favorite and pass down the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590627 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:22:12 +0000 wrkbrk 2590627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: We're one and done and it's been especially hard parting with things DS has only worn once or a handful of times (he is 8 months tomorrow). I was just randomly adding to a huge pile in our basement, not ready to part with his tiny things.</p> <p>Then I found about the baby outfit QUILT concept. So now I am saving a few things from each size that I will have made into a quilt along with his hospital blanket and hat. Having a purpose for which to hold onto these few special items made all the difference. Now I feel fine donating 90% of what he's outgrown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590602 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:39:50 +0000 MaryM 2590602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved a few things for me...just a couple toddler dresses/jumpers and like one pair of jeans. And these hilarious overall shorts that say HeeHaw on them and are covered in chickens. And my baptism dress and first communion dress/veil</p> <p>I love the stuff that's especially vintage, like the Polly Finders dresses and osh kosh jumpers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590601 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:37:11 +0000 Mrsbells 2590601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I save other things as keepsakes but not clothes. Clothes i give away so someone else can get some use out of them now that they are current. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590599 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:32:44 +0000 Mama Bird 2590599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think even once I'm sure our family is complete, I'll save a few really nice pieces, either to give as gifts to friends with babies, or in case the kids want them years later. We are still getting hand me downs from co workers with grown kids and grandkids, and it's so sweet and I would love to give people gifts like that down the road. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590591 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:17:45 +0000 PinkElephant 2590591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: With your love of vintage in mind, what kind of things do you save? Only nicer things, like woven dresses/bubbles? Or do you keep simpler things like cotton rompers if they're particularly cute? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590588 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:16:20 +0000 LulaBee 2590588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've got a tub with stuff for both girls- just favorite outfits or sentimental items. </p> <p>I wish my mom had saved my baby clothes- I love dressing my girls in vintage. My girls may not want them when they're older, but that'll be up to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590583 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:07:57 +0000 PinkElephant 2590583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @ShootingStar: That is my current thinking - a tub seems doable and not excessive. Right now all I've set aside (and not re-used for the next child) are their hospital logo embroidered hat/onesie/blanket and their coming home outfit. </p> <p>@youboots: I was thinking one outfit in each size would be a good limit to set for myself. It's so hard when everything is so cute! I've already passed on a lot of the generic, pale pink, baby shower gift stuff so what's left are the things I chose myself.</p> <p>@looch: I think my oldest is like you and will be very nostalgic about anything I save for her...so I probably should take care in doing so (and maybe even get her input - she's 4).</p> <p>In general, I want to avoid over-hoarding...after witnessing my SIL's bridal shower, I know she will not need any of our hand-me-downs, even if the stars align and the gender/season of the the clothes is perfect for her. And my sister saved some of the "best" things from her girls, who are 9 and 11 years older than my oldest, and a lot of it, while very nice, is just so not what kids wear anymore, that I'm not really interested. So I want to avoid wasting our things in the same way, without tossing everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590579 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:02:04 +0000 LindsayLou 2590579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: Ditto. My mom saved some favorites from each of her three kids, and I was able to use some for my daughter. It was so special for both my mom and I. My mom actually wishes she's saved more. It was so much fun to go through all that she saved when I was pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590575 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:00:16 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2590575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the only clothing things I kept were their tiny knit hats from the hospital and a preemie diaper, They bring back the memories without needing lots of objects. We get rid of all other clothing. if there was something really special I would consider holding on to it, but I would rather someone else fet use out of those items </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590573 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:55:17 +0000 catlady 2590573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saved her little hat from the hospital but nothing else. It's in a box with ultrasound photos and her hospital band.</p> <p>She had some gender neutral clothes that I will re-use for our December boy but after he is done with them, I will get rid of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590572 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:51:36 +0000 kiddosc 2590572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saved the outfits they came home from the hospital in, but haven't saved much else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590570 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:51:24 +0000 ShootingStar 2590570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a relatively small rubbermaid tub and I put a few things in there. We had a November boy, and now we're having an August girl, so there were a lot of things that couldn't be re-used. I kept things like DS's coming home outfit and the hat he wore in the hospital. DH also had a favorite outfit he loved so I kept that too.</p> <p>But other than that, I have MOUNTAINS of boy clothes from the first 2 years that are in garbage bags waiting to go to charity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590569 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:44:18 +0000 looch 2590569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have one dress from when I was a baby, I have since mounted it a shadow box. I think I have my coming home outfit too, but I might have misplaced it, sadly. Because I have so little, I treasure it more and have actually done something with it.</p> <p>For my son, I have a small bin. I am debating what to do with it though, I feel it would be more meaningful if I had it made into a lap quilt or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590566 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:42:02 +0000 MrsKoala 2590566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved her favorite outfits and gave them to me to use for my son. I love that I have them. I'd say save a couple favorites from each size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590562 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:38:14 +0000 youboots 2590562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a shoebox with a favorite outfit from each size, a pair of tiny shoes and a tiny hat etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590561 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:37:00 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2590561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im trying to limit myself to one tub. Things that are in good condition, special memories and a few things from each size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-baby-items-for-nostalgia-not-re-use#post-2590556 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:34:05 +0000 PinkElephant 2590556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm getting into full on nesting mode and was trying to get rid of baby things that simply don't make sense for baby #3 (a fall baby, so she won't get to wear her sisters' rompers/sunsuits in teeny sizes). I was ready to just purge it all, but decided to run it by DH in case there was any outfit he was really sentimental about. Shockingly, he totally derailed me and was all "Don't you think the girls might want some of that? You're saving SOMETHING, right?" And now I'm doubting myself. Because once I start to look closer, it's REALLY HARD to decide which adorable little outfits to keep, and which to send on their way.</p> <p>What items, if anything, are you keeping to either give to your LOs or simply because you can't let them go? </p>