Baby Clothes

Can you imagine having to rotate out your ENTIRE wardrobe every few months?! I have things in my closet from a decade ago!!!  The shopper in me loves getting to replace the babe's clothes, but the miser in me cringes when we walk into a store.

The good thing, people LOVE to buy baby clothes as shower gifts.  The bad thing? Babies grow... quickly!! I think the babe never wore 0-3 months clothes, and wore 3-6 months clothes until around 4 months.  One thing that was frustrating is that different brands have drastically different sizing.  I would like to start a revolution and relabel all child clothes to weights instead of ages. Nothing will be 100% accurate, but how can you have a 0-3 months size when you have babies born 5lbs and babies born 10lbs?! Crazy.

And who decided to make baby clothes so darn cute?! Jerks. One of the benefits of not knowing the gender of the babe was being able to resist on impulse purchases of clothes.  I don't know that I ever thought, "OH. MY. GOODNESS. Look at that super cute gender-neutral outfit!!" It also helped because we have options to pass down to future babes no matter their gender.

Some tips I've learned for baby shopping:

1) Discount shopping sites:

Zulily is my favorite - they have a great app and have had deals on cloth diapers!
Rue la la has great deals on home/adult clothes and has started featuring more baby stuff.
Totsy isn't much to write home about - they have some cute things, but don't have an app... so it's obnoxious to keep checking their website.

The down side to these sites/apps is that they often have a no returns policy...difficult because of that whole 'some size 3-6 months could fit a toddler and others wouldn't fit a preemie' thing.  You can find great deals on nursery things though (rugs/art/lamps/etc.)

2) Clearance racks:

GAP has some of the cutest baby clothes around - even neutral ones! But GEESH... I'm not willing to pay on average $25/$35 for a single outfit that'll be useful for maybe 2-3 months.  They always have a sale rack in the back of stores, and often have 40% off that sale rack... HOORAY!!!  We hoarded our GAP gift cards and had a party - paying attention to buy larger sizes for the babe to grow into (keeping seasons in mind). 

Carter's also has a great clearance section and always has coupons circulating.  Their store is split in half boys/girls though, so not many gender neutral options.

3) Old Navy:
Their clothes are fairly cheap quality - which works when you don't plan to keep them long anyway. You can find great deals and really quirky outfits.

Some of our scores:

In case you can't read the prices in the picture, the long-sleeve body suits were $3.99 at GAP and $1.99 at Carter's.  The right is a two-piece set at $5.99 at Carter's (That's $3 each!) - they're much too big for the babe now, but come summer, they will fit perfectly! We try to stay under $5 per outfit. 

What are some of your favorite sites/stores to score great deals on baby/kids clothes?