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Stained stuff or worn stuff, I tossed. I kept one shirt from each size for sentimental reasons and passed on the rest!

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!

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.

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!

I just learned that places like Goodwill will recycle unwearable clothing, so don't toss!

@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

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.

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.

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".

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!

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!

I just went through a ton of LO's baby stuff this weekend. My process was:
- Did I love it on her and would I use it again if we had another girl? Keep.
- Everything else - Sell, donate, or trash, depending on brand and condition.

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.

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!

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!