Girl (or boy) stash- good idea or bad?

Have you ever started a stash of clothes that you hide somewhere for the girl (or boy) you hope you get in the future?

I never did. My mom gave me some girl clothes when I was PG with DS2 as we didn't tell anyone the gender (my mom loves buying baby clothes, boys and girls, and gives me stuff from the stash. Even though at that time we knew my bro was having a girl, she still let me pick from it first. I said "well what if I have another boy?" and she said she's rather me have it since she can't stand my bro's girlfriend and that I would maybe have a girl for #3). So I took the clothes, feeling somewhat guilty since I knew my niece could have used them (don't feel guilty anymore since I saw my niece's wardrobe and the mountains of clothes bro and gf bought her!), but also hoping that it was a sign I'd get to use them someday.

I've never actually gone out and bought girl clothes for myself because I'm afraid it will jinx me, you know? Also I have a friend that has 4 girls, and she told me she went out and bought stuff for her boy stash each time, and she swears it jinxed her.

Just curious, do you guys buy baby girl or boy clothes and hide them away for the future in hopes that you will one day have that gender? Do you think it's a good idea? Why or why not?

I just thought about this today b/c a close friend is having boy#2 (she is actually happy about it, wanted another boy BAD) and I went through my bins of baby clothes to help her out since she gave most of her baby clothes away as she and her DH had originally planned on only one child. As I was going through the clothes I came across a bunch of pink and purple on the bottom and remembered my mom gave me those. I would so love to be able to use them!

No, I have to say that the clothes has never been that important to me,

not even when I had GD. and it is rather strange that I dont care about that

since I a super aware of my own wardrobe and the clothes of my hubbie and sons LOL

Maybe I am too much of a realist - I waited long to buy any babyclothes

when I was pregnant. still rem how I bought some toys early on, but that

was more for me than for the coming baby ;-)

If I can have an opinion though, I would say that it is not good to save up

a pile of specific gender clothes unless you really know they will be used.

I think it sets you up for disapointment and just is unnecessary.

There are SO many other things to spend money on ya know

I love clothes, shoes & acessoires for myself, that is girlie enough

 When i was pregnant with ds2 (we did not know gender and did not find out till he was born) i bought a gymboree dress, a gap sleeper with ladybugs all over it, and a bib that matched the sleeper.  I thought for sure i was having a girl. Well when he was born and we found out that he was a boy, i just did not have the heart to return the outfits.

When i was pregnant with ds3 i went out a bought a bunch of girl stuff thinking "this was my girl" except this time i returned each and every outfit to the store.I even gave away the sleeper and bib as a gift to 1out of the 3 my girlfriends who had a girl around the same time ds3 was born. I held onto the dress because i just could not part with it.

When i was pregnant with dd i refused to buy anything. I was so scared i would jinx myself. So i know exactly how you feel. Logically, she would have been a girl whether i had bought girl stuff or not because she was already growing inside me. But in my mind i was jinxing myself and I just did not want to have to go through the heartbreak of returning everything to the store again.

 Yes, I have a girl stash.  This was even before I ever got pg with my first baby, so I had no clue what was in store for me.  I have a bin of brand new girl stuff I need to get rid of and two beautiful girl crib sets that are brand new too.  They are a very sad reminder for me.  I was a fool to buy clothes up ahead of time like that and stupidly assuming that I would have a dd some day.  Worse yet, my mom had me set aside my favorite dresses and hair decorations for my own dd someday.  All of that stuff is still at her house.  I should just throw it all away.  I know that what will happen is that if one of my sils has a girl down the line, my mom will give them the girl things I set aside for my own dd (which will never happen now, b/c we are finished having kids), and then I will really lose it, b/c those were supposed to be for MY girl, not my neices.  UGH.  My mom dragged out a bunch of my brothers' old outfits from when they were kids for my boys, so I KNOW she will do the same thing if my sil has a dd.  I actually keep hoping that my sil ends up with all boys too, b/c I am going to be so jealous if she gets a girl and every time I see them it will be a painful reminder to me of my GD.

