Keep all baby clothes if you might be one and done?

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If you're on the fence about having more kids, do you keep everything just in case? My loft is getting very full! But seems a waste to get rid of anything if we might use it again.

We passed onto new babies in the family and said we're not precious about anything but let us know when they're done with it, I love seeing clothes get reused

We moved, which forced us to get rid of some of the stuff. Plus my sibling is expecting a baby and I’ll pass on some stuff to them. I’ve donated some to baby bank and I’ve sold on Vinted. I think if we ever had a second, I’ll get some stuff from the baby bank and mostly buy from Vinted. I’m not keeping stuff endlessly on the off-chance I might have a second. I feel a lot better getting rid of stuff. We only had to get rid off 18 months worth of stuff when we moved but it was still a big task and if there were years and years of stuff it would just pushed further and further down the road because of the size of the task.

I kept everything. Then I had a son, had to get rid of masses of it. Wish I'd just got rid in the first place! Sold and bought again on vinted.

I just kept my favourite bits in vacuum bags, the rest i passed on or sold. When i finall

We planned to be one and done and got rid of baby clothes and toys. We ended up having a second dc with a 4 year gap so it was a shame we had to rebuy stuff.But we were slow with decluttering so we had only got rid of stuff up to age 2 - everything after that age is hand me downs.

We are now two and done - I am storing baby stuff to sell on but haven't got time to do it now, I'll do it when they have more nursery hours. Spare room is very cluttered but it will only be another year or so.

... posted to soon.. when i finally had number 2 i got given so much stuff anyway it would've been pointless keeping everything. Like you i didnt have the space anyway

We passed it onto family members. They would have returned it if we needed it again but in the meantime, it was good to get some more use of it. My second niece came home from hospital in one of DS' outfits which my first niece had also worn. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

My attic is absolutely stuffed full of baby clothes. We had twins and still stuck the small stuff up there. Need a skip to clear it

We put special/memorable items of clothing in their own memory boxes so that they were only connected to that child. Other good quality stuff we kept for #2 and all the rest went to family and friends or to charity.

I kept all clothes and it was really hard to give all of them to charity when we moved but I just had to as I know we are not having more kids.

This is slightly what I'm worried about. If we decide we're done with kids I think part of me will still be sad about it, and I can't imagine it will be easy to go through all the newborn clothes in the loft and sort them out for selling, giving away etc. Maybe best to just do it as I go along now!

Good shout about passing to relatives too. If my sister has a girl next I'll definitely offer her my DD clothes. A lot of them are hand me downs anyway!

If you are unsure id hold on to them. But if you are more leaning towards being done then be ruthless and get rid of them. Ideally, to family who might hold onto them just in case, but if not sell or donate. You can always get more if things change down the line. We are done after 2 DC and immediately getting rid of each size after DC2 has outgrown them has been quite therapeutic. I would have considered a 3rd but DH categorically doesn’t want anymore, so we are therefore done. It’s helping me think forward as opposed to clinging on to what could be!

I kept it for a couple of years, decided to get rid but the charity shops were shut for covid so didn’t manage to. And ended up very glad we didn’t get chance….

I can't imagine it will be easy to go through all the newborn clothes in the loft and sort them out for selling, giving away etc

Bundle each age range into a bin bag and put them on FB marketplace for free, for collection if sorting seems emotionally/physically impossible. Tend to go quickly.

Keep a few sentimental items and pass the rest on.

We’re leaning very heavily towards one and done. It’s still sad sometimes going through the newborn clothes and wondering how they were ever so tiny but it’s like any stage when you realise how big they’ve got - when they get themselves dressed or when they don’t stop talking or you can’t keep up with them when they’re running around the park.

For the most part though, it’s going through hundreds of vests and sleepsuits that you aren’t overly attached to. I took out my favourite outfits/sleep suits called DH to show him and pout for a little while that our baby had grown up but there was a lot and I genuinely couldn’t remember all of them. In that sense, it’s not sad it just makes you realise how much crap babies generate. It was a relief to get rid of all of that because I know I still have my favourites, I can take those at any point but I don’t have vacuum bags of stuff just taking up space. Once you’ve done the first bag/box it gets easier.

We have about six large storage boxes of clothes in the attic, and another three or four of toys. There wasn't any reason to get rid of them as we have the space to store them.

I donated or sold all the patterned stuff I wasn't that fond of, as we're in a position to rebuy stuff if we do have number 2. I've kept all the stuff I liked and all the plain basics that there's no point buying again (eg plain shorts, joggers, vests etc).

Sell everything but your very favourites OP! I made £70 on vinted with the under 6months clothes, must of which were supermarket brand, lots of second hand to me!