I'm trying to fit clothes for my soon to be born DS into a 3-drawer dresser that is probably too small (it was given as a gift, and, since I don't really have anything else), I'm using it. I've been given lots and lots of baby clothes in various sizes, new, and hand-me-downs, and I've purchased some on my own. I just did 5 loads of laundry. That's how many I have.
And now they seem impossible to sort. Sizing, clearly, varies by brand. 6-9 mo. looks the same as 3-6 months in other brands. I can't tell the difference between "NB" and "0-3 mo.," or, for that matter, "0-3 mo." and simply "3 mo." Even one brand--like Carter's--comes in 3 varieties (Just One Year, regular Carter's, and another), and sizing varies there. Plus, there are a variety of types of clothing (rompers, onesies, long-sleeved onesies, footies) and then whole matching layette outfits with various parts. Do I keep matching 5 piece outfits together? All socks together? Sort drawers according to labeled size? To apparent size?
Also...some of the clothes (some gifts and hand-me-downs), IMO, are ugly. But I feel terrible getting rid of them, especially since I don't know how big DS will be and how quickly he'll grow.
Someone, please, give me permission to get rid of some of them. Or, even better, propose a solution for sorting. I have plastic bins from Target I'd intended to use for bigger sizes, but now I can't tell what size is what.
I know this perhaps belongs in the bitching post...or perhaps I'm overthinking. But this baby has more clothes than I do, and he's still in utero. Stuff--literally, amounts of things--overwhelms me. Help!