Baby clothes given to you and returning items

[Deleted]

Standards? They're gifts. I have no standards. I dont really understand the question.

If they are cute, they get worn. If they are ugly but practical, they are used for spare daycare. If they are hideous, I return or donate.

[Deleted]

1. I don't have standards for free shit, lol. However, I will not put them on if I don't like them. They go in the Goodwill box instead.

2. It's rare that I return items since I am too lazy. Besides, most people were good about using our registries when it came to baby stuff.

[BlueNotebook]

With DD guilt had me put her in everything. I tried too hard to be MM with her clothes and if she had outfits, she wore them whether I liked them or not. I kind of regret that because time you can dress a kid goes so fast. She was choosing her own outfits before she was 2.

With DS, if I don't like it but it came from someone 'important' ie MIL, he'll wear it once and it will go to the back of the closet. Otherwise it just won't get worn. I probably sound like a jerk but I have a lot of fun dressing him and I'm not going to put something on that I don't like. At least the Goodwill or someone else will get a lot of new baby clothes. Once I get around to donating them.

I rarely get gifts with tags though and never gifts with gift receipts so returning isn't an option.

[catbus]

Jan 6, 2013 15:57:23 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

If they are cute, they get worn. If they are ugly but practical, they are used for spare daycare. If they are hideous, I return or donate.

Ditto. We have a baby-specific charity that I've taken things to, but I'm not super picky with gift clothing. The outfits I've donated are just horrible (IMO), or are footy pajamas (which won't really be practical for E, since he'll be wearing his brace at night until he's at least two).

[GailGoldie]

if i dislike something i won't put my kids in it... no reason. thankfully i can't recall having to return much taht was gifted.

[bunch]

I don't dress baby in things I don't like, generally. Dd got a pair of pink camo car hart overalls for Christmas and dh dubbed them her adventure clothes so she wears them when they go exploring outside. I wouldn't send her to school in them.

I never had luck returning stuff, I did consign a good bit new with tags.

[drloretta]

1. My standards are pretty low, LOL. I've put DD in things I wouldn't necessarily buy, or I use some of the slightly rougher ones as play clothes. I have come across a few things that my child just isn't going to wear, either because it's irreparably stained or NMS
2. Rarely, if ever. I tend to hang onto stuff and consign it

[Saudade]

My standards are fairly low. I try to use everything once so I can say to the person that I put DS in it. However, I will not put him in any religious wear. DH's aunt gave us a onesie that said something like "bible verse+made by god" or something and I donated it. No idea where it came from.

I only returned one thing that didn't fit. DH's grandma gave DS a set of pjs from Target for xmas and I returned them for the 18mo size. We were given quite a few Carters sets of shirt+shorts and the shorts never fit DS' butt but I had already washed them.

[whitepicketfence]

Jan 6, 2013 16:10:56 GMT -5 GailGoldie said:

if i dislike something i won't put my kids in it... no reason. thankfully i can't recall having to return much taht was gifted.

Ditto. But I'm also not very picky so I don't recall ever disliking anything enough to not dress them in it.

The only time I ever returned/exchanged clothing for my kids was after my baby shower when I received multiples of the same outfits.

[Brie]

I only return them if they're seriously fug or the wrong season. I think the only stuff I've returned was a 9mo Halloween sleeper (he was 1 month on Halloween) and a few outfits from H's aunt that were shorts in sizes he'd be wearing in the winter (also, super fugly).

Stuff I don't like (that I got as hand-me-downs) goes to daycare.

[galaxy8227]

Stuff I don't like goes in his daycare bag (incase he needs to be changed). Or I'll put them in a bag for goodwill

[badtzmaru22]

I put her in everything at least once - to daycare if it's something I don't like. I'm not really picky though. I even was a good sport and put her in the hideous outfit MIL got her for Christmas. AND posted a pic of it on FB for all to see.... because I liked how I looked in the pic. That, and DD looks cute in anything. Even elf monstrosities.

[pugz]

I don't put G in princess or diva wear even if it was a gift. I donate/sell things regularly.

[ilikedonuts]

I return almost everything that is gifted to us. I keep very little. I'm really picky. If I can't return it, I donate it.

I did put DD in a pair of hot pink pants that looked like they were from the 80s today because my mom bought them and I feel bad that she has never worn them (and probably won't again).

[MadamePresident]

I put her in everything at least once. Even the onesies made by my not crafty friends at my baby shower. I take a pic for FB and tag them.

I did get an "I love Santa" outfit from my friend. She was so excited to give it to us since her daughter had one just like it last year. We don't do Santa, so now its her diaper bag backup outfit.

[gibbinator]

I haven't yet in my kids life bought him clothes

Everything was either given to us by mom's who's kids have long outgrown them, were bought second hand by my mom and gma, or were given to my at my shower. I think once he reaches the 9-12mo age I might have to pick up a couple things, but I said that about 6-9 but our families took care of it.

My standards are basically clean, no stained, not torn

[statlerwaldorf]

DD doesn't get many clothes as gifts, so I can usually use them. I had a few fancy dresses I never used. She never had anywhere to wear them. I was more picky when she was a baby. I wouldn't put her in anything uncomfortable. Collars irritated her neck for a long time. When she was crawling, I hardly ever put her in dresses since they got in the way.

I hardly ever return anything. Almost everything dd's size fits. I exchanged some diapers for different sizes when she was a baby, but that's the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.

[mollybrown]

Jan 6, 2013 19:15:24 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

My standards are basically clean, no stained, not torn

These are pretty much my standards too. Anything that I don't like is a lounge-around-the-house or backup school outfit. I've never gotten a gift that was SO horrid I felt the need to immediately donate it.

Very rarely has anyone given us a gift receipt for clothes, and it isn't worth the time to try to return clothes without a receipt to me.

[Deleted]

We were gifted or loaned a TON of baby clothes from a friend who ha a baby girl almost a year before we did. I don't like the stuff that says "daddy's princess" or "Mommy's sweetheart," but I'll put her in it because it was free and it fits her and is season appropriate.

We had so many hand me downs and the promise of more to come that I did return every piece of clothing that I could for gift card to buy other stuff we/ she needed. I kept a handful of things we LOVED.

Remember my complaints of my MIL and her sending us a pink Nordstrom onsie every week for the last 6 moths? I hate the pink ='s girl stereotype!