What do you do with your kids' clothes after they have outgrown them?
Giving them as hand-me-downs or donations is a great option, but what if you still want to have more kids? It wouldn't be a good idea financially to give everything away, only to buy it again in a year or two. But what do you do with in during those couple years??
I think I should have bought stock in Rubbermaid a long time ago. Between organizing my house and my classroom, I own a TON of Rubbermaid bins.
I have five bins so far for Maia's old stuff. The first three buckets are for newborn to 3month items: clothes, burp cloths, the infant insert for her car seat, socks, hair bows, books, and even more clothes! Maia had trouble gaining weight for the first three months while she battled acid reflux, so she wore newborn sizes for more than 12 weeks. We have plenty of newborn clothes!!
There are even some newborn diapers left over - a whole unopened package! We bought cloth diapers too with the intention of being green and saving money, but they aggravated her reflux. The waistband put too much pressure on her belly and made her reflux worse. Hopefully we'll get use out of them one day! For now, they're in storage...
The other two are from 6 months to 12 months. They include shoes, pajamas, clothes, hats, bathing suits, and socks. I love having everything organized by size. If I need to go through them, I know where I can find everything! I don't have to worry about digging through a bunch of bins aimlessly. Plus, they store easily since we can just stack them up. And, now that we're moving, I know that everything will stay together and can just be unpacked and re-stacked in our new house.
Do YOU organize your kids' old clothes? How and where do you store them?
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I wish I was this organized with mine!! I pinned this in the hopes that one day I will be productive and do what you have done...
ReplyDeleteYou can do it! I leave the empty bucket in her room and whenever I have a few minutes, I sort and fold clothes into it. It can be hard to find a few minutes though! Good luck!
DeleteWell I just was going through and organizing the clothes! I got through newborn, 0-3, and 3-6mos sizes. I just used tubs that I had on hand like you did. They are stacked in the corner of my bedroom..nowhere else for them to go!
ReplyDeleteNow still need to do the 6-9 mo, 9-12 and 12 mo sizes. Slowly but surely!
Luckily we have a storage room in the basement. It's piled high with bins but I can't see it - out of sight, out of mind! :)
DeleteHey you had commented on my blog and I wanted to let you know, YES, Operation Christmas Child is nationwide, in fact other countries prepare shoeboxes too for OCC and they get sent around the world to kids in need. They usually collect boxes officially in November, but if you look around on the website, you can find that they accept shoeboxes all year long at the office. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great cause!! Thank you for sharing. Once we're settled back in the States this summer, I will have to get more information!
DeleteConsign! Once your little girl is 4 or 5, the bins will be overflowing. I started consigning my daughters old clothes, and actually make quite a bit of money at each sale! I plan to buy more at the consignment sale when we have another baby.
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