Sharpies on the tags always worked well for me. Sharpie sells a laundry marker, but I couldn't see any way it was different from a regular marker.

Amoxicillin stains, however? No way to remove.

Okay, Susan. I just figured if you were bothering to mark them, you planned on getting them back.

I just thought this was the normal way to do it, since my neighbor has always marked the stuff she's loaned us, and every time Annabel outgrows a size, I go through the old stuff before I box it away so I can give it back.

Too, the ruling fear of my life these days is birth control failure. If I could know for sure that there was no way we'd have another kid until our finances are in perfect order, I might think of things differently. As is, I'm like, "While I'm not attached to any one piece of clothing, if I mark it, I'll get most of it back, so if I were to accidentaly get pregnant, at least I'd be spared the expense of a whole new baby wardrobe."

if I were to accidentaly get pregnant, at least I'd be spared the expense of a whole new baby wardrobe

t whaps own head for buying SO MUCH PINK

Well, it's not like there's much in the way of androgynous baby clothes to be found.

Another girl would definitely be easier on the pocketbook, at least in the short term.

Yeah there was PINK IM A GIRL and BLUE IM A BOY. Even the green or yellow stuff was boyish or girly.

Yep. One of the fun parts about Annabel getting older is having an easier time finding bright and dark colors for her, but it's still a choice of GIRL GIRL GIRL or baby drag 90% of the time.

Best of luck to Robin's fam.

Well, it's not like there's much in the way of androgynous baby clothes to be found.

I remember someone saying they just bought all white and dyed as they saw fit. It sounds like a reasonable thing to do, but I may be a little over-invested in my "no pastels" edict.

Um, not that I am pregnant or planning to be within the next year-plus. IJS.

Aimee, good on you for giving blood. I too hope you do not throw up.

Susan, the laundry-pen marker seems sound. And I hate the idea that when/if I have a kid, my choice is likely to be GIRL GIRL GIRL or BOY BOY BOY -- it just seems kind of overkillish.

I may be a little over-invested in my "no pastels" edict.

Back in the '90s, you could buy nice brilliant primary colors... on the boy's side. Our daughter wore lots of "boy's" OshKosh overalls in red and yellow and blue.

yay for Utah and Amyparker!

glad to here your niece is checked in. may her road to recovery be hard enough so that she never goes back , but not so hard that it hurts the rest of the family.