| Whether you are a first time parent, or a parent | | | | old clothes. Whether the large plastic bins are your |
| many-times over; children never cease to amaze us | | | | choice, or even the space-saver bags appeal to you |
| in how fast they grow. It would seem that it is a | | | | more; they all have their pluses. However, I would |
| very short window from infancy to toddlerhood, and | | | | suggest steering clear of any cardboard boxes; as it |
| toddlerhood on to their teenage years. Of course | | | | can attract more insect life into your home and no |
| due to all of this growing, chances are you are now | | | | one wants that. The containers should be leak-proof, |
| stock-piling countless numbers of clothes. This of | | | | and should have a lid that closes tightly. You will of |
| course will call for you to make some decisions. If | | | | course fold these clothes to optimize your storage |
| you are planning on having another child, chances are | | | | capacity. Taking care to separate them in seasons |
| it is a good idea to keep some of those clothes | | | | and sizes; which will make utilizing them at a later |
| around; to help stave off some of the first-time | | | | date far easier. You may even wish to label your |
| parent clothing purchases you had to make in the | | | | container so you know what it contains at a simple |
| past. However if this isn't in your near-future, and | | | | glance, rather than needing to dig through countless |
| you'd just like to store away some of your infant's | | | | bins once your new little one has arrived, you decide |
| clothes for keep-sakes until you can turn them into | | | | to scrapbook, or give to charity. |
| scrap-booking wonders; you of course will need to | | | | Lastly you should find a spot that is going to be |
| store them in some fashion within your home. | | | | out-of-the-way when storing these clothes. You |
| Remember that after you have stock-piled your | | | | probably aren't going to want to utilize your child's |
| basic necessities such as one pieces for your first | | | | closet for storage throughout their lives. For this |
| child, you will be left with many different outfits to | | | | reason basements, extra bedrooms, and garages |
| store after he or she outgrows them. The first step | | | | make wonderful places to store your extra baby |
| in storing these clothes is doing laundry. Yes, while | | | | clothes. When it comes to taking the clothes out of |
| you are probably not going to be using them for a | | | | storage; if you have used any plastic bins I would still |
| while; there is little point to store dirty or musty | | | | suggest re-washing them before use again. However, |
| clothes. They have many different options out there | | | | if you have used a storage bag; chances are you will |
| for you to choose from as far as storing your child's | | | | be fine to use them out of the package! |