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How Many Clothes? Posted: 09-04-07 14:20pm
how many items of clothing approx do your
kids own? i tend to go way OTT with my
two. they must each have around 20 pairs
of jeans, layla has at least 15 skirts, 10
dresses, tons of tops... well i find it
very hard ot keep on top the washing as
there is so many clothes.
now layla has grown out of her clothes and
loagn is nearly out of his so i decided i
am drastically cutting down for 1.i can't
afford them 2. i want to make it easier to
do washing
how many outfits do you think is a
reasonable amount?
for layla i was thinking 5 pairs jeans, 5
skirts, 5 dresses, 15 tops,5 jumpers, 3
cardigans
is this too much/ too little?
let me know your opinions please girls
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 09-04-07 14:46pm
lol.. each of my kids have two 18 gallon
tubs worth of clothes.
put it this way.. if i didnt want to do
laundry for a month, they'd still have
clean clothes to wear til the end lol.
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Bridget
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Posted: 09-04-07 14:58pm
finn had way too many clothes when he was
tiny, so i've learned now. i do laundry
weekly and when we stay home he just wears
a onesie or a t-shirt so he doesn't need
much. for fall i think he has about 5
pairs of pants and maybe 8-10 shirts
(because my mom keeps buying him stuff).
i think if i had a girl she'd have a
different outfit for every day of the
year!
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 09-04-07 15:15pm
Ahh Kaylee has so many clothes, it's
crazy! I think what you said with the 5
pairs of jeans, 5 skirts, etc is
reasonable but I don't know if I could do
it lol, I love baby clothes
my kids got sooo many clothes, i just did
winter shopping, joseph prob has like 7
jeans, he has like 100 t-shirts, they are
all 2nd hand, my mother in law sent em to
us. like tons , he has like 10-15 long
sleeves now that i bought recently,
jordynne has quite a bit of clothes but
the KIK just has such cute clothes. i
could prob go a month without doing
laundry but lately ive been doing laundry
daily since joseph and he rbeen sick and
throwing up on things. i was gonna post
pics of the cute stuff i got but image
cave is being retarded and tiny pic too. i
think what you said becky is a reasonable
amount like specially if you have like
plain jeans and u can mix and match shirts
ya know. they tend to spill more things on
shirts then anything else too.
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Posted: 09-04-07 16:03pm
kristen has 12 onsies
6 dresses
6 regular day outfits
and 4 cute T shirts
shoes are a waste for newborns, jordynne
only wore hers once, then she had cute
dress shoes that she never even got to
wear, i got some shoes recently that are
size 4 , she doesnt fit into them yet, i
got some ina box of stuff i got off eaby i
mean i got some shoes with the clothes for
her, now iput them on here but still idont
need to, she cant walk.
I always have so much fun shopping for the
kids, ive bought them sooo much clothes,
and int he year ive lived here ive bought
myself liek 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants
and thats it lol.
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young Girl
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Posted: 09-04-07 16:16pm
yeah i bought alot of shoes for three to
six months too
just cause i know she will grow fats
she has two pars of newborn shoes and some
booties and thats it for the NB stuff
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ANGELOS MAMA
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Posted: 09-04-07 22:25pm
.Angelo has a ton of stuff.He still has
many clothes with the tags of them cause
of how fast he grew.
Rowan wore some things once, or twice, and
then she was too big. It's like, how many
times can they wear an outfit in the six
week period that it fits? Down sizing is
great! Always look for ways to downsize
in your life. Consume less, be more
frugal. It feels right. I think the
amount you are looking to buy Layla is
reasonable IF it is not all new. I think
buying mostly second hand and then just a
few new outfits is the way to go. That
said, I've had people buying Rowan clothes
left and right so I never buy her any, but
if I did, that would probably be what I
would do. Buying second hand keeps things
that would other wise go into landfills in
good use... it's good for the
environment, and very bad for capatalism,
and definitely the right thing to do.
When I move out I'm going to try to
furnish my apartment using as little money
as possible. I'm going to freecycle
everything I can't take with, and get
everything I need from freecycle, and junk
yards (I'm talking tables and chairs, and
I know how to scrub things and make them
pretty so no one say "ewww").
I went on a tangent... Basically, if you
do buy Layla all those things I would
suggest not getting them all new.
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Becky
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Posted: 09-05-07 03:30am
thanks for you advice girls
tanya, ebay is my best friend
i am going to take alll the too small
clothes to the charity shop today and get
rid of a mess in my life
thats what i do, most of josephs were
given to me and half of jordynnes things
came from ebay, i sent 2 of my friends
boxes of baby clothes that dont fit her
anymore. But now jason wants me to save
all my clothes so when we have another kid
in like 5 yrs well have stuff. but i only
have 12-18mth up for boys and 4mth and up
for a girl so its stupid.
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Posted: 09-05-07 04:00am
william has way too many clothes and he
hardly wears most of them but thats cos
every stage he goes into (eg 12-18mnths)
we get about 4 bin bags full of clothes
from bobbys cousin! theyre all next
clothes as she goes on ebay and gets them
cheap and half of them have still got the
price tag of them!!! unfortunately, her
taste in baby clothes isnt to be desired
for and william doesnt wear many of them,
but i do try