https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:34:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1584843 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:45:20 +0000 T-Mom 1584843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: It is some kind of paint from school.. it's supposed to be washable, but I've washed several times now with no luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582476 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:08:07 +0000 MrsTiz 1582476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try and pay $10 an outfit. So if it's a romper the MAX i'll spend is $10, and then even less for onesies/pants. I'll spend a little more if it's a "special occasion" outfit, like for Christmas/Easter/weddings etc. Most of his clothes were gifts/bought off HB or at consignment sales! I'm a tightwad when it comes to baby clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582464 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:04:24 +0000 78h2o 1582464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: that's a good idea too!<br /> @blackbird: thanks!<br /> @T-Mom: good luck with the paint stain. What kind of paint? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582393 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:18:25 +0000 looch 1582393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you sew, you could possibly shorten the dress to a tunic top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582332 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:32:03 +0000 blackbird 1582332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h20, i was just going to comment on what a CUTE owl dress it was and then i realized it was a patch, HAHA. I think it looks cuter WITH the patch :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582198 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:51:53 +0000 T-Mom 1582198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: such a cute little dress! And what a steal! I didn't even notice until I looked hard.. I think you can get away without patching, although the little owl is adorable too!!</p> <p>Thanks for the tips on the blue dawn, I have another stubborn paint stain that i might carefully try on.. also Tea. Eek...</p> <p>ETA: to answer the OP's question, I have $15-$20 for the entire outfit in my mind, but it's really difficult now that my DD is in size 6 and girls' clothing is expensive. I frequently break that price! My DS's clothes are much cheaper since he's still a toddler. $5 per item if I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582169 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:31:18 +0000 78h2o 1582169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: agh! I ruined a Tea dress (luckily I only paid $1.50 at Goodwill) by scrubbing too hard with an Oxy paste... Learned the hard way that scrubbing like that really only works on whites. Anyway, I know the feeling! What was even more annoying was that after the scrubbing debacle, the blue dawn combo totally worked and magically removed all the stains I'd been scrubbing (I'm sure the reason it was at Goodwill). </p> <p>Anyway, I do use that combo with Tea, but tread cautiously with darks and try to limit or avoid the soak. </p> <p>Oh, and now I'm debating putting a patch over the sad over-scrubbed spot on the dress... yay/nay? Patch is not very "Tea" looking but it's the right colors... But maybe I will just leave it and let her wear it to daycare like that!<br /> [attach=2480/14/n4exs9.448x600.image.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=2480/14/n4exsb.448x600.image.jpg]</p> <p>*sorry for the thread jack! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582133 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:14:31 +0000 T-Mom 1582133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: Do you do the blue dawn combo with all your Tea clothes too? I just ruined one of my DD's tea dresses that I was planning to resell. I soaked it in oxiclean for too long due to small but stubborn stain. I probalby could have resold it with that stain but stupid me, I just had to try and get it out :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1582116 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:04:27 +0000 Arden 1582116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: Ahhhh not the Tea!!!! That photo made me scared. :P Vi has that dress. :) I always take her clothes off for eating or messy playing, daycare would terrify me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581943 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:31:01 +0000 78h2o 1581943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: yes, it does seem to work for stains that have set. I haven't tried the hydrogen peroxide combo yet, but have been meaning to. I know what you mean about daycare... they keep sending me pics of her painting... which are cute, but she never has on a friggin' smock! :)</p> <p>See what I mean?</p> <p>[attach=2480/14/n4esdw.320x374.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581926 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:25:58 +0000 Silva 1581926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: hahaha- you should look around, I got a 15.00 code for my first order from a blog I follow, and they just sent me another one! I got a 100% cashmere sweater for my daughter for like 5 dollars. Because she needs cashmere.</p> <p>ETA: their app is great, too. i have it on my ipad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581909 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:20:56 +0000 Trailmix 1581909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: well that was a rabbit hole, going to be all over that site now! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581903 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:18:52 +0000 regberadaisy 1581903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: have you had any luck with stains that have set?</p> <p>I've been doing a hydrogen peroxide + blue dawn lately and it's been great too!</p> <p>LO is at daycare so there's no saving clothes from stains. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581898 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:17:23 +0000 78h2o 1581898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: I put a small blob directly onto each stain and rub it in... then put the item in a bucket with a scoop of Oxy clean, warm/hot water, and another small squirt of Dawn. I mix it up and let it sit at least an hour. Usually everything is gone, but if I have to, I will let it sit longer... even all night if it's really bad. I've bought a few things online in "play condition" due to stains and got them back to looking new. I put it in the washer machine still a little soapy with the Dawn... doesn't seem to hurt anything.</p> <p>I've recently found that vinegar works really well at preventing fade, getting yellow out, and softening clothes. I use vinegar either in the rinse cycle (1/2 pint), sprayed directly on the yellowed area, or in the fabric softer compartment (1/2 cup). </p> <p>I've also started hanging most of her clothes to dry (rather than using the dryer), as that keeps them in better shape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581892 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:14:30 +0000 78h2o 1581892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: ebay! the consignment store that's always open. very addictive!