Comments on: This Is Much Harder Than I Thought It Would Be

By: anexactinglife

anexactinglife — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:03:39 +0000

I think one bin of clothes is very reasonable! I kept way too much, then I remembered that when I was having my child, the nurses told me there were moms in nearby rooms who didn’t even have one outfit to bring their child home in 🙁 So that made it easier for me to donate!

By: Ellen K.

Ellen K. — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:32:54 +0000

My Lane cedar chest contains zero adult sweaters but three mesh produce bags (awesome for organizing; gourmetseed.com) filled with favorite sleepers, onesies, and outfits from my twin daughters’ first few years. (They just turned 4.) If the house is on fire, once all the people and animals are out, I only want these bags. Screw the wedding album! I am happily married, but 20 photos in a heavy, old-fashioned album that gathers dust on a shelf versus 3 lightweight bags of baby clothes and little seersucker dresses that my husband and I still coo over? No contest.

You won’t receive nearly as many gifts for a second child, so it’s smart to keep some things — particularly sleep sacks, which are so useful and rather expensive. I think the best policy for baby clothes is to keep everything that you are especially fond of, and every so often, reconsider them.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:02:06 +0000

I know how that is! We saved SOME things from our first daughter and we ended up having another daughter and i”m glad we kept some of her clothes because they were nice and sentimental to us. It leads to saving money, too which is nice. I think your insurance for saving money over all, however, is buying used at garage sales and thrift stores. They grow out of them so quickly.