How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

kelli — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:56:41 GMT

Seriously. Folding? They get washed, dried, and put in a laundry basket. Sometimes they even make it into the drawer before they get used again.

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

fidget — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:59:31 GMT

your ACK!?!?!

apparently I've had too much wine today. you're it's YOU'RE!!

*shakes head sadly in an unedumacated fashion

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

fidget — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:58:36 GMT

first you get a BIG glass of wine

next you start by folding everything in half

by the end of the glass your putting baby clothing on the dog and throwing the rest in willy nilly

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

Sheri — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:44:26 GMT

I used to do the bottom snaps and then fold the sleeves in the back, then in half. If something is part of an outfit, I would put all the pieces together. If not, pants go in one drawer and shirts in another. Socks and hats go in another drawer. PJs in another drawer. (we had an big chest for each boy.) Jackets were hung up. Along with long sleeved shirts and sweatshirts.

I'm slightly anal.

I really miss baby clothes. So sweet.

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

whymommy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:38:24 GMT

Fold 'em like shirts; they look so cute there in their little 4 inch by 4 inch stacks! Of course, they do roll off the top of the pile like that, but you can make 5 or 6 stacks in those itty bitty drawers that way.

But as for keeping the sets together? I have two methods, which I use depending on how much I care how Daddy dresses the baby if he happens to be the changer-of-the-moment. The first is to match up the outfits and put them together in the drawers. The second is to put tops in one drawer and bottoms in another. The top drawer is always hats, bibs, and socks. A veritable grab bag of accessories!

(Does this work? Well enough!)

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

LogicalMama — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:39:04 GMT

I tend to roll almost all of the clothing-- except shirts-- evertying fits in the drawers better. Shirts I fold the standard in half from side to side and then bottom to top with the long sleeves folded in. For jammies, I roll the pants and then fold the shirt side to side and stuff the pants in before I fold top to bottom.

Onesies were always rolled once I figured that out!

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

Jen — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:02:31 GMT

Little shirts get folded in half from top to bottom and then side to side. Little pants get folded in half side to side and then top to bottom. Dresses get hung up in the one inch of closet space that the baby's room has. One piece outfits and everything else just sort of gets shoved in the drawer because I'm too lazy to figure out a good way to do it.

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

kopi-susu — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:19:20 GMT

Why are you folding them??? Anything that can go on a hanger, goes on a hanger. Really. Double hung bars in an Ikea wardrobe, and a single drawer for basket/boxes of socks, hats & soft shoes, that's the set up that's working great for us.

Then while you are keeping the baby from rolling off the changing table, anyone (husband, sibling) can find the blue long-sleeve onesie without making a shambles of those piles of tiny clothes you so carefully folded.

And if you hang things straight out of the dryer, there's no wrinkles or creases.

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

YiannisMom — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:05:40 GMT

I fold my son's clothes the SAME way, BabyCakies! but, I take the cake when it comes to being anal... I always snap the top buttons for whatever reason.

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

BabyCakies — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:03:44 GMT

I am, admittedly, a little bit anal--which is probably why I am responding to this post.

But my folding methods are as simple as possible: Fold long sleeves back then fold the entire outfit in half at the tummy. Then the clothes make nice piles that are easy to rummage through when I'm picking out an outfit one-handed (since my baby's always in my other arm).

I keep matching tops and bottoms together; have extra piles for separates; and use little cloth bins to hold items like socks, hats, and bibs.

I also leave all but the top button unsnapped for quicker dressing. Why do extra work so the drawers can look better?

re: How Do You Fold Baby Clothes Anyway?

Lisa Tsering — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:26:28 GMT

I start at the bottom, where the snaps are, and make 2 big folds.

Then, I fold the sleeves back behind this.

I make 2 piles, one for long-sleeved onesies and another for short-sleeved ones.

Onesies are very important around our house as you can imagine!