Ohio12 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 my youngest is really done with her board books and baby books and I really don't want to get rid of them. I think I am going to feel this way about a lot of the books. Does anyone keep them all? (I am not generally a pack rat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I'm not a pack rat either. We're still in the board book stage with our 3 yo. But, before she was born, I went through the books and got the baby books down to two small baskets. I am going to keep them! They just bring back such happy memories. And, my mom kept a bunch of books from my childhood and I love going home with my kids and reading them! We also pared down our other books. ALL of our books now fit on two bookshelves. I'm NOT buying more books. We'll use the library from now on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I'm that way with books and baby clothes--not all of them, but the special ones, y'know? The trick for me is to pare them down to a reasonable amt, and then ask myself if I'm truly hoarding--if so, I know it will go better for me to bless someone else with what I have. Letting go is hard, particularly with the last child! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Baby blankets and a few board books and really special outfits are in a special storage box. The "extra" blankets were hardest to give away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I kept books for a while and then passed them on to another family. It was nice to think about them reading the books and passing on the love of reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenS Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Not so much board books (they don't last long around here!) but after that stupid CPSIA law, I'm making sure I keep anything that we might want to hand down ... no telling if it will be around when the kids are grown. Of course books go OOP all the time anyway so there never are guarantees. I do hand down a lot of stuff, but the really good ones ... they fill a room of our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I keep virtually every book I've ever owned, and have rescued some of my siblings' books that were headed to the op shop. I don't have a real love of the board books though, so I'll only keep the ones given to the kids, not the ones I've picked up. They'll get stashed in dd's glory box or ds's "war chest." :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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