To toss all my baby's dresses?

[NoMoreFrills]

DD is a little over three months, and almost her entire wardrobe at the moment consists of thoughtful gifts we received when she was just born. She's the first baby girl in both our families (all her cousins and second cousins are boys) and people went a bit mental shopping for her. She has almost fifty dresses, mostly pink and frilly, plus tights and little cardis and so on. It's not my style, and it also to me seems such a hassle all the time. I'd much rather keep her in baby gros or simple tops and joggers. Since we don't have a lot of money, and I didn't want to waste all these gifts (or offend anyone), I've been dressing her up in them for the past months, but it is starting to really annoy me. Would I be unreasonable to just ignore them and go out to buy some simple sleepsuits and outfits that I like and think are practical?

Any with tags on - take back to the shop and swap for sleepsuits.

She will grow out of the rest soon enough so just put her in one, take a p8c and send it to the buyer then donate it.

Oh - keep the tights and cardigans. Put a long sleeved popped vest over the tights and that's as good as a sleepsuits.

Dresses before they can walk are a total pain. Say thanks, maybe put them on once (leave tags on) and send a photo to the gift giver. Then sell the dresses and buy something practical.

We had the same when we had dd- I’d smile, send a thank you card and then exchange them for onesies, vests and jogging bottoms on the QT.

I’m sure there’s people who think that’s really ungrateful, but I hate the idea of waste and things sitting unused in a wardrobe especially when people have spent their money on it.

Dresses look adorable hanging up in the shops, but the reality is they are a total faff. Yes, try to return them if you can or sell them.

I wish I still had any with tags, but my thoughtful MIL cut all the tags off, washed everything and put them in the closet for me (she helped us out a lot during the first weeks).

Not at all unreasonable, and it's a shame those generous gift givers didn't consult you on your style or needs! Money or vouchers would have made much more sense.

Why not put aside half a dozen special little outfits so you have something to pass on to other family members to keep givers happy and sell the rest?

Pink and frilly is the root of all evil imho, especially if it needs ironing, and why should you have it imposed on you?

If you can’t afford to replace them then don’t. Just put them on her. If they’re a faff they’re a faff - reserve for weekends or specific groups / family visits.

Sell them as a bundle

Buy sleepsuits.

Mine were in baby grows until nearly 12 months anyway 😂 they look lovely with cardigans in.

Dresses for babies/crawlers are a stupid pain in the ass. They crawl showing their nappy and have no knee protection and when you pick them up you have to rearrange the clothing.
YANBU. I would have sent them to charity long ago 😂🤷‍♀️

Yep I did the same. Any frilly silly things got taken back and swapped for babygrows and vests etc. It’s just not practical! Even at 2 - she loves climbing and getting muddy and generally being a kid. Doesn’t work when you’ve got a big frilly tutu skirt on does it? I keep telling people not to buy stuff like that - T-shirt’s, jeans, leggings, pyjamas - all very useful things instead.

It's personal, I hate babies in grown-up clothes.

If you can't return them, why don't you try to sell them? You can buy lovely baby sleepsuits from the likes of Primark for next to nothing.

Until they are old enough to get dirty at nursery, I wouldn't keep any of the clothes I don't like, sell and use the money for something else.

If you have time, I would photograph it all and put it on ebay. Then use your Paypal credit to get stuff you actually want.

You need to think of a way to tactfully say about gift reciepts and/or your style preferences, or people will keep buying this stuff as presents in the future.

We used to bring into conversation about how it's 2019 and girls shouldn't have to be in pink frills and dresses all the time etc. Not so subtle but worked for our family, who don't do subtle hints

Try an NCT Nearly New sale

Since we don't have a lot of money,

For that reason, I'd keep them as you've already got them, and start dropping into conversation that she definitely prefers trousers/neutral colours/whatever so that if people buy more clothes, they might not be frilly and pink...

But I don't think I'd waste them if we were short on cash, and baby clothes without tags aren't likely to go for much I don't think, so I'd begrudginly see this out.

Keep your least disliked 3 outfits in case and sell the rest on Facebook or eBay. Tights and cardi's are great though.

Have a look to see if there is a NCT sale near you. Pop them up for £1.20 each and you might be able to sell them, and use the money to pick up bits for the next stage up.

I found dresses easier when changing nappies , anyway I agree put them on send pic to the person who gifted them , then. give them to charity

Sell them as a bundle on FB, you might as well make some money off it

Sell them if you can, either Facebook or baby and child markets or NCT sales. The sales will also be a good place to pick up more bits cheaply too so two birds with one stone!

I put all my DD's baby dresses on ebay. My mum went really overboard and there were so many that she ended up never wearing. We made a bit of spare cash and used it to buy more practical things for DD.

Agree to sell them as a bundle on eBay, then use the money to get sleepsuits

They are just clothes
You don’t have a lot of money so why buy more, when you have perfectly good clothing??

It’s a dress, what is the issue with dresses? What is this current trend for hating girls in dresses