Boy Clothes-reuse for new baby Girl?

[Anonymous]

For those who had boys and now have a DD or will have, were you able to reuse any of the clothes? Or did you just give away the ones that were clearly BOY and start over again? Getting ready to go thru DS clothes for new arrival and not sure what to hang on to. This will be our last child.

Thanks in advance to any organizing strategies for the clothes.

[Anonymous]

I just used them. Girls look great in blue.

Of course, if you do this don't get mad when people congratulate you on your new boy. Get used to a lot of "thanks, we are so proud of her" replies.

[Anonymous]

I was able to re-use a lot of my newborn clothes, because clothes that size are more gender neutral and we didn't know if we were having a boy or girl the first time so received lots of green & yellow newborn clothes. Once we moved into toddler clothes, there was really very little that really worked to reuse. Mostly just jeans, pjs, and some outerwear.

And I agree with PP that you have to be willing to tolerate people assuming your child is a boy if they are dressed in anything that is not pink!

[Anonymous]

Oh, definitely do! I confess my son has worn some of his older sister's pink pajamas and bibs! (I draw the line there, though)

[Anonymous]

I have a girl after 3 boys and every time I put her in a hand me down (non-pink) people called her a girl. It bugged me, only because I wanted to bask in the girliness after 3 boys, so I gave it all away to a nephew and started anew (with hand me downs, yard sales, and gifts--I have barely purchased anything new for her). I know the day will come when she wears jeans and her brothers t shirts, but for right now, I am loving the pink!

[Anonymous]

pp here- I mean people called her a BOY when in the brothers hand me downs.

[Anonymous]

I had a daughter and tried to get as many gender neutral baby clothes as possible, so she wore a lot of blue, green, yellow, red... It paid off when baby #2 turned out to be a boy.

I think you should be able to reuse a lot of the clothing. And besotted relatives may be happy to shower your dd with piles of pink clothes, as well.

[Anonymous]

I used it ALL the time. I am not huge on pink and I thought she looked gorgeous in blue and green.

[Anonymous]

When I put my daughter's close in storage, I had a box for more unisex stuff (we didn't find out what we were having so there was a lot of yellow and green) and a box for clearly girly-girl stuff. That way I could use everything again if I had another girl, but if I had a boy I could give the girly-girl stuff away. I didn't have another baby for a while so my niece used everything in the meantime, and my sister has been saving her unisex stuff for my baby boy - jeans, turtlenecks, overalls etc.

[Anonymous]

I actually bought boy clothes for my firstborn DD. So yes, I'd re-use. And just like another PP, I have my second-born DS wearing girly pink pajamas. Heck, no one sees him but us, so who cares?

[Anonymous]

We got a lot of hand-me-downs for my daughter from a friend who had twin boys. Many things are totally useable like pajamas, sweatshirts/pants, onesies, etc. Babies (0-12 months) tend to wear more neutral colors than children once they are a year or more.

We also have things from my daughter that I am able to use for my infant son.

[Anonymous]

I intended for my daughter to wear all of her older brother's more gender-neutral clothes but, suprisingly to me, it ended up mostly staying in the drawer unless everything else was dirty.

People gave me hand-me-downs and gifts of clothing and I realized I really preferred to put her in the girl clothes (literally none of which I bought, because I was convinced I was "all set" with my boy wardrobe). I loved to dress her in blue -- but turns out I loved to dress her in *girl* clothes that are blue.

[Anonymous]

I had the same experience as 23:56 -- when friends and family asked if I wanted girl clothes, either new or hand-me-downs, I insisted that I didn't need them as I'd saved all my sons' clothes. Nonetheless, a few friends did give us clothes for our daughter, and, interestingly, many of those friends were mothers of sons, who enjoyed the novelty of shopping for a girl. Then, as with PP, within 2 weeks of my daughter's arrival I took a look at all those denim overalls, blue and green t-shirts and brown cords that I'd saved . . . and ran right out the door to buy pink and purple clothes galore! I really went wild -- my favorite purchase was a pair of pink leopard print leggings, which were truly over the top, but adorable. DD is 9 now and alternates between wearing soccer shorts and t-shirts some days and cute skirts or dresses on other days. The funny thing is she loves getting t-shirts as hand-me-downs from her brothers -- they have that worn-in, faded look and soft feel that she loves, plus it's cool to wear their "vintage" team shirts!

[Anonymous]

Go for it OP. I had the reverse situation. My sister gave me her daughter's clothes for my son. Granted, she didn't give the all pink ones - they were mostly unisex colors. But for some clothes, it wasn't hard to tell they were cut for a girl's style. Still I went with it, and it was fine.

[Anonymous]

I definitely reused the baby stuff--sleepers, hats, blankets, onsies, etc. They go through that stage quickly so I bought a few new girly things for the first 6 months, mostly for pix, but saved myself the expense of a new wardrobe. At 18 months, I reuse the sleeper mostly. I have a bag pulled out DS' 18-24 month clothes but haven't actually used much of it yet.

Now DD has lots of curly hair and looks like a girl, but in the early months when people said, "what a darling baby boy", I would say "thank you".