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Organizing Baby

I recently helped a new mom organize her baby’s bedroom and closet. Grandma watched the eight month old baby as we worked together. When we got into the closet and dresser drawers, I was quickly reminded that organization doesn’t always come easy when a new baby comes into a family. Finding room for all the baby gear, baby feeding items, blankets and just clothes alone, can be very overwhelming. So this blog is for all you new moms out there. Hope you take something away from it.

Organizing Baby’s Room: 10 Organization Tips for New Moms

1. Hide rattles, blocks, board books and other small baby toys in decorative lidded containers. This makes for easy clean up when you’re having company, a dinner party or just want a calm space when the baby goes to bed.
2. Store bottles, bibs, and any other “meal time” baby item in the kitchen or pantry. Keeping excess in the baby’s room isn’t practical or functional. Pair down by keeping whatever fits in the kitchen and pantry only.
3. Always have two “collection” bins available in the baby’s room or closet. These “collection” bins (as I like to call them) should be for clothes the baby has outgrown that you’re keeping for baby #2 and clothes you’re not keeping that need to go to Goodwill or charity. Once these bins fill up you should take a trip to charity for the giveaways and fill a new storage bin for long term storage for baby #2. Baby #2 clothes could be stored in the attic, basement or crawl space. Then the two “collection” bins are empty again in his/hers room and you’re ready to continue on with the cycle.     
4. Avoid holding clothes for friends or family that are getting pregnant or hoping to get pregnant. Your home isn’t a storage facility. If they want to hold onto items for a baby they haven’t conceived yet, by all means, pass along the stuff to them.
5. Right from the start, create a keepsake box. All the congratulation cards, hospital tags and baptism memorabilia will have a safe place.
6. Store baby clothes in drawers as much as possible. A few special outfits, dressy items, or dresses can be hung but folding all other clothes into drawers will be a lot easier then hanging them up. Keeping up with the laundry is hard enough, so don’t make it harder on yourself by having to complete an extra step.
7. Label, label, label. This is an obvious one. Onesies can look like outfits or tops, when they are really not so to keep dad, mom, babysitter, and grandma all on the same page, label the drawers. For example: outfits, pajamas, pants, tops, onesies, socks/shoes, etc.
8. Reign in blankets, bibs, blurb cloths, and bath towels. These always come in over abundance at baby showers. Pair down to what is absolutely necessary. You don’t want to waste space if you’re limited with space. You could always return some if tags and receipts are present.
9. Pitch the packaging items came in. There’s really no reason to keep all that packaging. If you have a very expensive item you may want to resell later, keep just that one.
10. Start a file or box for all the baby gear warranties and instructional booklets. If you obviously know how to work an item,  don’t bother filing the instructions.

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