What do you do with the stuff your baby and kid have outgrown?

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My 3-year-old and 1-year-old have outgrown a lot of their clothes and gear (stroller, cot, baby carrier, baby bjorn bouncer chair). What do you do with yours? I don't have time to resell, and all my friends already have kids!

Either put them away in the loft until you have time to sell or give to the charity shop/local women's aid.

Mainly gave to a friend who had their first child a year or so after my 2DC. Sold a few things on local FB marketplace.

Charity shop

Bigger stuff you could put on local free cycle groups - near me there are groups for selling and also for giving away

Give to women's aid

Put in the loft until you do have time to sell

Sell or store to sell if it's worth something - but only if you know you will actually list it at some point. Otherwise charity shop.

Look up your local baby bank?

There’s a baby bank finder page online.

The Sally Army run a baby bank near me, which distributes kids’ stuff to those who need it.

I’ve sold some stuff, and given the rest to them.

Hang onto it, cry at the thought of giving it away, contemplate a third child, wonder what the logical end point of this is and if I'll just have to be buried with it all then, do nothing.

Alright @Engaea, I hear you! It isn't easy but you can do it.

Begin with the easy stuff - the bits that they have just finished wearing, outgrown equipment etc.

Do the largest items first as that frees up the most space.

Try to frame it positively in your mind, as the item getting a new life.

Join a decluttering thread in the Good Housekeeping topic?

I kept a few sentimental items and sent some to relatives. Having a larger than average family meant I actually binned many things as they were more hole than fabric after being passed down and loved to death over the years.

If you have nobody obvious to send them to, I'd look up your nearest women's shelter and see if they're interested in a donation. Sometimes women have to leave their homes in a hurry

Other than that, wash and donate to a charity shop.

A combination of :
Sold via nct sales, eBay, FB marketplace
Gave some to friends
Gave some to charity shops
Put some in those clothes charity bins

Kept a few key bits and pieces

Also have a lot to Women's Aid

Charity shop

Well I've been storing DDs stuff to sell for when I have time to do a car boot or similar, she's nearly 15 now and I doubt it'll ever actually be done.

Any charities near you that would be glad of it? Not necessarily charity shops (although obviously that's a good option). We have one near us that specifically helps families in need of extra support, whether that's financial or for various other reasons. Anything I'm not going to sell I'll give to them, and they pass it on to someone in need of it.

I’ve kept a few of the bits that have special memories, but outside that just have to charities

Charity shop or local buy and sell WhatsApp group or leave them on your front garden with a sign saying 'free stuff'

Hahah that's more me!

We give most of it to relatives as we were the 'first' in both sides of the family to have kids and others are just starting to now. Some goes to friends too. Anything that nobody wants, if it's very good condition and I think I might be able to sell it it goes on Vinted, everything else goes to local charity shops.

I took mine to an NCT sale. It's a good way of getting rid of lots of things at the same time (rather than listing them individually on selling pages) and you can ask for anything unsold to be donated to charity so you will definitely come home with nothing.

I gave all my baby stuff to a domestic violence charity which supported young families in need.. and then I hand down to a neighbour s daughter and various charities xx

Sold it on eBay. Got loads of money back.

I sell not so good if you haven't got the time , the option would to do a huge bundle on fb market place and that will it be all done at once, other option is charity shop, I found if you give things away for free on fb you'll have no bother shifting them

I'm storing mine for later when I have time to sell them (when dc has some nursery hours). Can't face queuing at the post office regularly and arranging pickups when dc is with me all the time.

There's a baby bank near me but tbh they are quite fussy with their requirements and it's a hassle to get there plus I'd like to get a little something back for what we've paid for everything.

Any clothes still in a good state get passed down to a younger brother (three boys) or handed to nephews, failing that the charity shop gets them. Clothes that are on the out get ripped up for cleaning cloths (or sometimes put in the bin, I'm not an angel)

Passed on to neighbours etc