If you are a mom with just one child who is 3-4 YO and are not sure about having more kids, Q about saving clothes

Have you been saving your DC's clothes? Are you saving everything or just "nice"stuff. How long will you save them? Where/how do you store them?

My DD is 3.5. We don't know if we'll have another DC or not, we would like to but it really depends on my health situation.
I have been saving almost ALL of DD' clothes . I started out saving just gently used cute/fancy/expensive outfits , but then started saving everything that's gently used , even coats and shoes/boots.
I was just going through her stuff to put away and I realized that I have bags and bags of DD's clothes and pretty soon I'll run out of room to store them. I was thinking of buying one of those space saving bags or something. My thinking is if we don't have another baby in 1-2 years I'll get rid of everything, or most stuff.

Message edited 2/5/2011 12:58:10 PM.

Re: If you are a mom with just one child who is 3-4 YO and are not sure about having more kids

Most of DSs clothes went to my sister (her baby was born the same time of year, just 2 years younger). We are 99.9999% certain we will not have another, but on the off chance that we do and it's a boy, I would ask her to pass along the clothes.

Baby equipment we have begun donating though--his stroller and crib we have, but some of the smaller things, tub, highchair, etc. we are giving away.

Re: If you are a mom with just one child who is 3-4 YO and are not sure about having more kids, Q about saving clothes

My DD is almost 4. About a year ago, I went through EVERYTHING and gave most of it to a friend with a little girl. It was getting crazy, for me, because we just have so little space and I am pretty sure we are done. There were about 7-8 big trash bags full. I also gave bigger stuff to my brother and SIL whose $$ situation was not that great. It helped them a lot.

I told myself that a) we probably are done and b) there is no guarantee the next baby willl be a girl. The DH of my friend who got the clothes was out of work, so that also added to me feeling like it was the right thing to do.

Re: If you are a mom with just one child who is 3-4 YO and are not sure about having more kids, Q about saving clothes

I still save clothes.

However...Cai will be 4 in April, and reality is setting in. Around 2 yrs ago we TTC, never happened. I am 37 (DH is 47) and I have been getting back into my fitness goals. I put my life on hold for too long "in case" I had another.

I think Cai will be my only one. As the reality continues to sink in more and more, I find myself giving more and more things away.

Cai was unplanned. Who knows what the universe has in store for me. But if I am blessed with another child, buying new clothes is a sacrifice I can live with