What is the best way to store baby accessories like hats and socks?
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at
1:14 pm
I am getting the nursery ready, and am trying to think of a conveniant way to store all of baby’s hats, socks, and bibs, etc.
I ran out of drawer space.
How do you store these things in a conveniant way?
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As many people have already mentioned, I always put that little stuff into baskets when my kids were babies. It drove me mad trying to find little things like socks in a dresser drawer. I got a bookshelf at the office store and a bunch of baskets and loaded the whole thing up with baskets. I labeled the sides of all the baskets so I could find everything easily.
The other thing you should do is get you a bunch of those lingerie bags with the zippers. Whenever you take off the baby’s socks or mittens put them in the bag. Then just wash the whole bag. Otherwise it is a nightmare to find those in the laundry.
I got three of those little wicker/rattan baskets. They look cute on the shelf, and hold things very easily. I keep the bibs in the kitchen, with the dish cloths/etc.
Baskets, Baskets and more Baskets… I have a basket each for: sock, booties, tights, bibs, and hats. I also went to the dollar store and bought plastic clothes clips and clip the matching socks & booties together, so in the mornings it is easy to fine everything.
I have a clear plastic snap shut box for the pacifiers.
I have this plastic storage thing I got at walmart for like 8 bucks. It has five drawers, three smaller and two bigger. It used to house Barbies and accessories, but now it holds my sons socks, pajamas and other random accessories. Its awesome. And its not big so it fits in small places. I have it between his crib and the dresser. It holds quite a bit too.
I agree with baskets. You can set them on anything and even stack them on top of each other. Something else that we’ve found to work really well is using a hanging crib organizer on the wall. I used some screw in hooks (like the kind that mugs hang from) and attached the organizer to the bedroom wall. As long as we keep the things we put it in it light weight, we don’t have any issues. This is great for us since we now have a toddler that wants to dump everything out that is in his reach. By putting it on the wall we safe space, too.
This is the organizer we have. http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/3f/7/AAAAAt0PQ7kAAAAAAD95Uw.png?v=1176083831000
Try putting them in baskets on the changing table or in the babys closet.