DH once put E in only the shirt of an outfit and just left the pants on the hanger. I was like "it's an outfit, didn't you see the matching pants on the hanger with the shirt?"
I used to love putting all DS' clothing away in " outfits". Then one day when he was like 6 weeks old my mother came over and rearrainged his drawers and took apart all of his carefully folded little clothes. I literally SOBBED.
I'm a very disorganized person and NOT a good housekeeper, but the kids' clothes are always organized. Now that they're out of "outfits", it's just a drawer of short sleeve, one long sleeve drawer, one pants drawer, etc. But even at that, if there IS a matching outfit, it gets hung together.
I never put them in the drawer together, but I also knew what went with what, so it was not an issue.
It went beyond simply being separated.
She put the wrong outfit components together.
Like.
They were even the same size or brands.
I lost my mind. LOL.
lol I used to be so good at keeping C's closet and dresser in order and now it is terrible. This summer I found 9 month stuff in K's dresser and she is 2 1/2. LOL
My mom does that too. Drives me crazy. The baby is my last chance at coordination, the girls started picking they own (mismatched) clothes at 18 months.
Post by thinkofthesoldiers on Nov 24, 2014 14:29:20 GMT -5
This is why the vast majority of my kids' clothes were hung up instead of in drawers. I could clip everything together, hang a sweater with the undershirt, put the pants/skirt/shorts with it, etc. It made my organizational loving self very happy. It was difficult when we were in places with smaller closets, but I made it work to save my sanity.
I'm a very disorganized person and NOT a good housekeeper, but the kids' clothes are always organized. Now that they're out of "outfits", it's just a drawer of short sleeve, one long sleeve drawer, one pants drawer, etc. But even at that, if there IS a matching outfit, it gets hung together.
All of this. I always pull DS' " special occaision clothes" out and hang them as complete outfits. Then someone else comes and puts them back in the drawers. NO NO NO!
Post by gretchenindisguise on Nov 24, 2014 14:31:05 GMT -5
It has never occurred to me to put outfits together. What if you want to put a pair of pants with a different shirt? Maybe my kids haven't had enough clothes.
The point is that there are little three-piece outfits -- onesie, pants, cardigan. They very obviously go together. At least, it's obvious to me or most people.
But it is apparently not obvious to my nanny, and she pairs different components of different outfits (that are different brands) together.
And they don't match at all.
It wouldn't be an issue if her pairing looked right.
This is why the vast majority of my kids' clothes were hung up instead of in drawers. I could clip everything together, hang a sweater with the undershirt, put the pants/skirt/shorts with it, etc. It made my organizational loving self very happy. It was difficult when we were in places with smaller closets, but I made it work to save my sanity.
I should have done this. Instead we bought a dresser which ended all laundry folding with the baby's discovery she could open drawers and remove things. Now I settle for long sleeves in one drawer, pants in the other.
I never put them in the drawer together, but I also knew what went with what, so it was not an issue.
It went beyond simply being separated.
She put the wrong outfit components together.
Like.
They were even the same size or brands.
I lost my mind. LOL.
My husband does this, or he'll put stuff together that doesn't coordinate at all, which makes me nuts because he coordinates himself PERFECTLY all the time. Guess what? If you wouldn't wear olive green cords with a royal blue and red shirt, NEITHER SHOULD YOUR SON.
This is one reason why I always lay out the kids' outfits for the week on Sunday night. So they don't go to school looking like blind ragamuffins.
It's also how on Saturdays L will end up dressed like a hobo clown.
You might have issues, but at least you're not alone. There's a reason little onesies and leggings come attached to each other with the stupid plastic tag things. They're obviously intended to stay together.
No issues that I can see. Outfit pieces should all be together. FYI...I used plastic clothes pins that hooked on to the toddler size hangers to pin my DD's bloomers to the dresses they matched.
If you don't then things get washed separately and they fade differently.
That would also drive me nuts, which is why I fold and put away DD's clothes. H has no idea what goes with what, but I fold them together and put them in her drawers so he can just pull out an outfit if he dresses her.
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