Having a hard time letting go...

MommyToAshley wrote: of Ashley's old clothes. How silly is that!

I thought about selling her Christmas dress from last year on Ebay, but I just can't bring myself to do it. But, it is not just her "special" clothes, I can't seem to give up her baby stuff either. I was cleaning out some of her 2T stuff that doesn't fit her any more, and in the very back of her dresser, I found a pair of baby booties. It actually brought tears to my eyes, they were so small and it was hard to believe that she was that small once.

kimberley replied: ugh! i feel your pain! it took me 8 years to whittle down the boys' baby clothes to 1 bin instead of 5 i almost have 1 full one for Jade already too! it is just so hard to let go, isn't it?

Kirstenmumof3 replied: I know what you mean! I had a hard time letting go of Emily and Spencers baby clothes and an even harder time with Claudia's (because she is my last baby)! They grow so fast!

alice&arik replied: I have managed to clean out all Arik's stuff periodically. But I give it all to my sister, so I still get to see it. I held on to the outfit he came home in and his little dress up outfit he had his picks done, wiht the little tie, it was too cute to give away. The outfit he came home in is so tiny, makes me wanna cry, I take it out and say,"Look at how tiny you were"

But I understand how hard it can be, Good Luck!! Eventually you will have to go on Clean Sweep!!

JenniferAllen replied: New to the parent thing, but I can relate too. Matt is growing like a weed, and willbe out of his 3-6 month clothes in the next month. It's hard for me to believe that I took him home only five months ago;time is going by so fast, its amazing how time flies once you have a child. I keep in mind though that Matt's my first, so there will be more children to fill the clothes he's outgrown. Once I'm done with my stuff, I'll give it to my sister and other family members who have kids (I'm the first on my side, so there will be opportunity to pass stuff down)

catou_98 replied: maybe it's time for you two to try for number 2!!!

MomToJade&Jordan replied: I'm with you Dee Dee. I really need to clean out Jade's bottom drawer. I put all of the clothes that don't fit her down there. I am running out of room in the drawers that hold her current clothes. Her Christmas dress from last year is still hanging on the closet door in the livingroom. I keep saying I am going to bring this stuff to the Airman's Attic, but I break down every time. You are not alone.

mama3x replied: With DS I didn't have too much of a problem b/c I knew I'd have another someday. So I kept the ones in decent shape and gave away the rest.

Now I don't know if it's b/c DD is a girl or she was preemie or both plus her clothes just didn't get the same wear and tear as DS's but this time is HARD! Even though I know a little boy is on the way, some part of me still thinks oh I should save this cute outfit of hers just in case. Who am I kidding!

I don't think you're silly at all! You keep them as long as you need to.

Josie83 replied: I agree its really hard, I think Jason finds it harder than I do. "You can't chuck that out, she did this in it, you can't chuck that out, she used to wear this when . . ." Cassie loves looking at her old stuff with Daddy because he tells her all about what she did when she used to wear it - she loves to hear how small she was! I agree tho, maybe you should try for number three! Ashley would make a great big sister! xx

coasterqueen replied: I totally know how you feel, lol. If I could take a picture and show you the spare bedroom that is full of her clothes... DH says we are getting rid of them if we find out this baby is a boy. I had agreed to that but I've been thinking lately and I just don't think I can give them away. So I'm trying to think of a way to convince DH we need to keep them in case we have another baby after this one.

DansMom replied: I know what you mean Dee Dee. I've been giving Daniel's clothes to a couple of friends who have boys that are younger---and even that has been hard. Certain things, like the frog-prince jammies my mother gave him, are just so special. And I already have a box of stuff I'm NOT giving away.

Kaitlin'smom replied: I have the same problem, i have tons I need to get rid of but I have a box with things I wont give away.

Size 2T huh? what does it look like.....maybe it would fit Kaitlin and I could buy it from you.......I need to start looking for her a dress

~Roo'sMama~ replied: My mom made a *baby box* for me and my other siblings - she put some of her favorite outfits of ours and our booties and baby blankies and some other sentimental stuff in there - we loved looking through them when we were kids!! I'm planning on doing the same with my kids's stuff.... I am the biggest pack rat ever and I just know I'll have a hard time getting rid of anything!!

MomToMany replied: I know how you are feeling Dee Dee. For our garage sale, we went through EVERYTHING and got rid of whatever didn't fit, even all the baby clothes (not the newborn stuff though; that's my special box).

momof2girls replied: I still have special clothes left from Azaria and she is 9!!!
lol!

2Ash replied: I still have most of my Ashley's too and she is going to be 15 in 5 months. So I know the feeling way to well.

caEdyns_mOMMY replied: I feel your pain!! DF has been after me over and over to finally get rid of that big black bag in the back of her closet full of Caedyns clothes. It's just soo hard. I'm also waiting to see if any friends have a baby girl so we can recycle them, but after about 4 baby boys and no girls, I guess it's time to finally say goodbye!

loveydad replied: Nope because I just keep passing it down from kid to to kid!