Organizing > ClothingMarch 26, 2005

Organizing Baby Clothes

By Rachel Paxton
When I first found out we were expecting twins, I had no idea how we were going to able to afford enough clothes for both of them! Two baby showers later, I had more baby clothes than I knew what to do with, and I was struggling with trying to find somewhere to organize everything.

I received as gifts many different sizes of baby clothes, from newborn all the way to toddler. Friends and family members who found out we were expecting also gave us many nice hand-me-downs. I quickly realized I wasn't going to have to buy any clothes for our boys for quite some time! After looking over all the clothing, I decided it would be easiest to organize the clothes by sizes.

I first washed everything and sorted all the clothing by sizes. I then went to Walmart and bought some very inexpensive large plastic storage containers to store larger sizes.

The boys have two dressers in their bedroom. I filled one dresser with newborn size clothes, and the other dresser with size 3-6 months. I then labeled three plastic storage containers 6-9 months, 9-12 months, and 18-24 months. After sorting all the clothes I organized the storage containers on a shelf in the bedroom closet. Now whenever I get new clothing I can go right to the storage container with the correct size. This system has made it very easy for me to see what I have on hand and what I still need to buy.

About The Author: Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom helping other moms to organize their families and their lives. For other organizing hints visit http://www.Organized-Mom.com

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12/01/2008

another way of recycling would be once your kids have grown through the clothes would be to cut them into 6 inch squares..sort according to colours and save them till you have enough for a patchwork quilt the babies would be warm and youd have a sentimental blankie too...

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07/04/2006

I do the same thing for all of my children. I have three boys so I take the hand me downs from my six year old and put them up for my two year old. I take his clothes and put them up for my 5 month old. I take his clothes and sell them or barter them for more clothes. This is a great way to recycle clothing.

By suzi homemaker (Guest Post) 04/01/2005

Another tote can be added to the closet so that you can toss things in there that are too small. When the tote is full, you can store or give away.

By Firefly 1985 (Guest Post) 03/28/2005

I too use the same storage technique. But since I have so many gently used clothes that were given to me, I also put down summer or winter under the size that way I don't have to dig through a container looking for the right season outfit. I also store shoes by size as well.

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