My dear son has so many clothes. I am so, so thankful. My dilemma is this:
How do I sort them? (I assume by size...)
Within the sizes how do put them away? Do I keep outfits together or separate them? Pants? Shirts? Onesies? Pajamas?
What should I hang?
What should I put into drawers?
How do you sort your kids clothes when you have enough for the first 12 months?
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Isn't it funny how sorting baby's clothes can seem so daunting and confusing? I felt like that too.
I only kept out the clothes that currently fit (or were close to fitting) Gracie out in little baskets because we didn't have a dresser. I then put the the onsies, shirts, and pants in those baskets and hung up her dresses. The clothes that she had to grow into I just kept separate in a little box that I'd go through every month or so to make sure we were utilizing all the clothes we could. Then as soon as she outgrew something, I put it into an empty diaper box and just plopped it into the closet.
You'll figure out the way that works best for you guys! There are so many cute ways to sort baby clothes that I've seen on pinterest, I just kept it really simple.
That's a toughy. You'll learn as you go. I kept out anything 6m and under and left the rest in boxes by their size. When you begin running out of clothes that fit, open up the next box-some will be too big, some too small most will be just right! You'll have to do this every few months. I recommend keeping an empty box to fill with clothes that dont fit. Then you won't have to re-sort next time.
would sort by size but I ended up getting so many hand me downs from my sis that I ended up having to keep the older stuff put away until she fit into it. And vise versa, once she didn't fit into it, into the box it went (I have a different box or big bag for each size, no particular organization other than that).
I found that I like the play outfits grouped together. Like shirt with the pants and stacked as outfits. I used to have them grouped where all the shirts were in one shelf, and all the pants in another but it worked out so much easier to do it the other way. I keep onesies altogether on one shelf (just normal ones that would go under sweaters or sleepers, etc) then her sleepers are all on another shelf. As you can see, I like things on shelves (I'd probably have them in drawers if I had a dresser for her but only have a little closet hanger with shelves).
Her dresses are the only things I ended up hanging. She has a ton so it ends up taking up quite a bit of room (again, only the current size out or ones that I know she will still fit into). And socks, I kept in a bin next to the changing station so I could just grab a pair after changing her..
Just letting you know, you may think you have a ton but when you think about how many times they poo or puke on their outfits, you end up going through a few a day on some days.. Also, when you think about how long they will be in one size alone, and you see you have a week or two worth of that one size, you will go through them over and over again. I thought I had a lot, until I sorted through the sizes and only found I had about 5-6 days worth of outfits for each size which turns into about 3-4 days worth haha. But then I got lots of hand me downs from my sis and felt like we finally had a decent amount of clothes.. Just enough to not get terribly sick of anything (yes it does happen! lol) I remember when she was a brand newborn and didn't even fit into 0-3 month size yet at all and I only had 2 outfits that were newborn size. Those got old real quick. haha. Ivy was just petite though (still is) so she stayed in each size for longer than normal.
I say do what you think will be most convenient for you. And what you think makes sense. Everyone is different so do what sounds the best to you. there is no right or wrong in things like this. and once he is here and something isn't working quite right, change it! you are the mama, you are in charge now. :)
For Miles, his clothes were all sorted by size. I usually kept one size out at a time and then kept the rest in boxes, but that was mostly because we didn't have a dresser for him until he was 18 months old.
I usually had one drawer with onesies and shirts and one with pajamas and pants, and then I would put outfits wherever they fit.
Good question! And there's no perfect answer. It depends on how you like to organize and what things you like to have handy at all times. This is how I did it -- get a 9 drawer dresser that can double as a changing table. Stuff one drawer full of diapers, wipes etc. One drawer for nursing gear (if you plan on nursing in that bedroom a lot) which would include burp cloths, pump, bottles, etc. One drawer for socks, shoes, tights. One drawer for onesies. One drawer for pants. One drawer for outfits that go together. One drawer for church clothes (unless you want to hang those up). One drawer for sweaters (in the right season). One drawer for random things (like receiving blankets or something). I also have a drawer for bows and other accessories, but you probably won't have to worry about that :)
For the rest of the clothes, I sort them in separate boxes for the age (0-3m, 3-6m, 6-9m etc) and just pull out and sort them when the time comes.
I have a friend who folds all of her kids' clothes in "packets" complete with shirt, pants and socks to make it easy to grab on the go.
Hope that's helpful! Let me know if you find out of a better way!
