4 year age gap...no hand me downs..?

[faithfulbird20]

I don't have any or want to keep anything because I buy less to start with and it gets worn out by the time they've outgrown it..maybe I have 1-2 pair of shoes but that's about it...,anyone else not keep hand me down between siblings? Why?

I had a five year gap but still kept stuff for hand me downs. Baby /toddler clothes don't go out of fashion quickly. So I kept all the good quality stuff.

Did u keep worn out stuff? Like faded stuff, things with stains? I honestly looked at my dd4s rain jacket, dresses and T-shirt's...they've been so worn they've faded...one dress has a hole and the raincoat has a permanent stain...it's also faded...they're not in good condition so why keep them...

I have 3.3 and 3.9 between my kids, I keep handmedowns since I have space to store them. Funnily enough while I do keep wellies & crocs I don’t keep shoes, they never seem to fit at the right moment!

Because they are great for playing in the mud and painting in!

Even as mine got older u always kept a few bits of DSs for DD - great for guide camp, helping decorating, or similar.

If she only has a few things at a time and they're very worn, then no, it's not worth keeping them, but keep the odd thing if it's in good condition (it doesn't have to be all or nothing!).

These days most kids gave way too many clothes and so things are hardly worn and are worth keeping.

I'd put them in a charity clothing bin. The charity gets fabric weight for anything they can't recycle.

DS gets a lot of hand me downs that are on their last legs from neices and nephews. I find them useful for nursery or when we want to do messy play. But it does mean DS doesn’t often get to give hand me downs as he only really has a few nice pieces.

I’ve no objection to second hand or hand me downs but no way would I dress my child in stained or torn clothing [shocked]

I passed on all of DS1’s clothes as he outgrew them as I knew we would have a big gap and I like things to get used. Lots of his stuff was second hand anyway. Passing on all of DS2’s stuff now as he outgrows for same reasons (actually not planning to have any more kids).

I've replied to the other post. Stuff that's got stains or holes in doesn't get kept. I only pass down stuff that my eldest has grown out of that's in good condition. Which isn't a lot right now. I only have a two year age gap. I kept loads of baby stuff, but since they both hit school age, everything gets trashed by the eldest now.

I have a boy and girl so very little was passed down between them. I bought mainly Boden though and it's such good quality that I sell it all on eBay rather than hand it on.

How long do your kids clothes last anyway? It depends on how many items u have etc...some stuff lasts the whole year until they grow out of it...others last a few months... Normal?

I passed loads down up til about age 5, now it’s just the odd bit here and there. No school uniform here so most of the clothes are worn pretty hard and end up with paint/ holes. Even the “good” stuff.

I think it is mainly baby clothes people keep. Especially the unisex clothes. Baby goes don't tend to get worn for long as they grow so fast. Once they are in sizes for longer things do get more worn out.

Some of it depends upon the quality, some have more wear in them than others.

Personally anything in good condition and that I want to keep we keep for the next, the rest goes to charity.

There is no right or wrong it is up to each person to make their own individual choice.

I kept stuff in good condition and the odd thing for messy play. I'd rather use something already stained for painting than ruin something else.

We have lots of hand me downs, I tend to buy quality bundles of John Lewis, M&S stuff etc and it lasts quite well. I don't mind the odd stain or scruffy bit though!

I also have a fair bit of stuff that DC1 refused to wear because she's awkward particular, kept it for DC2.

I live in an area of terraces, we have bundles of hand me downs going from street to street sometimes!

I haven't kept any of mine, mainly due to lack of space, we're in a cramped place in London. It's relatively cheap to clothe babies and children if you are willing to buy second hand so the hassle isn't worth it to me. as an aside I do sometimes send mine to nursery in stained/worn clothing (within reason!) as I've had newer stuff ruined by activities like painting there.

I had 2.5yrs between mine. I've kept everything. Once I got it all down from loft I binned anything that had stains etc which wasn't a lot but I had huge bags and bags full. Some stuff still had tags on other things only worn a couple of times. I've got a serious shopping addiction when it comes to my kids.

Now I have 2 girls I'm even worse as I can justify expensive items because I know they'll get gd wear out them. I don't bother that much with stuff for myself anymore coz I love getting for the girls.

I've also given a bunch of stuff to my sil that had been worn by my girls as it was in great condition. Other stuff especially the designer stuff I often sell on and make gd money.

How old is your eldest? I found that I could keep different amounts from different ages - ages 4-6 I kept almost nothing as I think it was all worn to bits, but now I am packing away tons of age 8-10 size... and had bags and bags of toddler sizes.

We seem to have kept almost every stitch of clothing that DD ever wore. I bought good quality (expensive ) stuff to start with and it seemed a shame to waste it.

If we didn’t get lucky again, I was going to put it on EBay.

Our city has a clothing exchange where you drop off clothes (or not if you don’t have any) and can ‘shop’ the donations for free. People donate great quality stuff like Boden, John Lewis etc... so we utilise this rather than keeping hand me downs unless they are particularly sentimental things.

we'll have about 5 years between DSS and our first born, and i've kept most of his stuff as he didn't wear most of it very often, due to only being with us 30-40% of the time, so it didn't get a chance to get gross.
DSIL has already asked for her favourite bits as her and DBIL are having a baby this year... not too impressed tbh, my own child hasn't had a chance to wear those clothes yet!!

Passing down baby/toddler stuff makes sense because they grow so quickly the clothes don't have time to wear out. Once they're older only the good quality stuff that's lasted well gets kept.

I kept so many hand me downs, I have three sons and my youngest wears things my eldest and second son wore. Some bits were worn by older cousins before them. Of course anything damaged goes but it’s rare tbh.

Meh....keep what you want to keep, donate what you can, chuck the rest.

You do you.

I kept really nice stuff, that was still in excellent condition, ocassion type suits, and stuff to play in.
Then, I bought smart casual new stuff.
Primary really doesn't matter so much, but once they get to teens it becomes harder to pass things down, but still I kept the good stuff.