The rules of baby clothes

[babyslime]

I will never understand the selling of used baby clothes as a regular thing. I totally get it if you're in need of money and have friends/others who want to help you out, that makes total sense… but as a regular thing? Like a, "my friend is having a baby, let me sell her my used baby clothes" thing? I don't get that

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[_delphiki_]

I had a lot of clothes gifted or freecycled for my second baby, not so much for my first, but I don't get the reselling thing at all. I'd much rather give my son's very gently used clothing to another family who can use them than sell them. Clothes are expensive. I have clothes for my second that were "hand me downs" that still have tags on them because he was so long and just wasn't in that size long enough to wear it. (He's in a 24months, 2T and he's almost 1.)

Then again, I also donate my SOs kids clothes (and she does too) and my older son. I mean, the money has already been spent- why shouldn't someone less fortunate get to wear really nice gently worn clothes that some child just outgrew? My 8 year old's favorite shirt was $0.50 at the thrift store and it fits his skinny little self better than anything else. Things don't have to be new, to be nice.

[ppplmgwiw]

No way on 1 & 2. I've never given or received like that--clean absolutely but folded no.

[altarflame]

I agree - I've gotten MANY MANY hefty bags of clothes from all kinds of sources over the decades (my childhood, my pregnancies, my kids...) but how in the hell do you fold shit in hefty bags anyway?

Washed and organized by size, yes.

[jenrose1]

This.

[ppplmgwiw]

I've never sold used clothing or going to used clothing stores. My kids clothing have been hand-me-down so many times I've lost count. But wash clothing, sort into sizes, fix any rips, tears and even hems that are frayed. If a hem is so bad (like jeans) I will cut both hems, and then seam it up like it wasn't even worn. I have kids clothing that is over 15 years old that still looks new and been on so many different kids.

Another rule i would like to add that's not carved in stone: don't give the stuff away then want it back. It's rude to ask for clothing that you gave away. Even if you are expecting another child, it's rude to just say "you know that big ole bag of stuff I gave you years ago?" yes that bag, I want it back. That has actually happened to me. The person then wrote down all the clothing she apparently loaned out to me, not given.
And went through it all and took it all back even the stuff that my child hadn't worn or gotten to wear because it was too big yet. SCREW THEM I DON'T WANT THEIR SHITTY CLOTHING THEN!

[gerimaple]

You and Curtis do make adorable children :) Also, how did you achieve that rainbow manicure?

[babyslime]

Did it myself. :)

[gardenmama]

What about garage sales? When we were growing up we got and gave hand-me-downs and also hit a lot of garage sales. I was the oldest of all my cousins by several years. We had a neighbor with a daughter a year older than me and we got stuff from her mom for me. Then it got passed down through all my girl cousins and came back seven years later for my sister, and passed down to the girl cousins who were younger than she. That was before it was exponentially expensive to ship things through the mail. Or we'd bring bags of stuff out to my grandma's house when we'd go for Thanksgiving and my cousins would have a bonanza of stuff. My mom also sewed some of our clothes, and she never paid full retail price when she shopped new. It it was missing a button or needed a zipper replaced, she would talk the price down ;) And every summer she had a garage sale to get rid of things we no longer used or needed. I guess that maybe wasn't a ton of clothes, but I do remember getting clothes at garage sales. I remember being in high school and these

[eponine82]

Do you have any resources for freecycling/hand-me-downs? I have a bunch of cloth diapers that I've been holding onto for awhile and can't find anyone locally who wants to CD :(