I have mine in ginormous plastic tupperware labelled by age. Like 0-6 months fill one, up to 3T (I now have 5 tupperware filling our closet). Obviously the ages I am using I have out. When I just had Oli I hung up his shirts/jackets/coats in the closet and then had his onesies and pants in drawers, and a seperate drawer for pajamas and one for socks/hats/bibs etc. I like having clothes hanging so I can see them all and decide what I want inside of routing through drawers. That's just me though. Good luck!!! x
I just keep out the size I need, and have the next size up ready somewhere easy to get to. I keep outfits together, then separate pants and shirts together, and jammies together. That's all. :)
I definitely separated the clothes by sizes and then kept them together by outfits. I would leave newborn and 0-3 month outfits out and available because you never know how big your baby will actually be! Once your baby starts wearing more mix and match outfits, you will probably want to sort by pants and shirts but at first a lot of things are in sets. I hung up the fancier onesies (church clothes, ones with collars...). I kept all the future sizes on the hangers (if they came on hangers) or folded in a tub at the bottom of the closet.
Perhaps that was WAY too much information, but hopefully it helps give you an idea. Just remember clothes that say 3 months mean 0-3. For some reason that really confused me at the beginning. Good luck getting organized!
I put everything that was above 6 months away (boxed up and sorted by size) then I sorted by tops and bottoms. We didn't hang anything but dresses, so maybe just hang his Sunday things? Hopefully this helps! Congratulations again!
Definitely sort by size. I have different boxes for each size, NB, 0-3, 3-6,6-9,9-12 etc. I only keep one box in the boy's rooms and the other ones go into a closet or the attic. I also like to separate my pants from my shirts and sleepers within my box. My boys are almost always in a different size shirt than their pants and I like to be able to grab just one without going through the whole box.
I put all of my son's clothes in a dresser. I had one drawer of sleepers, one drawer of onesies, one drawer for pants and outfits, and one for socks, hats, and shoes.
Hope this helps! Miss you and hope that you are well.
You'll probably end up trying a few things before you figure out what works for you, but what works for me is that I sort everything by size (not necessarily the size on the tag, but on how big the they actually seem). I stack the ones that fit now on top, and the ones that will fit next below that. Everything else goes away in storage. That way, you'll already have the bigger size out so he won't outgrow them before you even pull them out of storage. When something starts getting small, pack it away and find a bigger one to pull out and put at the bottom of the stack. Also, I learned from sad experience that if you don't take everyone's advice and don't wash your baby's clothes before he wears them, they may shrink so much in the wash that he only gets to wear them once. Good luck!
Since I just did this I will tell you what I did: I organized all of the clothes into their sizes and then I put them into white garbage bags and labeled those bags and stored them in a box. I kept out the clothes up to size 3-6 months. Since our baby doesn't have a set of drawers I used some tupperware boxes to organize: onsies and pants, pajamas, outfits, socks and burp clothes and bibs. Have fun getting ready to meet your little miracle!
Well, I saw a cool idea. hang the clothes (baby hangers-so fun!) and made dividers for the sizes. Get a cd and trace around it on cardstock. Cut it so that it can fit onto the closet bar. Then make it into a divider label. Good luck organizing!! So fun!!
oh and for the pajamas and socks and diapers, I have the cute little cloth storage containers and I labeled them. Good luck figuring yours out!
I think it depends on two things: 1) your personality and how anal you are about hanging things vs. folding them and 2)Whether you are going to be one of those moms that dresses your baby. By that I mean are you going to put PJs on him at night and actual clothes on him during the day. I say this because I never hung ANY baby clothes up. I put them all in a drawer and while cute little outfits always seemed so cute in theory, I never could bring myself to put on, say, denim overalls and a button-up shirt on my sweet 3 month old soft and squishy and sleepy baby. They sleep so darn much I just think its ridiculous to try and ever put real clothes on them. After all, do YOU want to take a nap in denim overalls? Anyway, my point is, my babies live in PJs (if they are a winter baby) and onesies (if they are a summer baby) and pretty much nothing else. Keshet is almost 9 months and is only just no starting to occasionally wear actual clothes instead of PJs during the day. So I guess what I'm saying is, don't put to much thought into the organization. You're probably going to change your mind about whatever you think you are going to do once he comes and you figure out your routine.
This post makes me smile. :) I clearly remember sorting through clothes before my first baby came. I remember bringing out the ruler and sorting them by length (shoulder to bum) since sizes vary so much. I split up the outfits and put everything in drawers except church clothes and jackets. But that's just me, I like to keep it easy so I can free up as much time to rest and play with baby. :) I'm so excited for you.
Okay, so this is totally a dilemma for me. I've sorted all of Joshua's clothes by size, and I keep them in separate bins (a bin for 0-3, 3-6, etc.). I used to have them divided into nice stacks of onesies, sleepers, pants, and tops in each bin, but no matter how hard I try those stacks just end up in a jumbled mess anyway, so I'm always digging through the pile to find something to put on him. I did hang up his nicer outfits (stuff he can wear to church, or the super cute outfits I want to stay together), but everything else is a mess.
So that's probably not very helpful as far as organizational advice. Or I guess my advice is, it's all going to be a mess anyway so just be prepared for that. Let me know if you figure out a better system.
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