What Did You Do with Your Old Maternity Clothes and Clothes Baby Outgrows?

You could donate both to a crisis pregnancy center, like www.Womens-Center.org . They maintain a closet of clothes for expectant mothers to take from for themselves and for their babies.

I second Angela G.'s response - you can donate them to PHD in Palatine.

My daughters clothes go to the consignment shop where I get 40% of the sale price.
I sold my maternity clothes on ebay. I would suggest listing them in lots, it'll save you the hassle of shipping lots of items. I separated my clothes into 6 lots; GUC, FUC, EUC, NWT and NWOT.
What wouldn't sell on ebay I gave away to a momma on freecycle.

craigs list worked great for me
you set a price per piece or per lot
you can post a pic if you want

then whats left i freecycle.org

If you don't have anyone to give them too (my sis-in-law blessed me with a bunch of maternity clothes and clothes her kids outgrew), you can call Salvation Army to donate them. They will come to your home and pick them up for you! Doesn't get much easier than that!

I post most of my items on craigslist.org. It is much easier than having a garage sale. You can post individual items/outfits, or you can post bundles of items. You name the price, you don't have to worry about shipping like ebay. You have the option to post pictures. I have also done ebay. Ebay is nice, but you have to pay shipping, and since it's a bidding war, you don't really know if you'll actually make money--You may end up selling 4 outfits for $1.00!! Although, kids clothes are a big hit on ebay!
J.

I sell everything at the Mothers and More resale. The sales are held at the DuPage County Fairgrounds and the next sale is the weekend of March 12th. You set the prices and get 70% of all your sales.

You can get info at www.dupagemothersandmore.org or you can email me with any questions.

Good luck,

K.

WIth my first i gave a lot of mine away to a women's shelter.

I suggest Ebay. I have gotten rid of so many things on Ebay including all of my daughters old clothes, toys etc. If you don't want to have to ship things, do a local pickup. I've done that with toys and its worked out well. By doing this, I've been able to purchase new clothes & toys for my daughter and get something back on all of the things I've bought.

I give them to friends/family if I can. Otherwise, boxes and boxes to goodwill and amvets (they pick up!)

My sister & I sell outgrown clothes & toys at a local semi-annual consignment sale called Kids Market. Find a similar sale in your area. It's like having a HUGE indoor yard sale, but all you have to do is price your items, drop them off, and pick up a check after the sale!

With our sale, you can choose to donate your unsold items at the end of the sale. That way you can sell what you can, but then not have to deal with anything but a check afterward!

There's a great pregnancy crisis center in Palatine that would probably accept the maternity clothes and their baby closet shop would probably take your baby clothes (to give to their clients).

It's called PHD (they're on Plum Grove Rd, just before the tracks at Palatine Rd). PH# is ###-###-####. I've only spoken with Yvonne (volunteer coordinator), but I'm not sure if that's who you'd speak with. Their website has all their info, but they are a really great place for women and children to get help during pregnancy and after. Their baby closet is available only to their counseled clients and it offers baby items and foods for free. The also have a resale shop (PHD Resale, in the same plaza as Eurofresh in palatine) that may accept the maternity clothes; otherwise, they may just hold the maternity clothes to assist their pregnant clients.

Sorry to babble on. Great local non-profit. Can't say enough good things about them.

http://www.sphd.org/index.shtml

I am planning on trying to unload my maternity clothes on craigslist.

Take them to Once upon a Child, they'll pay for them. Or Clothes Mentor for the Maternity clothes.

I gave maternity clothing to friends to wear. If it is in excellent shape, ebay or craigslist as a bunch togehter (unless it's designer stuff, in which case you might want to list separately). Kids clothing was donated if it was in not-great shape, or gifted to friends as hand-me-downs if it was in good shape. Hand-knit sweaters and extremely cute things were kept.