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One of the best kept secrets about motherhood is that keeping your children’s closet organized is a never ending task. In fact at times I feel like a professional closet organizer coming to talk at our childbirth class might have been a helpful thing. Between the changing season, changing sizes, and frequent gifts of clothes, keeping control over your babies closet is difficult. Here are 7 easy tips to help you tame the closet clutter.
1. Stock Up
Buy an ample amount of child sized hangers - you may only have a couple dozen things to hang now, but before long those extra clothes will accumulate and its best to have those extra small hangers on hand now so you don’t end up with messy piles later.
2. Donate/Hand-me-Downs
There are going to be some clothes that you’ll definitely want to save, either for a future sibling or for someone else you know. And then there will be some that you’ll be glad to donate. Make you life easier and your babies closet neater by designating two spots as the ‘Donate’ and ‘Hand me Down’ spot now. You can either use bins or shopping bags for this.
3. Plan for the Next Size Up
If you are pregnant now, I recommend buying at least 4 bins, baskets or boxes (case boxes that diapers come in are a great free option) and labeling them as ‘Newborn’, ‘0-3 Months’, ‘3-6 Months and ‘6-12 Months.’ You will be receiving many clothing gifts as well as doing some shopping yourself and this is a great way to keep them organized. It is also a great system to have in place for outgrown clothes that you may save for a future baby. As your baby grows you can relabel them as ‘2T/Summer’, ‘2T/Winter’ etc.
4. Color Code Your Hangers
Use colored tape to code your hangers. This is handy if you have more hanging space than box storage space. Red could mean ‘current size’, blue could mean ‘next size up’, green ‘two sizes up’.
5. Put Seasonal Things By the Door
If you are tight on closet space, a great space saver is to place a large decorative basket by your front door for seasonal clothing. I keep one by my door filled with scarves, jackets and hats for my little ones for winter and in the summer I swap it out with a basket full of sunhats and light jackets. This not only is convenient, but takes a lot of clutter out of your babies closet as well.
6. Corral the Socks
If you think it is hard to keep track of your socks in the dryer, wait until you have to wash a load full of micro socks. Infant socks are always going missing. If you hang a zip-up mesh lingerie bag on a hook in your babies closet for putting dirty socks in, you’ll be able to keep them all contained and won’t lose a single one.
7. Marking Sock Sizes
I have two small guys socks to keep track of and it’s easy to mix up the sizes. Its especially difficult when you have a lot of the same color socks. Try marking the toe of each size sock with a different color dot of permanent marker. Use the color of the rainbow as your guide. Red (0-6 months), Orange (6-12 months), Yellow, Green, Blue . . . you get the picture.
I’d love to hear your thoughts. What has helped you to keep your babies closet organized?
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