No, I kept EVERYTHING! The only things I got rid of were cereal and baby food because these had expiration dates. I sent those to work with my husband to give away to co-workers because there was a HUGE baby boom at his job when we had Nicholas. I have Nick's special things in a rubbermaid tote, meanwhile the rest of the generic baby stuff was either used on my toddler or kept for my newbie. There are some things that I have re-used like bottles and the baby swing (because Nick hated being in it so he never was), but binkies and a few special blankies and things and that are in Nick's special curio cabinet. I can not use Nick's bouncy seat, got a new one but the old one is downstairs....maybe someday I will part with it, but right now I am not ready.

well i kept blankets,outfit he came home in,birthcertificate, a few of his first kinda things but as far as a few toys and things i think i wanted them out of sight out of mind ya know to try and run from the pain but!my sister made me a special box with his born to wings date and i got cards,pics,etc.

I did that with all my diapers. My sister in law was 6 months pregnant so I gave them to her. I bagged up all my bottles and put them up in the attic. We buried him with his last unopend can of formulal, bottle of Kero syrup and his favorite paci cause my baby boy sure liked to eat. As far as my other stuff I will probably buy new with the new baby. I had borrowed my swing and bouncy from my sister in law so I gave that back. But he passed in his pack and play, and I doubt I will use his car seat or his bassinett. I think we will start fresh with new stuff. Just too many memories. Especially with his bouncy cause that was his favorite place to be.

i thought i was going to buy all new stuff too, but really before Nick used most of the stuff, it was Christopher's first. So there are other happy memories with some things from when Christopher used it. So I think that is what helps me.

I gave the stuff away that could be used then, i.e. diapers and formula. We kept everything else. I have given away some of her clothes to one of bryans coworkers that doesn't have a lot and had a girl. There are certain things however, that will be reused and things that won't be.

i completely freaked out and was so obsessed with wanting to get it out of my sight i didnt want that reminder cause i did it the night of his funeral while everyone was at the house and i started throwing them and i just got so mad all i remember is crying and yelling i dont guess i will need these anymore.

we'll be getting new clothes (some) and a new swing, car seat, and stroller. those will be going to my mom to use, but thats only because bryan can't handle the reminders.

Everything in Andrew's room is exactly how it was when he died. I still haven't washed his dirty clothes. I think I am going to use everything I used for Andrew for this new baby because he only used them for three weeks and I dont' want to buy new products. Maybe I'll change my mind when the little one arrives. As for his clothes...most of them still have tags on it so if this is a boy I'll use them for him. I don't want to part with anything because I want to keep his memory alive.

At first I felt like I wanted to get rid of everything, but I didn't. The only things I don't have are what I gave to the sheriff (still have yet to pick them up), what we buried him in and with and a blankie that I gave to my 4 year old nephew. I have everything of his still, all the stuff I had with me when we moved is still at his grandparents house, but everything that was packed away we moved to our new house. I have thought about it a lot and I will never be able to re-use any of the stuff he actually used, I think I am going to do a memory quilt with his clothes, blankies etc. He had 2 years worth of clothes and so many things that he never got a chance to use and are still unopened which we will probably use with his brother/sister. As for his stroller, car seat, bouncey seat...I was thinking about donating them to a woman and child's shelter, but I am not sure when that will be.

I didn't think I could use anything but you will be surprised once you get closer to that day of deciding what you can handle and what you can't.
I really do think there needs to be a book or something as a what to do after you lose a child, not really a grief thing per say, but suggestions for things like this.
I packaged up everything Nicholas within weeks of losing him, because mainly I was still so numb then but yet I couldn't see his stuff laying around anymore. I did not give anything away really other than the baby foods and cereals and now a year later I am closer to parting with some stuff, but I know there are things that will never leave.
The bassinet he was found in is boxed up in my basement. This is something I can not give away because my baby more or less died there, but yet it is something I will never use. I can't bring myself to throw it out because it was the last place he was in my home.

all of his clothes are putup in an attic and i remember balling when i put up his car seat it was as if im putting my baby up. It was a hard day.

I have been debating through our pack n play out because that is where Joey passed. I know I could never use it again. Right now I am undecided so is sits bagged up in our attic.

Mary I know I can't use that bassinet either but the whole idea of giving it away, creeps me out.....I know I couldn't accept an item that a child died in...in some ways I feel like it would be passing them bad karma if that makes sense

I have everything of Ari's, her crib is still up and her carseat sits in the corner of my room, the same place I put it when we came home from the hospital without her. I did give away the unopened cereal and formula I had left over, I gave away the unopened packs of diapers(I had so many) but the opened pack I still have and actually her unused diapers are still stacked in the linen closet right next to baby shaun's. I am not sure what I am going to do when I have this next baby, I am not sure what I am going to use and what I am going to just keep, I can't see myself throwing anything away..I'm just weird like that.

I did the same thing...well, kind of. I kept all of Ari's clothes, and blankets, hats, headbands, binkies, etc. I went through a phase shortly after she died that I couldn't ever imagine having another baby, and donated our crib, carseat, swing, bouncer, port a crib, bassinett, etc. That was about a month and a half before we decided to have another baby. We're not planning on reusing any of her clothes, except for the ones she never had the chance to wear, so even if this baby is a girl, we're pretty much starting all over again.