Linda - posted on 01/05/2010 ( 73 moms have responded )
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I'm currently going NUTS with soo much 0-3 months clothing that my daughter has. Even now as I went through all her clothes, she has clothes well into 2 years of age. Mostly 3-6 and 6-9 months! My sister is currently pregnant so I'm waiting if she has a babygirl to hand down my daughter's clothing but if not, I'm lost sa to what I can do with her clothes. I don't want to just throw away these clothes since some are almost new but at the same time I don't have the room to save boxes of her clothes- I don't plan on having another child until at least 5-10 years from now... We're going to Lima, Peru [my ethnicity] in May so I'm thinking of taking the clothes that nmo longer fit her to donate to foster homes/ hospital with childrens with aids or something similar. Is anyone else either donating or saving their 1st child's clothes ?
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS TAKE THE CLOTHES TO LIMA PERU! Here is my strategy (we are Divas, so we have a ROOM of clothing! We dress up daily!)...here is what I do:
I have a few plastic bins, I mark them and place in the bottom of her closet: I have ONE "Heirloom" bin. I only keep NICE clothing - the expensive stuff that I buy; monogrammed clothing, etc. I keep milestone clothing - the outfit she wore home from the hospital, her first birthday tshirt, her first tutu, etc.
The REST of the clothing I give to many people - I spread the love around:
a) give some to cousins (50%)
b) give some to charity (about 10%) - I usually give outfits that I mistakenly poured bleach on; sometimes we make those Mommy errors; so typically most charties just want stuff the kid can wear that's clean, so let's say 'two or three bleach dots", then it goes to charity.
c) give the rest to friends (40%) - I have friends with girls Chloe's age, so I give them clothing.
You have to be careful, some people get offended when you give them used clothing, even if its NEW and in great condition. So, I typically make sure I know who I'm giving it to. I have a shelter nearby with women who are in bad condition, so I always give stuff to them; I give my Walmart, Target brands, to them. My more expensive brands, like Macys, Dillards, etc - I give those to my family members.
I had to get to a point of being honest with myself - NOT all clothing is worth keeping. I can't KEEP everything. So, you can't get attached to the 'money' part of what you bought. I have seen some Moms try to see the stuff on Ebay or Craigslist. I don't personally ahve the patience, and I don't believe you get your money from it because with the economy most people are looking for deals.
Try to do a garage sale, but be reaslitic. NO one is going to pay $20 for your used clothing, even if you paid $50. I saw one lady nearby, she had a garage sale and sold NOTHING! She wanted $10 for a used polo. Sorry lady! Maybe $3 to $5...so who cares that its Polo. If you are STUCK on the money part of what you paid for the clothing, then give it to a shelter or a real non-profit, so you can get a TAX DEDUCTION SHEET.
I love dressing my daughter. She looks like a rockstar everyday, but we can't keep all the rockstar stuff, so I keep some and give the rest. I usually keep all her tutus. I keep some stuff to put her on dolls. Then I give the rest. I don't want to become a pack rat!
I want to be a BLESSING to someone else. If you are blessed to have purchaesd it, then take it your people in Peru and share it with them. You can now be a blessing to someone else! BLESS someone. Don't let it sit at your home just because it's YOURS...share it, give it, and spread the love. You'd be amazed how many Moms have nothing and they'd love your clean used clothing. I always wash everything I give away before I give it. I don't necessarily PRESS IT, BUT I always neatly wash and fold! I never treat people any less than I'd want to be treated, even if they are poor!
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Jane - posted on 09/05/2011
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We took a lot of it to Once Upon a Child (a resale shop) and sold it. Then we used the money to buy bigger clothing. The rest we gave to a co-worker who had been seeing a married man and who ended up pregnant and jobless (he was also her boss).
Elizabeth - posted on 01/17/2010
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I had MANY arguments w/ my kids fathers. I've saved my kids baby clothes. I've done a cost analysis and it was actually cheaper for me to get bins and store my kids out gown clothes, then to replace all of them when I had more kids. When the other kids came money was not always available and it has been a HUGE help already having the clothes and toys then having to come up with the money to replace them all. Some times I would loan the clothes and toys to friends who had kids, they would make sure they took good care of them and then give them back to me (also a cheap way to store them at someone else's place). If you find that your not going to have ANY more is for sure, then the best thing to do is donate them, to a non-profit organization, there are good wills, salvation army's, Homeless Shelters, many places like that where people who can't afford to buy them and who really need them can have them. plus as long as it is a non-profit organization you can write it off on your taxes. Make sure your not UNDERvaluing the items when you donate them. WWW.CUSTOMTAXSERVICES.COM
Erin - posted on 01/16/2010
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I ended up getting rid of my 2 oldest childrens baby clothes. But with my 10 month old daughter, I made a quilt out of her 0- 6 months size clothes and gave away the rest (Except the extra special things)