to want to stem the tide of presents for our pfb?

[partypigeon]

People have been incredibly kind but I'm feeling overwhelmed by the amount of gifts we've been given for our 3 month old - lots from distant relatives/friends of parents who we've never even met! Not just typical "gift" type things but loads and loads of everyday clothes, I'm wondering if people think we're skint as we have quite an unusual lifestyle (we're not rich but not struggling either). Post-Christmas we are groaning with things we don't really need or want. Is this normal? How do people deal with it without seeming rude and ungrateful?
I should add that we live in a tiny space and have no storage so were very clear about what would be useful Christmas presents and about not wanting loads of things but it doesn't seem to have registered at all.

I'm planning to donate a load of clothes to a clothes bank but that's tricky with the things MIL has given us (all grey or navy blue, I don't really want to dress him like he's in uniform for the next 6 months), but I'd like to try and nip this in the bud now if at all possible. Any advice much appreciated and please don't flame me for being an ungrateful cow.

Who says you have to exchange for the same outfit in a bigger size unless you wanted to send a picture of him in it to each person as a thank you? I got given lots of stuff for PFB and although the majority was lovely as bought in different sizes there were a couple I didn't like. It may sound ungrateful but I changed them for something I did like that would get used. In fact did the same with a couple of Xmas presents that dd already had. No body knows what I did so nothing to be upset about and she now has a range of clothes and toys.