Clothing my kid is expensive.   We realized the costliness of threads for our dear one when she hit four months and had outgrown many outfits gifted to us at my baby shower.   Sure, Annabelle’s nanna and grandma mail packages full of adorable baby attire, but baby requires lots of clothing because of the nature of her day (blowing out diapers, spitting up on oneself multiple times, and once food is introduced–getting covered in whatever is featured for the day’s menu).  Anyhoo . . .

I discovered Freecycle around the time that we needed to bulk up Annabelle’s wardrobe.  One freecycler who lived down the street from me (I walked to her house) handed over three boxes full of babywear.   I thanked her and she made me promise to pass on the clothes to another free cycler or parent of a baby.   She shared a story with me about a woman from her church who grew up in Africa and whose family handed down clothing until a shirt or pair of pants had really lived its life.

Well now that my husband and I are officially members of the parents club, we know a lot of other parents with little ones.  Last night I plowed through Annabelle’s dresser and closet and pulled out jackets, sweaters, tops, pants, and p.j.’s that she’d outgrown.  I e-mailed two other moms with baby girls and within a few minutes, those clothes were on their way to another little one.

Hand me downs don’t just help us parents save the green stuff, but hand me downs are another way to be green and help save mama earth.  Cutting down on consumerism is key to conserving the environment.  Conserve, conserve, conserve!

Here is a photo from last year.  Annabelle is wearing all freecycled clothing while playing on her tum-tum.

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