What do I do with it all???

Ashleigh's old clothes I am talking about. We are moving in a couple of weeks so I've been cleaning out the spare wardrobe today. I discovered I have 2 huge underbed storage thingies, 1 black rubbish sack full to bursting and 10 supermarkets bags full of clothes she has outgrown. And they are only size 1 and under as she is wearing size 2's now    How on earth did I collect so many clothes for her and what the hell am I going to do with them all?? I'm keeping them in case I have another girl so I'll have to find room somewhere in the new house

Pic - covering the entire double wardrobe (without the black sack)

Vacuum pack it - then store them all. It really does save on space. I'm not sure where you get the bags from but you put the clothes in the bag then use the vacuum cleaner to suck all the extra air out of the bag. Bags are a little bit pricey but worth it if you're going to be keeping things for awhile.

haha, yip it ios amazing how much gets collected. i have gone through so many clothes, got rid of heaps and STILL have heaps! im very impressed with your lot though

Andie wrote: Ha ha... how does someone so tiny have so many clothes?!? Ella's wardrobe was much the same . When I found out that this bub is a boy, I sorted my way through them all and ended up giving most of them away, keeping 2 file-boxes of the faves in case we have another girl. All's I can say is get them out of the plastic bags! Those archive file boxes hold a lot, and stack nicely to take up less room, and being cardboard you won't have to worry about them getting marks or moulding up. Also, chuck a bar of soap in it's box in the containers that have any pure wool items in them.

Brilliant idea! ... hmmm now I have something to do during the long weekend of rain

I have never chucked any of Keiras clothes. I have put them in boxes and sealed them shut. ANd now have no idea where hal of them are (burried somewhere in the garage) I intended on passing them all down to number 2 and it was great she turned out to be a girl But I have only ever used the odd few things. I have recently resorted through some of the boxes and once they have been away for a while you notice how horrible some of the stuff really is.

Honestly I found it a whole lot easier starting over with Maddi's wardrobe and only keeping the clothes that are in really good condition or have sentimental value.

I keep myself limited to two banana boxes each main size stored in the top of various wardrobes. I have two boxes for 0-6mos, 6-12mos, size 2, size 3, size 4+ (to allow hand me downs we have but H doesn't fit yet). Although atm none of the size 2-4 clothes are being stored for obvious reasons!

I do the same with my maternity clothes too - although at the moment what's stored are my "little" clothes

I only kept the really nice things of Charlottes and gave away all the day to day stuff in those charity bags that come around. I HATE storing stuff (especially since this stupid house has no storage) but I still have 3 giant bags full of clothes for her to grow into.

wow you guys have all held onto alot. If you haven't got the space then i would think the best thing to do is sort through all the items decide on what isn't going to cahnge in fashion and what can be used by either sex then donate the rest to charity. Lets be honest ladies we all buy new seasons clothes for ourselves so its proberly likely yo will buy at least something new each year. I know it sounds harsh and i haven't got any kids myself but i do know what its like having storage problems. I'm not saying to get rid of all of it just the things that you don't think will be used again and hold onto those things that have sentimental value too. Maybe you can sort through sthe clothes with your kids I remember having old clothes of mine and my brothers to use on my doll.

Another thing to think about is if something tragic was to happen at home like a fire would you replace them?