As we’ve mentioned in other posts, Scott and I love our place.  It’s small.  It’s cozy.  It doesn’t require a baby monitor, because you can practically not-not-really-but-sometimes-it-seems-like-it see into either bedroom while standing anywhere in the home.

It does mean, however, that baby stuff can accumulate faster than skiers on our great resorts nearby. (Hello, Powder Mountain and Snowbasin!  #GreatestSnowOnEarth)  So we work very hard to refine our back country baby stuff decluttering skills.

Our system that works for us looks like this:

• We have a bin in each room for Susanna’s toys.  They’re cheap Dollar Tree ones, and they work just fine for us.  
• We store a ton of stuff in our basement.  This is one of the many blessings of our home.
• We buy only what we need.  It can be very tempting to purchase everything baby because it’s so cute. We resist that temptation.  (Side note- it can also be very hard to resist every DIY item at a thrift store when they’re in the under $2 range.)
• We organize all of Susanna’s clothes in a plastic bin in bags marked wit the size on the outside.
• We routinely donate no-longer-needed items to our thrift store.
• We are always on the lookout for using materials we have to make stuff we need- like Susanna’s drum.

• We communicate our haves, needs, and would-love-to-haves to our family members who are eager to share toys, clothes, and books with our daughter.  This helps to reduce a lot of baby “stuff!”

What are your tips for reducing baby clutter?  Which items do you keep versus donating (or re-gifting)?