But not exactly planning to have another. Because you know I kept everything for a few years , then gave it to charity , family and so on , and after I got rid of everything I realised that I would like to have another baby. Now I regret because it is so much money an I was so attached to those things, pregnancy wearings and so on.
But maybe there are good sites of this situation to start from the beginning, just everything fresh and maybe better, some things were torn.
Have you had the situation like this.
OMG, no. I was one and done from before conception. No way having some old baby clothes around would change my mind :)
Yes. At the time we had our girl (oldest) and then we had our boy four and ahalf years later, so we figured we were done and blessed. I gave alot of their clothing away, kept some of the toys and kept like five outfits. I got pregnant again with our youngest daughter and literally had to re-buy all new things for her. And let me tell you, the prices on baby clothing, beds, and toys have really gone up in price! It's crazy! But this time I kept everything! Noway i'm giving anymore away. We probably will try for a 4th but not any time soon...
Yes, and why not. If you have the room it's frugal and wise thing to do, until you know you're done having kids.
Besides, just because you keep old things doesn't mean you can't supplement with new things.
I kept A LOT of clothes after my first (a boy), though I did give away almost half the stuff, since I just didn't have enough space to keep it all, so things I really liked and high quality items/brand names/shoes. We were hoping for a girl, but we ended up having another boy 3 years later, so it was great (they were even born the same month, so no problems with having the wrong size for the wrong season, though we live in CA, so it wouldn't have been a huge issue) . Even so, I still have bought the little one clothes, plus we got tons more at the baby shower and Christmas. I gave away all the 0-3 months clothes, since I am officially done, but am thinking of sellingthe clothes the little one outgrows and putting the money I get into their bank accounts.
With my kids, I kept a LOT of clothes from the early months..... but I also had 3 girls within 4 years, so the kids wore a lot of hand-me-downs. I also wanted to have more than one child, so I was saving the items for the next child.
Even when we had a boy 5 years later, he wore some of the same sleepers and undershirts and such.
I gave away all of my maternity clothes and sold a lot of the "big" baby stuff. I then realized I wanted another.
I have kept everything. We did not find out what we were having with our son, so everything is neutral. Clothing and everything bought after he was born is more boy, but I am keeping that too. If we have a girl...I will have a ball buying pink and purple!
I only saved a few special things. I was 41 when my daughter was born and I knew she was my "only".
No. We knew we would have more kids, but I still gave away our son's things. Our second baby turned out to be a girl, then babies numbers 3 and 4 were also girls, but they were four years younger that the oldest girl. I had already given away the oldest girls things and I didn't regret it one bit. :)
I don't want lots things in my home that aren't being used or have to wait for a long time before they are used again. I suppose I'm sort of the opposite of a hoarder. I have kept only one newborn outfit and one baby blanket from each of my 4 children as keepsakes though. :)
There were very few things of my dåughter's that we kept: her swing, because I loved that thing, the crib but she wasn't really out of it yet, but that was about it. Most of the other stuff I just didn't like so we started fresh. there are a few of her dresses I kept just in case for sentimental reasons. After my son, I gave away most stuff because I just wasn't sure about another, and the swing had by then worn down and broke. I sure wish I kept a few things because at that point I did have items that I liked. So now I have #3 and most of the things I liked with him and got rid of are discontinued. So we started anew again. As for pregnancy wearings, different seasons, different way of carrying each, so didn't keep much.
i had kept my stuff from my oldest who is a boy. then almost 5 years later i had a girl. i was able to use some things and had to buy some new stuff. Then we moved when my daughter was 2 1/2. I had given away alot of the stuff. Then a year later I gave away all of the rest of the stuff except for a few outfits that i really liked and I found out i was pregnant again and had a boy. So I had to start from scratch basically. lol I shoped at alot of resale shops.....and still do. Hand-me-downs do not work with us due to the age differences.
Yes I did. I kept all of the things from my first baby because we hoped to have one more. Of course, there was no guarantee that we would be able to since it took 16 months TTC with number 1. I had another baby 2 years later and used everything I could then. As we outgrew or no longer needed the baby stuff, I either gave it away, donated it, or tossed it depending on condition. We always planned on just 2 so I was pretty sure I was DONE.
