Do you keep your little ones clothes?

I mean after they have grown out of them? I have about 3 huge bins full of Ava's clothes. Part of me says to keep them in case we decide to have another baby and we have another girl.....then the other part of me says to just get rid of them and only keep the really really cute stuff that I loved. Just wondering what everyone else did?

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I kept everything that wasn't stained and that I didn't hate. Good thing too because I'm pregnant with another daughter.

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I would keep everything that is still in good shape, UNLESS you are sure that you are DONE having children and have taken permanent steps to prevent another pregnancy.

IMO, there's no reason to keep clothing that someone else you know could use...or even, someone less fortunate. Why let it rot in the attic, KWIM?

I kept just the few sentimental items from each of my kids that truly had special memories/meaning to me. The rest gets passed along to friends, relatives or Goodwill.

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I'm making a quilt out of all of his 0-3 month clothes.

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I saved all of my son's preemie outfits and I saved all of DD's also. I plan to get a quilt made out of them since I don't plan on having anymore children.

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I kept everything.

When I found out that I was having a boy, my friend, who was done having kids AND moving, sent me a 20lb box of her son's clothing and it was a freakin lifesaver.

I'd like to be able to do that one day for someone, but I am going to save them for a few years, just in case (although I am 99% sure we are one and done)

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Joseph gets his clothes from my sister's cousin-in-law's sons. Joseph's old clothes go to his little cousin.

Maddie gets her old clothes from her older cousin & passes them to my sister's SIL's daughter.

When I wasn't "done", I couldn't part with any of them. I was relieved that my sister's ILs had opposite sex kids so I can pass mine on.

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i donate all of them

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im keeping them all right now until i am done having kids and then whatever is in good condition i would def donate or pass on to family if anyone needed

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I have saved all of her really nice outfits or anything that has special sentimental value to it....threw out all stained, ripped, stretched out or just casual play clothes. They are in bins in my basement marked by size. They take up A LOT of room because DD always has tons and tons of outfits for each season.

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I got rid of almost all of Roman's clothes. I donated them to Goodwill.

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I kept everything till I knew I was done. I had a boy then a girl. When I was pg with #3, we found out the gender with him. When I found out he was a boy, I had a preggo urge to take bins and bins of clothes out of my attic and reorganize the boy clothes and get rid of all the girl clothes. I got rid of some boy clothes I knew I wouldnt use again (my first boy was a late fall baby, my 2nd boy was a late spring baby so there was a lot of things I knew I wouldnt use) Except a few VERY sentimental pieces, I get rid of it all. As my DS #2 & DD outgrow, I keep it in bags for friends or to give away. My DH is so happy whenever a bag goes out the door.

My SIL (DH's brothers wife) gives me clothes for my DS, I never have to buy ANYTHING. I share with my other SIL (my brother's wife) bc our boys are the same age.

That same SIL (my bro's wife) gives me clothes for my DD. Yet another SIL gives me clothes for my DD too. And that SIL has a boy who is 5 months younger than my DS #2 so I give her all my DS's outgrown clothes.

Lots of clothes stay in the family. I give my DDs clothes to friends mostly.

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I have everything that is still in good shape. A friend told me I shouldn't do that -- that each child deserves their own new stuff, not just the first, but I just can't see spending all the money again, for stuff that was only worn a couple of times and is still in perfect condition.

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I kept all DS's clothes until I found out #2 was a girl, then started giving them away to people I know would use them.

DD clothes I have also given away too because accirding to DH, we are done. I'm not so sure.

I did save a few special newborn clothes from each of them, as well as their special occasion outfits.

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I did/am. I have two piles that will be going into storage bins. One for Boys and one for unisex, incase baby #2 is a girl.

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I kept only the things that weren't stained and that I loved. I also kept all his premie stuff. The rest I handed down to my sister or sold on ebay.

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I kept everthing that wasn't stained and gave alot of the 0-3 months to my SIL (she had her DS 8 days I had my DD). Since her son was born in July and my DS was born in April only 0-3 months are really an option and then maybe some 6-9. I keep the sentimal outfits. I just can't part with the rest, especially now that we are done with kids.

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I think half our storage unit is old Ava clothes. I'm keeping them incase I have another girl or if my sister has a girl. I think we have 10 bins full! And I already gave a lot away

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I kept the outfits that I really really loved. Everything else I gave away.

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I've got it all up in the attic. I'm pretty convinced that i will have another boy, so I'm not throwing/giving anything away just yet.

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I keep a few special outfits and newborn ones and then donate the rest. Even when Jack was born and we knew we would have more, I still gave his stuff away. Our family and friends are extremely generous with gifts so when Molly was born, we received a ton of things and I never even used the unisex stuff I had saved from Jack.

The way I see it, if we have more, a few onsies and sleepers are very inexpensive. I'd rather donate the used clothes to those that are less fortunate that have them sitting in my house "just in case".