When I first found out we were expecting twins, I had no idea how
we were going to able to afford enough clothes for both of them!
Two baby showers later, I had more baby clothes than I knew what
to do with, and I was struggling with trying to find somewhere to
organize everything.

I received as gifts many different sizes of baby clothes, from
newborn all the way to toddler. Friends and family members who
found out we were expecting also gave us many nice hand-me-downs.
I quickly realized I wasn't going to have to buy any clothes for
our boys for quite some time! After looking over all the
clothing, I decided it would be easiest to organize the clothes
by sizes.

I first washed everything and sorted all the clothing by sizes.
I then went to Walmart and bought some very inexpensive large
plastic storage containers to store larger sizes.

The boys have two dressers in their bedroom. I filled one
dresser with newborn size clothes, and the other dresser with
size 3-6 months. I then labeled three plastic storage containers
6-9 months, 9-12 months, and 18-24 months. After sorting all the
clothes I organized the storage containers on a shelf in the
bedroom closet. Now whenever I get new clothing I can go right
to the storage container with the correct size. This system has
made it very easy for me to see what I have on hand and what I
still need to buy.

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Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom helping other moms to
organize their families and their lives. For other organizing
hints visit http://www.Organized-Mom.com.