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AIBU?

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To be keeping ALL of DS's baby clothes "just in case"...

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Twinklemegan · 20/01/2008 23:16

... even though I'm too scared to have another and, in any case, there's more chance of winning the lottery than falling pregnant again?

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minouminou · 20/01/2008 23:20

chuck them out - if you do, you'll immediately fall pregnant!
Problem solved! Well, exept for having to buy more clothes.
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RGPargy · 20/01/2008 23:33

Just keep your very favourite outfits/babygrows and sell/chuck the rest.

Flibbertyjibbet · 20/01/2008 23:33

No, yanbu at all.

I kept everything after ds2 even though I had him at 43 and was def not having any more. After a while though when the child is bigger and moved on, the baby clothes don't have the same appeal, sort of because they don't seem to be a part of him now he is not a baby any more iyswim.
Every so often I get to one of those days and think 'what was I hanging on to those for?' and make up a parcel to give away/flog etc.

So I would say hold on to them until you are ready to get rid. The time will come and then you won't even think about it. But there will always be one or two things that you will NEVER be able to part with

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Twinklemegan · 20/01/2008 23:44

I think at the moment I'm keeping them because the early days are such a blur to me, I seem to need them to help me remember. Does that make sense?

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minouminou · 20/01/2008 23:46

yeah! i often look at the very 1st gro that DS wore in the hospital, minutes old. just to remind me of how small he was.

Ledodgy · 20/01/2008 23:50

Keep them. I sold all mine as we were stopping at two. Number 3 is 2 weeks old.

Stayce · 20/01/2008 23:52

i got loads of my DS's stuff out the other day to put on here, and there were just items that i just couldnt...

DH was like...But he's not gonna wear it again...But i couldnt do it!!

we are ttc again..but even so i have waay too much stuff so i have listed loads on here..

I've looked at his first few outfits, especially as he was only 4lbs....and then i look at him now....and i just cant make the connection sometimes!!

Don't think there is a right answer...Try getting rid of little at a time..

Or... i started by browsing the "wanted" board..someone was asking for 3-6 month vests which i had..

Somehow it was easier to pass the stuff on when someone was activly asking for it, rather than stratigically going through and offering the stuff for sale....IF that makes any sense!

hoxtonchick · 20/01/2008 23:53

i found i was very happy to give baby clothes away to close friends with smaller children, and dd's buggy is about to go to my sister in law who's having her first baby. i really enjoy passing things on, always with the strict injunction that i don't want them back. how old is ds? my youngest is 2.5 now, definitely not a baby anymore. but i kept everything after my first, you're certainly not alone in that.

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Twinklemegan · 20/01/2008 23:55

DS is nearly 18 months. We had a very difficult first few weeks/months, which I think is why I'm having trouble moving on.

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hoxtonchick · 20/01/2008 23:58

don't feel bad. just stick 'em back in the loft & forget they're there!

Stayce · 21/01/2008 00:00

My Ds is 15 months, our first few weeks were a nightmare too... in and out of hosptial...He's going all the way to Birmingham on Friday for more surgery....

Twinklemegan....It doesnt matter how long you keep hold of them.. I actually think it is very special that my son came home in the same sleepsuit as i did because my mum has kept some!

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Twinklemegan · 21/01/2008 00:03

Oh god Stayce, I'm sorry. It was nothing like that for us, just a very bad time for me emotionally, which was very hard after ttc for so long.

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bookwormmum · 21/01/2008 00:06

I had my dd's clothes batched away in boxes until one day I realised that they'd go to waste if I didn't pass them on. I couldn't bear to sell them so I donated them to charity, holding back one or two pieces - her first baby-gro that she wore, hat and so on. Mind she was nearly 3 when I made this decision .

I've still got her pram, strollers, cot, carry seat and baby bath though . Just in case.

Stayce · 21/01/2008 00:09

Twinklemegan...But if it was happening to you at that moment, it does feel like the worst thing in the world,no matter how trivial it may seem to the outside world, and sometimes emotional time for the mum can be worse, because at least it was obvious to everyone why i was struggling... i had an excuse if you like, whereas when he was around 6 months old and everything was OK, and i was a bit emotional and struggling etc no one understood or cared really...

So i totally get what you mean...

I'm TTC now... Had no probs with the first one..one hit wander if you like... but now... Just nothing for months :-(

Alambil · 21/01/2008 00:47

I have LOADS of DS's clothes - he is 5, I'm single and no fella on the horizon - let alone another baby!

If you aren't tripping over them/they are taking over the bedroom, just leave it until you are "ready" to either sell them or whatever... there is no time scale it needs to be done by

scouserabroad · 21/01/2008 17:54

YANBU, I gave away DD1s baby clothes & found out I was pregnant a month later

LIZS · 21/01/2008 17:57

Still got ours - they're 6 and 9 !

sparklesandwine · 21/01/2008 18:18

twinklemegan - i thought you were going to say your DS was 10 or something, he's only 18 months by some kind of law i think that your allowed to keep baby clothes for at least 6/7 years

DS1 is 9 and i kept all the boys clothes because i knew we wanted more DC, we had DD next (and i kept all her stuff she's now 5) and then we had DS2 (now 3) and finally DS3 (now 20mths) its only now that i'm starting to get rid of things as we have (almost! ) decided not to have any more DC

I have ebayed all my maternity clothes, passed on all DD's clothes (which broke my heart) and am also starting to pass on DS3's clothes as and when he grows out of them

It was very hard for me to decide to get rid of everything i would have kept it all if we had enough room but i've just kept a special box for each DC with my favorite items in (and i also sneaked some into DD's dolls clothes box )

expatinscotland · 21/01/2008 18:20

get rid of them, save those which are most precious to you.

in our case, we just didn't have the space in our small flat to keep anything other than the most precious.

VanillaPumpkin · 21/01/2008 18:23

DD1 is 4.10 and dd2 is 2.5. We aren't planning on having any more but I still have all their clothes in the garage. I have sorted them over and over but I am not ready for them to go yet. I will prob do it when we move next year.....I hope so.

NAB3wishesfor2008 · 21/01/2008 18:25

I kept everything from my first baby even though I knew I wasn't having any more.

Came in handy when his sister and brother came along..........

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