AIBU - newborn clothes

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A few of my friends generously gave me some bags of newborn baby clothes, ready for my first baby next month. One of the mums had received these from her friend, but they are all still in great condition as babies had all quickly grown out of newborn.
I’ve sorted all of the clothes by sizes and type so all have been mixed together, along with clothes I bought and gifts I received.
One of the ladies (she’s a friend of a friend who originally bought the clothes) just messaged me saying that as our friend is now trying for her second, I need to be ready to give the clothes back.
This is majorly stressing me out, as I can’t even remember which items came from who…. I wish I hadn’t accepted them now. What do you think?
All I’m thinking is that I keep photos of the special / new outfits I bought and would like to keep. But how do I make sure I give her back the exact clothes?

You can't. Either the friend comes and sorts out the clothes from her friend and takes them now or you just accept that she may get some back (although to be fair a lot of newborn clothes get ruined) but may not be the exact ones. To be honest though, you may be glad to be able to get rid of the clothes as they are a pain in the bum to get to a charity shop.

I would explain the situation to her - apologise and explain you didn’t realise she would want them back. Does she know how many items she roughly gave you? You can then give the same number of items back, perhaps with a bunch of flowers.
to be clear - I don’t think you are in the wrong - she is a bit nuts but if it keeps the peace …!

I would just politely explain and say she's welcome to come and sort through them, and take them back before baby uses them as you don't want stress of keeping them stain free etc. if it was me I wouldn't ask for things back but each to their own I suppose

Just be honest and ask her to come and sort through them and that you'd rather give them back than risk staining or damaging them. The friend was a bit dumb to expect them back tbh! I don't know if I'd remember them either of I had a heap of different given to me by different people

It’s fine, you’ll be glad to have some room in the drawers. Just give them back after your child has grown out of them, either take a picture of them and ask which ones are hers, or say you’ll send across a job lot. You’ve not spent any money on them, so it’s not like you are losing out.

Thanks all. I’ve taken photos of the items I’ve bought or received as gifts so that if I want to keep any I’ll remember which I had bought new…I might not be bothered at all but seemed the easiest thing to do for now.