 When I was pregnant with DS1, I thought for sure he was a girl.  The first article of clothing that I EVER bought for my baby was a little pink outfit with white flowers on it.  Well, he came out a boy.  I have never bought a single girl item since.  When I pulled out the baby clothes for DS2 and DS3, that little outfit was in there, the only pink item surrounded by blue clothes.  It's sad each time I get it out.  I'm thinking about throwing the darn thing away.   But if I do have a girl someday, it will make me so happy to be able to put that outfit on her.  If I keep having boys, I don't know what I'm going to do with it.  

Yes, I totally believe you can jinx it, so I try not to buy girl clothes. The other day I was shopping for my son and, in addition to a blue sleeper for him, I also bought a pink one - that kind of sleeper is my favourite, plus they were on sale, too! I do feel guilty about it, though.

I had a stash of both boy and girl clothes. I was pregnant twice before it actually stuck so I had quite a big pile.

I really wanted a boy for my first so I had by far more boy clothes. Plus I had light blue bedding.

Not sure about the jinx for me. I should have had a girl then.

I think it is a bad idea. For one, for awhile it was painful because I kept losing the pregnancies and had to look at the baby stuff. Then when I didn't have a girl it was painful.

 I only stashed away one outfit that I bought the day before I found out DS3 was a boy. nothing else. I don't think it is a bad idea...just as long as one can come to terms with the fact that they may never be worn for their own son/daughter.(Could always keep around very special ones if that was the case and pass them on to your first grandson/granddaughter) I think that is why I never bought anything else.(it would have been too hard to have around..I actually gave away a bag of baby girl clothes given to me the year before I had her) My MIL on the otherhand had/has a bunch of stuff stored and now just sends them out at random times as well as boys clothes.I finally got to put DD in the dress that I bought that day...(I probably wouldn't have bought it now but put it on her for sentimental reasons.

I have a few things I bought when I was pregnant with my DS2, I got them quite cheap from gymboree and gap and I got them under the premise that if I didn't have a girl someone we knew would and we could give them away. Needless to say I have not been able to part with them. They are in a small bag in a closet. I do not think I will ever use them as I am about to give up the idea of trying for another baby because I know I do not want another child, I want a little baby girl, so it wouldn't be fair to the unborn/unconceived baby.... I will keep them though, maybe some day I will have a grand daughter.

I have a 'girl stash' & will keep them forever ....

When I was pg with ds 1 I wouldn't even look at the girly clothes. I thought that if I looked at them too long I'd jinx myself. With DS2 it was worse. I wouldn't even go near anything girly. With DS #3 I tried a different approach, I though that if I bought girly clothes and slept with them under my pillow I would be sending myself positive girls vibes, you know, like the law of attraction... So I bought a couple of really cute girl outfits and now I don't know what to do with them. I get sad when I look at them and I can't give them away. It would feel like I was 100% giving up on ever having a daughter and I don't know if I'm ready to do that. Yet.

 Yep. I have a girl stash only because of DS3 being a girlin utero...twice. And I'm keeping it just in case :)

 *hangs head in shame*

yes I do. have a huge stash of new and tagged/bagged girl stuff, two bin bags worth. Started collecting it right after DD1 was born four years ago and then had DS but still carried on collecting the odd thing or two, dum de dum. Most of it is mothercare or baby k at mothercare so reasoned with myself if i never have another dd to wear it all then i can sell it on ebay, even saved all the stock photos just incase. Maybe one day. 

Nope, never - I'm way too practical and analytical for that. I did, however, keep all of dd's clothes (and there are many a box full!) hoping for another dd. Now that I know we're having a boy, I'm going to have to go through it all and donate it or sell it on eBay. that seriously breaks my heart. She had all these fabulous designer clothes, really expensive, and I have zero desie to buy boy clothes, so he's going to have to wear some pink onesies.