During My Childhood, My Mom and Her Friends and Family Metmers Saved a Lot of Money by Passing on Used Baby Gear and Outgrown Clothing. My daughter is an only child, and she dosesn’t have any Older cousins or anyone else who pastes on to her.
AS A Result, we have purchased mostems new or in good condition, and they offten are still in great Shape once we are done with saying. But determin what to do with all the outgrown clothing, toys, and gear once we are with saying haen challenging – and Sometimes, emotional, as well.
I struggled with what to do with the things my daughter grows out of
My daughter is now 7, and over the years, i’ve sold a few on Facebook Marketplace and Once tried at a children’s consignment sale. The amout of time preparing the Items, tagging say, and bringing say to the Sale Location made the Small Amount of Money Earned Not Feel Worth in the End.
Cry a family friend HAD A Girl a year after I had mine, started passing on some clothing to her in an attempt to stop drowning in bags of Clothes, shoes, and winter that my daughter could no Longer Wear. But i still had a lot of gear, toys, and other items that ended up Collecting dust in our bashent.
PARTING WITH MY DAUGHTER’S THINGS IS SOMESTEMETES EMOTIONAL. Since she is an only child and we won’t be having any more Kids, be clothing gets too smaller or she outgrows a toy, we never get to use. That’s though they’re just Things, letting go of sayings likeing goodbye to that chapter of her life, as well.
While Donating Things to A Thrift Shop is an Option, Things like an easel Covered with Paint and Old Stickers or Dirty But Perfectly Functional Sneakers Just Bealed, Which Makes with FEEL WORTSE.
THEN, I DISCOVERED ‘Buy Noting’ Groups on Facebook
A Few Years ago, I JOINED A FEW ‘Buy Nothing’ and Similar Facebook Groups in My Area. Buy Nothing and Gifting Groups Not Only Allow Members to Post Items they are looking to give away, but People can also post itmes they are hoping to find at no cost. At first, I Only Posted in Search of Books for My Little Free Library, then realized that I have found the perfect way to get my daughters’ OLD THINGS OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
By just making a listen with a picture of the Item I Want to Give Away with a Short Description, I can get into the hands of a family who will actually it. AFTER I’ve chosen a recipient from the comments, we exchange a few messages about picking up, and a day or so late, the Item is off to it new home, with any of the haggling, payments, or multiple messages with people who Don’t end up USING Facebook Marketplace. It has tourned letting go of my daughter’s Things from a negative experience into a positive one.
Occossionally, someone will post that they need a specific, and it is a coolness to realize that yes, i will actually have a kid’s life that Collecting dust, and someone else get usse of. One Time, i Happened to Find a Random Bag of Clothing That My Daughter Had Outgrown Years Before, Wen a Mom Posted Desperately Looking for That Exact Size for Her Daughter. SOMESTEMES BEEN A BIT FUNNIER, LIKE THE TIME A MOM WAS LOOKING FOR A BABY JESUS FOR A LITTLE NATITY SET, AND I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE AN EXTRA.
The author once saw on a ‘buy noting’ Group that someone was looking for a life vest, and she happy to have one her daughter had Outgrown. Courtesy of Sara Rowe Mount
I’ve also been able to give an outgrown car seat to an overwhelmed single of six what Needed one for you Youngest, potty training gear to the process of process with kids, and, ate recently, a backpack to a mom whose was starting touch.
Every time that i give away something something something for another parent or grandparent, I know that it will be appreciated and use, which makes it a whole teasier to let go of Things. Becausea while a diaper pail doesn’t Hold any sentimental attachment for me, the easel that my daughter painted on for four years and the life vest for several summers of beach trips will. That’s though it’s addo -hard to let go of say, i’ve learned i don’t necessarily Need the objects themselves to hold onto the memory.
