I still have a ton of pictures to upload and lots of updates to give, but I needed to ask your advice.
How do you decide what to keep and what to give away/sell when it comes to clothing items/toys/baby things that your child/children have outgrown?
Obviously, if you know our story, you know that we do not know what the future holds (but really, who does?). We do not know if we will ever have the opportunity to parent another child, and if we do get the opportunity, if that child will be an infant or if they will be older.
How do I know what to keep? Do I hold on to everything in hopes of someday having a little one to use it? Do I get rid of things and trust that if God provided us with stuff for N that he will do the same with another one? Do I hold on to the things knowing that if God provided us with N that he could provide us with another blessing?
We have some room to store things, but not a ton. Our attic space is super limited and basically everything we store in in our garage.
I'd love your advice.
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I would say that since you aren't planning to parent another infant within three years (or are you?) that you should pick a few meaningful things to keep as you go. Things that you know you're little love will want to see someday (and maybe use for his on littles).
The rest can be donated or sold. If you're organized enough, you can consign his clothes and get good money back for them...or sell them to a used kids clothing store (like we have Once Upon A Child) and get money that you can take home or buy other things you currently need.
I say this like I'm some great organizer and have meticulously gone through Ella's stuff. Not so... I've saved nearly everything so far. It is taking up a lot of room and she's not even two yet!!! I do hope to have another LO in the next year or so and I'm praying to have a girl since we have everything girly already. If that doesn't come to be...I'm hoping to consign the non-special stuff.
we're not planning on another baby (but baby isn't synoymous w/ child) :-) and we're keeping what's most sentimental or memory attached (eg. what we want) and right now i'm tagging the rest of his outgrown to sell at a consignment event.
I am starting to debate this question myself!
Why not make a quilt out of some of your favorite outfits? I've done that, and it was much easier to let go of the others, knowing I can look at the quilt and remember him in those outfits.
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