There are a lot of things that moms save from their babies.  Locks of hair, their first shoes, a little onesie, etc.  But don’t overlook some of the other items you’ll be able to use later!

First of all, think about saving their little blankets.  Those things come around and have various uses later, including visiting babies, quilt squares or as toy blankets.  Next, even if you didn’t use cloth diapers, get some!  They make fantastic cleaning cloths!  They are hard to find in discount stores, but you can find discount cloth diapers on the internet. Baby cradle bedding can also come in handy-even if you eventually sell it with your cradle.  But little girls would love to play with those things, you might some day need it for your own grandchildren, and if none of these things occur, foster organizations can always use baby items. 

We used to save the glass baby food jars for paints, beads, buttons and pins, but they don’t make jars like that anymore.  Still, the small juice bottles with screw-on caps might be helpful.  And for goodness sake, don’t get rid of the bottle brush or eye-droppers!  There are a million uses for those.  A very few toys can be saved for visiting children or even decorations sometimes.  Wrapping paper is great to save even if just to look at 30 years from now.  Otherwise, it’s pretty good shelf and drawer liners for while your kids are still messy.  Using things over is the best kind of recycling!

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