https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:24:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2437454 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:35:28 +0000 erinbaderin 2437454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not much, but my son is teeny tiny and takes forever to go through sizes - he just turned 2 and he's still in 12-18 pants, although they're starting to get pretty short on him. This past summer (16-19 months) I had to go get him 3-6 month shorts, because everything else fell off his skinny butt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436972 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:56:53 +0000 pastemoo 2436972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: 0% were never worn, but 90% are bought by MIL so I don't have much opportunity or neccessity to shop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436861 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:31:30 +0000 maddyz 2436861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We blew through sizes, by end of june LO was in t-shirts and cloth diapers. I had a lot of fall clothing friends passed on, but none of it fit by the time we needed it. I pretty much bought all his fall/winter stuff (LO 11 months and in 18-24 or 2T) and he wears it all. We have some fancy things I need to put him in to take pictures to give the the people who gifted it.... LO2 is going to be opposite seasons, bad planning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436718 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:22:31 +0000 Corduroy 2436718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lately it's been really bad, 50% for my daughter and 70% for my son. Luckily that doesn't reflect a lot of $$ because my daughter's stuff was all thrift shop and my son's were all hand me downs. My daughter decided she only wears dresses now so she hasn't worn any of her tops or pants except her jeggings under dresses. We were mainly given wrong season clothes for DS from 3 people so we had a ton of wrong stuff. I only pulled out the potentially acceptable stuff and we've been too lazy to put him in anything besides sleepers. I'm not even sure the kid has toes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436548 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:31:23 +0000 youboots 2436548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 20%? I return a lot of gifts to exchange for future sizes/needs. I over shopped when I was still TG so lots of boyish clothes I just am keeping for LO #2. I have enjoyed dressing T a little girlier than I thought I would. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436543 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:26:58 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2436543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 5-10%? But we got a couple of huge boxes of hand-me-down clothes so we definitely had more clothes then we needed in the smallest few sizes. We didn't really have things that we bought new that were not used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436388 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:57:38 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2436388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: DH has seven sisters and I have two, I forgot to count his brother's wife so it's really ten aunts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436387 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:54:55 +0000 josina 2436387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There were some dressier things I bought DS in newborn sizes that he never wore... cute sweaters and baby jeans that were adorable, but not actually practical to wear!<br /> Some of the hand-me down or 2nd hand stuff I bought, I decided later I didn't like either so gave them away (rather than pack and not wear with baby 2 either).<br /> Now I don't buy too far ahead so I know the size for the season and stick to comfy clothes unless I know he's going to have a reason to wear a dressier outfit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436275 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:05:11 +0000 snowjewelz 2436275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD only had stuff that didn't get worn b/c she got a lot of hand me downs, and also gifts, and I also buy stuff. So stuff I didn't like as much didn't really get used. Also when she was an infant, she didn't go out much (winter baby) so she really didn't need to get dressed daily... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436230 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:44:03 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2436230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A lot of "dressy" stuff doesn't get worn. I don't buy it because he hates non-comfy clothes, and we don't have many places that require it. So most things like that get maybe one wear. </p> <p>Now that he's almost two and I buy most clothes myself, he wears it all a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436221 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:40:17 +0000 BSB 2436221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Nine aunts?!? I have 2 (related) and about 4 that are friends. Wow! Plus, girl clothes is so cute and harder refrain from buying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436217 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:39:15 +0000 ShootingStar 2436217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had some waste when he was younger, but very little now. Before he was born I didn't have a great handle on what things I'd like to put him in. But now I go at the beginning of each season and buy a bunch of stuff and he wears it all to death. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436205 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:32:22 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2436205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a lot that wasn't used. My girls have nine aunts and a shopaholic grandfather. I rarely have to buy anything for them. Unfortunately this means a lot of off season sizes and far more fancy dresses than any non-mobile baby has business owning.<br /> The waste has gotten better now that my oldest stays in one size longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436198 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:28:17 +0000 lamariniere 2436198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My two wore everything. I don't buy a lot and do laundry frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-lo-moved-up-in-size-were-there-a-lot-of-clothes-that-were-never-worn#post-2436188 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:23:17 +0000 BSB 2436188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What percentage or how much of the clothes were never worn?</p> <p>With the twins we prefer one pieces (PJs/sleepers) and sometimes put them in onesies and pants. We didn't dress them up that often in dress clothes (dresses and dress shirts &amp; pants) so they weren't worn either. Pictures with Santa was the last time they were dressed up. </p> <p>Also, I had a lot of short sleeve onesies that were not used because they were were born in the fall and it was too cold to wear. We did want to get use out of them so we got long sleeved shirts to put under them. But putting an extra item on was definitely not high on my list so I preferred putting them in long sleeved onesies. DH is always hot and putting them in s/s onesies and I always have to put socks or put a cardigan on top. </p> <p>I know one tip is to not wash anything until it needs to be used but I like to pre-wash everything I buy. </p> <p>So do you usually have a lot, some, very little that were unused?</p> <p>ETA: Oh, I did recently learn that 3 months means 0-3m so I didn't get much use out of that size because I started them too late. Looking into the future, some of the clothes I got at consignment are probably the wrong season because of this sizing issue. </p>