We’re having another baby. And we’re out of room. Like lots of families, the first several weeks of newborn-ness are spent with baby in our room. So while thinking about how to facilitate this a few weeks ago, I was pinning away and came across all these pins about using shoe organizers for snacks and other stuff and I thought, “maybe that would work for baby clothes!”  So $10 later, I’m optimistic!

 

Benefits:

• It really limits you and encourages minimalism
• I got an entire laundry basket of clothes in here and had 3-4 pockets empty still (I need to add hats, socks, and burp cloths)
• It doesn’t require any different kind of folding
• There will be zero barriers to customization–anything will be able to go anywhere and we can move item to different pockets in a snap
• When we’re done with this stage, it’ll be really easy to repurpose the organizer

What do I have in here?

• 3-4 “outfit” onesies
• 6 pairs of pants (all 6 in one pocket was no problem)
• 2 jackets
• 15 sleepers (2 fit in each pocket nicely)
• 4 longsleeved onesie/matching pants combos
• ~8 short-sleeved onesies
• a swaddler (I have 3 more to add since these are CRUCIAL!)
• a couple newborn diapers that I found hiding on my changing table from last baby
• a new pack of wipes (it didn’t really fit, it was CRAMMED in there, but maybe a partial or a travel pack?)

I’m entirely certain that I can add 8 pairs of socks and 2-3 hats in one pocket, neither of those particular baby item do we use very much.  We really just stick to sleepers.  And I will probably get rid of 4 more sleepers to free up 2 more pockets for burp clothes or more swaddlers since with doing 3 loads of kid laundry each week, we should be fine with 10 sleepers.  And realistically, with her being a November baby, I won’t need the warm-weather “outfit” onesies (maybe I’ll just take a picture of her in them and then put them away!)