Have you kept your baby stuff?

[DustyLee123]

I want to sort out my loft but it’s absolutely full. Full of baby stuff and the kids toys. I kept the baby bath etc for the kids to use with their own kids, but I think they possibly will actually want their own new things .
What have you done, kept or chucked?

Get rid of! By the time your own kids have kids there will be new baby gadgets on the market and they will most likely want to pick their own .
Charity shop , Facebook market place and Vinted have been great for my decluttering

Facebook market place for everything, I bought the majority of the big items second hand too. Most of the clothes went to charity shops/ friends and family but if you have the time vinted is good for giving things a second life.

My youngest is 3, I still have two bottle warmers, a bouncer and a steriliser in the loft! Been trying to get rid for over two years. Local charity shops have signs out asking for clothing only, I refuse to bin them as they work perfectly yet I can't even give them away! No-one seems to want them.

It’s a lovely idea but your kids will want to choose and but their own things. Plus recommendations and guidance will likely have changed a lot and there will be new gadgets they’ll want to try

They’re not going to want the baby bath. Get rid of it all.

Donate them to a Babybank if there's one in your area.

@Preppingpenguin I listed things like that for free on my local 'random acts of kindness' Facebook and everything went really quickly. It was good to know they'd gone to someone who needed it and I'd also checked with the local charity shop who didn't have capacity for them. It's a very satisfying feeling haves declutterred! Now I just have multiple bags of clothing to do the same!

I would imagine the plastic bath would weaken over time and having been subject to extreme temp if your loft isn't heated. I would bin that right away. The rest of it I would wash and donate.

I have kept two sleeps units, one for each!

Imagine you have to pay a rental fee on tour loft... is the baby stuff worth it?

Recently took some similar items to a baby bank... they were really grateful.

Did not keep much but did keep a travel cot. And just as well because my son, his partner and their dd are travelling up from England to see us next week in their very tiny car.

So the travel cot will be handy! Not a deliberate keep. Just something that stayed in the loft.

If they are still young, get the baby bath out. Great for water play in the garden.
I’ve sold a few items but kept the bare minimum just in case of another!

Going against the grain to say my DM has kept loads of stuff from when my sister and I were babies and my 6mo has benefited hugely. I've had a moses basket, bath, cot, clothes, books, toys, and more! It's really taken the pressure off financially and if something hasn't been up to safety regs my mum has just got rid. If you've got room, maybe try to keep some stuff? The toys are great and I've loved having 90s outfits and handmade knitwear to put my DS in. Lovely gesture from my mum!

I passed on a few bits to friends and sold on the rest on local buy and sell sites or donated to charity. Same with toys. I kept a few little outfits, a train set and some baby books. And the much loved ragged teddies. Sometimes it's nice to keep old things too. I recently pulled out a batch of Enid Blyton books from the 80s for my kids to read and it was so wonderfully nostalgic for me.

I kept a few little bits that had some sentimental value and then everything else went.
to be fair I had been given and bought a lot of second hand stuff anyway so mostly none of it had any great emotional value and wouldn't have kept for any grandchildren 😂

Donate or sell.

My mum is one of those who keeps things "just in case useful" and honestly it's caused nothing but tension as she's suddenly palmed so much on to me.

One or two good condition toys or things like wooden brio train sets are worth it, but beyond that, don't keep

Got rid of mine when my youngest turned 4. All our age gaps have been about 3 years and I think it was confirmation that we were definitely done! Have kept little bits that I had sentiment to but donated most.

I kept their first pair of shoes and a little dress each that they had when they were about 9 mths old, also kept their 'naming day' dress (which they both wore).
I didn't keep any equipment or any other clothes etc.
I did keep the cot, it was lovely. I kept it for 27 years and through 3 house moves, but when I came to put it together for my grandson it was missing a part and ended up at the tip

I kept everything between first and last baby and now I'm done I get rid of anything we don't use anymore. I'd rather have the space back. There are one if two cute items of clothing I can't bear to part with but that's about it.

Yep, they are 38 and 18

All given away by the time DD was 2, apart from the bits I kept as keepsakes (first sleepsuit etc). All the general stuff given away.

Thanks for your replies , I will at least get it down to 50% for now.

Yes they can wash plastic babies in the garden next summer

Keep a few special things - absolute favourite outfits, books, toys but your kids are not going to want to use a 30yo baby bath, highchair etc that's been in the loft for decades. Use for sensory play or pass/sell it on.

My parents kept the toys my grandad handmade me and the clothes by grandmother knitted, the favourite books and a few timeless things like lego and dinosaurs, and I kept all my soft toys. We are passing most of my daughter's clothes to cousin save for a few special pieces we are holding onto for now in a memory box, and will then do a baby market to sell on the rest with SIL when cousin is done with them unless I have someone else close to pass on to. I bought almost everything second hand and would rather have the cash back to buy for the next stage.

My MIL was really upset that we wouldn't use the drop side cot she used for my husband and didn't accept that they're banned now (husband didn't die and he slept in it for two years don't you know).

We've only kept keepsakes, we'll help them get what they need if the time comes.