11 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON BABY CLOTHES DURING INFLATION

If there’s any lesson I learned REALLY quickly after having my first baby, it was those cute 36$ sleepers in newborn size fit for about 26 days. (And baby only got to wear them 6 times in that 26 days period, because let’s face it – I wasn’t doing laundry every other day postpartum. I was busy enjoying my new baby.)

I found a ton of creative ways to save money on baby clothes once I realized we could EASILY spend this kid’s college fund in the next 3 years – on clothes alone. I’m a pretty frugal person, so saving money comes naturally to me, but even I didn’t realize just how many ways there are to get kids + baby clothes cheap (or free) until I started looking.

HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON BABY CLOTHES

On top of being kinda cheap, I am also against grossly unnecessary waste – and new baby clothes are the DEFINITION of unnecessary waste. I’m not kidding when I say my babies wore their newborn stuff not more than a handful of times. Saving money on baby clothes for me starts with being very hesitant to but a lot of NEW baby clothes.

1 – DON’T BUY BABY CLOTHES TOO SOON

If this is your first baby, it can be VERY tempting to start shopping, but buying baby clothes (or any baby things at all) too soon is an easy way to waste money or over-spend. You will likely get a lot of baby clothes at your baby shower, or as gifts from friends and family when you have the baby.

2- GET BABY CLOTHES ONE SIZE TOO BIG

There are certain stages (and certain clothing items) where you can get away with putting your kid in “slightly” larger-than-they-should be clothes.  They’re only gonna be large for a short time, and then they’re gonna fit – and you got DOUBLE time out of them.

Even if this is your first baby, unless you know without a doubt that you will never have another, go for some gender-neutral things (especially for the more expensive items). My daughter wore my son’s black wither coat (hello 45$), and his black running shoes (hello, ALSO, 45$).

3 – GO GENDER-NEUTRAL WHEN YOU CAN

I actually found so many cheap baby clothes that I ended up with an obscene amount of baby clothes.  The clothes actually became overwhelming! There was SO MUCH STUFF that my kids never even wore once, and honestly, I could have saved even more money by having less.

4 – CONSIDER A MINIMALIST BABY WARDROBE

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