</p> <p>@scg00387: I am always buying ahead too, esp. if I find something awesome at Goodwill or at an end-of-the-season sale in bigger sizes. I went to the winter clearance sale at a local consignment shop and got cute Halloween and Valentine's day shirts for next year for .25 cents each. </p> <p>You are right that church sales are the best! My church had one last summer and I got a jogging stroller for $5 and a giant box of Gymboree and Baby Gap clothing for $5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes/page/2#post-1581873 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:07:44 +0000 Silva 1581873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: hmmm how much blue dawn? In the washing machine? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581872 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:07:42 +0000 woodentulip 1581872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add that when my kids were very young I wasn't like this! It was more when they hit 18+ months and they were wearing through things before growing out of them...I hated having to buy things at the same size twice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581869 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:06:49 +0000 woodentulip 1581869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Waaaaay more than the average here. It is embarrassing, but I love shopping for my kids!<br /> Boden, Matilda Jane, Peekaboo Beans, Hanna Andersson and stuff like that are our usual rotation. On average they wear *so* much nicer in my opinion, and I do love getting a lot of wear out of kids clothes.<br /> One place that I haven't been able to buy kids stuff at is J.Crew! It is just a little too pricey for my wallet! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581867 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:06:03 +0000 78h2o 1581867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: the Oxy + blue Dawn + hot water + 1 hr (or more) soak combo has changed my life! :) I've been able to get out just about any stain.</p> <p>I mostly buy her clothes 2nd hand on FB BST sites, ebay, and consignment sales. I will pay more for my favorite brands, like Tea Collection and Boden, with the plan to resell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581862 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:05:02 +0000 immabeetoo 1581862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and church sales are the best. If I don't have time to leisurely garage sale on a Friday when it's not crowded, I go sans baby on Sundays when they're having $5 a bag sales :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581848 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:59:28 +0000 regberadaisy 1581848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$4 or less for new tops, $7 or less for new jeans, less for leggings.</p> <p>If buying used I try to aim for $2/item. </p> <p>She's almost 2 and I still keep within that price frame. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581846 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:58:55 +0000 immabeetoo 1581846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I refuse to pay more than $5 for anything unless it's a very specific need that is immediate, like when I bought dress clothes for family pictures, or something I absolutely fall in love with, like a zutano print (used, off ebay). I'm happy to scour Ebay and Goodwill and buy ahead - we have a $3 columbia down winter jacket, snow boots that were $1 in two sizes, etc. all stored away. </p> <p>I realize lots of folks don't like, or have the time, to do that but there are lots of ways, mentioned above me, to shop cheaper! You can set up alerts on ebay for certain sizes or brands and find them immediately when something is listed.</p> <p>I make every effort to buy used before new, it's better for my wallet &amp; the environment :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581839 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:55:19 +0000 lemondrop 1581839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I shop sale racks all the time and keep future sizes in mind, especially with end of season sales. With my first I rarely paid more than $5 per piece. Now with two boys and a nephew that we are handing down to I try to keep it under $7-8.</p> <p>I don't even bother looking at Boden or Janie &amp; Jack because they aren't worth the money to me. I do LOVE the quality of Baby Gap clothes, but usually get those second hand or during Outlet sales. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581825 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:50:53 +0000 blackbird 1581825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@trailmix, I *love* baby boden. But it's not everyday stuff for us. It gets worn for a special occasion (hello, $40 bunny dress?) then she wears it a ton to daycare so I feel like I got my money's worth :) </p> <p>@Arden, have you seen Carter's social responsibility promise? <a href="http://www.carters.com/california-supply/california-supply-chain.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.carters.com/california-supply/california-supply-chain.html</a> it's very similar to Tea's and makes me feel good about buying their stuff, too! Neither company is certified, unfortunately, but hey, it's a start! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581750 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:18:06 +0000 Silva 1581750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: those are my favorite brands too!.....but I usually buy used or on sale, and just a few items.....I get cheaper basics, like carters onesies, etc.<br /> have you tried ThredUp? I've gotten really nice stuff from them in almost all the brands listed (except PoP, but they have great sales!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581686 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:39:33 +0000 Trailmix 1581686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, after reading through all these responses, I feel like I'm way over-paying for my kids clothes! I will typically spend $10-12 for a onsie or pants and up to $25 for a dress or outfit or whatever. I will admit, I'm a total sucker for fancy baby clothing brands (Hanna Andersson whaaaaat? And Baby Boden, Polarn o. Pyret, Zutanos etc) so I guess that's probably why. I SO wish garage sales, consignment shops or goodwill were an option but they just don't really exist here in NYC! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581681 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:35:31 +0000 Silva 1581681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: yeah, i'm just not that careful :) neither is she, I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581664 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:28:04 +0000 blackbird 1581664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I buy mostly used at large baby clothing sales. $10 would be for a brand new with tags piece. Like pajamas. I usually pay $2-5, though. Then if I want something full priced, I don't feel too bad :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581642 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:20:36 +0000 pinkcupcake 1581642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: that's why I stopped buying nicer clothes with the mentality that I'll sell them later. I realized I was stressing out each time she was in a nicer outfit and I spent more time trying to keep the clothes clean than actively playing with her :) so now, I keep her in play clothes unless we are going somewhere special. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-average-price-you-aim-to-pay-for-basic-baby-clothes#post-1581619 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:11:27 +0000 Silva 1581619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Hmm...thats been my strategy too but I haven't been as lucky! Oh well :) </p>