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I wish I am as lucky, can change my wardrobe every few months. I used to dump all her stuff into one single drawer. It could neatly accommodated all her clothing, handkerchiefs, towels, unused toiletries and a big roll or cotton wool. Now, with another big plastic box to keep those too big, or too small clothing, the drawer is perpetually overloaded. Got to squeeze and press on the stacks of clothing before I could close it properly.

She outgrows the clothing so fast. I am already very mindful of getting practical ones only whenever buying clothes for her. 80% of them are either hand-me-downs from friendly neigbour or gifts from relatives and friends. I bought all her daily change of clothing at least one size bigger, but she has outgrown all after wearing them for 6 months.

I am a huge fan of baby bodysuits! Almost all her earlier daily gears were bodyysuits. It is cooling and the snaps at the crotch could secure and hide the diapers without worrying exposing the tummy. There is no elastic band that bites into the skin of the tummy. Now, I could still get her into those bodysuits, but couldn’t fasten the back to the front anymore.

Anyway, the leg baring bodysuit aren’t suitable for her anymore. I realised that her knees were getting very black at the end of the day. Not wanting to turn them into elephants like, ultra thick, rough and greyish skin, I dug out all the pants I could find and bought half a dozen new ones for her. Hope that will provide more protection. For the time being, I just let her wear the bodysuits as modified tail coats along with her pants and see how long they could last.

Her night rompers are definitely too small for her too. They used to be so big that I have to give the sleeves a few folds to shorten them. The pants section was so long I could have let her wear a hundred socks to get the perfect length. Now they look extremely tight, like wrapping in stockings. Almost wanted to snipe away the ending section so that she could extend her legs from the holes, but reminded myself not to get obsessively stingy. A new set of girlish pajamas for her, no more unisex colours like blue or green.

It would be too wasteful to throw away those small clothing, besides, I would like to keep them for the next one. Storage space will always be the constant big headache with her ever expanding inventory of things.