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Am I bring horrible not donating DD clothes to charity?

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milsmummy15 · 08/04/2015 14:33

Hi, so, exactly that really. DD grew out of her first month clothes (at 10 weeks) and i cant bring myself to get rid of them. Me and DH donate all our old clothes to a charity near us, but I cant let go of DD's. Should I let go of them, or is it okay keep hold of all of them

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zipzap · 08/04/2015 15:54

If there's a possibility there might be another dc, however remote, then pack them up nicely and put them away. If you need them - great. If you don't - then in a few years you can take them out, relive some memories, keep your favourites and send the rest off to charity shops or give to friends or whatever...

ds2 is 7 - I still haven't thrown his baby clothes out. I was hopeful that there would be a dc3 but it hasn't happened so one day I'll get around to doing something with them but there's no hurry for now!

geekymommy · 08/04/2015 15:56

Unless you're really seriously short on space to store anything, I think it's unreasonable to expect you to do anything about the outgrown clothes right now except get them out of the way. The boxes that diapers come in in the US work well for short- to medium-term storage of baby clothes.

But I have a basement full of stored stuff, so I might not be the best person to ask on this subject.

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milsmummy15 · 08/04/2015 15:59

Haha HaplessHousewife I may say I'll eventually donate them, but I can totally see me keeping everything. I'll have to get DH to clear out the loft!

She's 3 months old, but only grew out of the first size clothes at 10 weeks. She's in 0-3 now and, growth spurt not withholding, its like she'll be in this size for another month or so

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EveDallas · 08/04/2015 16:03

I kept all of DDs stuff for the same reason, just couldn't force myself to get rid of it - until my best friend contacted me and told me about her cousin that had just been dumped by her wanker of a partner, pregnant, penniless and homeless. I packed up all of DDs clothes (less a couple of prem outfits) and posted them to her - it cost me over £50 in postage!

Knowing I was giving them to someone who really needed them made the decision quite easy. Maybe one day you'll be the same OP.

(However I'm not perfect - DDs pram only went last year....when DD was 9 )

MagentaOeuflon · 08/04/2015 16:03

I still miss some of the clothes my DD had as a baby! She had a long purple cardigan with crocheted flowers that was so cosy and perfect and lasted her ages, and I really wished it came in my size too. It was £££ from mamas and papas and bought in a crazy splurge of excitement at having a girl but turned out to be amazingly good value.

But, I'm a chucker. We don't have space to keep stuff like that, and I love getting rid of clutter. The cardie went to a friend's new baby along with a bag of other stuff, and I take a lot to the charity shops too. I like to think of my DC clothes having a continued happy life with other kids IYSWIM.

I have a friend whose DD is 22 now, and she still has all the clothes her DD ever owned in a big cupboard! I can see it does have sentimental value but I need my clearouts. But each to their own, it's not bad to keep stuff if you want to. (And have space)

zen1 · 08/04/2015 16:12

Oh dear . My eldest DS is 12 and I've still got all his baby clothes and most subsequent clothes. Fortunately he had two DBs so I was able to reuse (and add to!) the hoard collection. DS3 bum shuffled holes into a lot of them so they had to be thrown away eventually. With me, I attach a lot of memories to clothes, so to throw something away, it's like throwing out a memory.

HaplessHousewife · 08/04/2015 16:55

I have spent a lot of money on vacuum bags!

I also have cot, moses basket, high chair, bouncy chair, push chairs, car seats, most toys etc etc. Luckily we have space to store it and DH is happy to wait until I'm ready to get rid of it.

I was thinking of more DCs but probably won't now but still can't bring myself to get rid of it.

Roseybee10 · 09/04/2015 09:05

I'm a chucker now too. I don't do clutter. I'm going to get blankets made up with my favourite bits for each of the girls once dd2 hits a year. I've kept the first outfits they ever wore and the one dd1 came home in from hosp. I gave the rest of her newborn clothes to my friend last week who had a wee girl (my baby only grew out of it the week before lol).
We're moving house in 7 weeks though so I'm having a massive clear out and declutter before we go and can't really justify carting grown out of clothes to the new house.
I am a very sentimental person but I'm learning I don't have the space to keep everything so picking the most memorable things will do.

I'll sell the pram when I'm done with it and the crib etc.

Sparklingbrook · 09/04/2015 09:06

I do think that once they are given over to charity you forget all about them.

I sold my wedding dress 3 months after my wedding and for the day after I was all maudling about it but I soon forgot all about it, I had the pictures of me in it after all.....

RetroHippy · 09/04/2015 16:16

My mum has only just got rid of my baby things. They've been stored in the loft of at least different 6 houses for over 30 years.

She said she only felt ready now I've had DS and she can move on from being a mummy to being a grandma.

Sadly, I've inherited her hoarding tendencies...

mrsmeerkat · 09/04/2015 16:22

I am finished now.. I am keeping special ones (literally one or two) ebaying the epxensive ones (need the cash at the moment) and donating the rest..but if i were you i would vaccum bag them and keep them and i hope things work out for you whatever you decide

Congratulations on you little girl.

TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 09/04/2015 18:25

DD is 9 months and everything is piled up in a corner of the spare room.
I have a friend TTC so some will go to her. Favourites will eventually be made into a patchwork quilt. Anything else will go to a chaity shop when I'm ready.
We may have another child, we may not.

beth1987 · 09/04/2015 19:59

I felt a bit like this but aim to make a patchworkb quilt out of them

PettsWoodParadise · 10/04/2015 08:28

DD is 10 now and I have some of her baby clothes and favourite pieces over the years. Latest to be added was her Brownie hoodie as she doesn't want to part with it - so it isn't just me! I did keep far more at one point but after miscarriage two and realising DD would remain an only child I found it therapeutic to purge my loft of all but a few things. Ebay got a lot of business out of my self therapy!

KittyFan83 · 15/04/2015 02:36

If it makes you feel any better about it, my mum still has my baby clothes.

And I grew out of mine over 3 decades ago!

They make for nice memories and keepsakes, nothing horrible about wanting that.

figginz · 15/04/2015 06:50

What kittyfan83 said. My dd is now wearing clothes I used to wear, thanks to my dm's hoarding tendencies. Don't recommend keeping anything with zips for 30 years plus though, they have a tendency to fall apart!

HazleNutt · 15/04/2015 13:58

10 weeks, or even 12 years is nothing - My DH is 38 and his mum STILL has his baby clothes and toys! DS is using some of them now.

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catlass · 16/04/2015 07:58

Don't worry about it! Our loft is stuffed full of clothes from DD aged 3 and DS 16 months. I don't know if we'll have a third and really should get rid of some but just can't bring myself to do it yet!

catlass · 16/04/2015 07:59

Oh and we still have the crib, first car seat, play mat, Moses basket, perfect prep machine etc etc

Guin1 · 17/04/2015 16:21

There are loads of people on Etsy who will make 'memory bears' and other animals/cushions/quilts etc from your sentimental clothes.

Try this site www.etsy.com/au/search?q=memory%20bear&order=most_relevant&ship_to=GB&locationQuery=2635167 for the UK, and just change the search options for other countries.

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