What Baby Stuff to Keep?

I used a few giudelines when deciding. How much did I use it. If it was all the time, unless it was completely worn out, I kept it. Would I use it for children of either sex? This one was a bit grayer. If the answer was no but it was something that I used endlessly then I kept it anyway because you may get another of the same sex. Have they made improvements to the item since I last bought it that would make it worth getting the newer one when we had a new baby? Even if we used it all the time if the newer versions have improvements that I really liked but since my child outgrew it it wasn't worth getting the newer one I got rid of the old one. I pretty much kept all the clothes unless they were worn out and then I'd just throw those out. My daughter has worn outfits that belonged to her brothers quite a bit. How far apart they are also has a factor in things. I have 3 kids, 2 boys and then my girl. There is 3 years between my first 2 and then my third the boys were 8 & 5 so a really big age gap in terms of something things.
I do have things I have kept and used for all 3. I am holding on to some of them still in case we have any more, just in case.
We replaced a lot with our third because she was a girl and because some things were really beaten up after 2 boys before her.
I would look at what you've got and decide from there.

Just keep the really special stuff like the coming home outfit, things that family members or friends made, etc. Pretty much anything that is irreplaceable or has a special meaning to you. You might kick yourself but you also couldn't be sure of having the same sex so you might have to start all over anyway.

Keep the special things, where 30 years from now you can pull it out for your grand kids to use. My mom did that and although I don't remember playing with a certain rattle, I felt connected as I watched my baby play with it. It was as if I was watching me through my mother's eyes. I kept a little blue dog that is a stroller toy along with his clothes and a few other toys.
Best wishes

I didn't keep anything from my son except for a few special things (coming home outfit, Christening outfit, 1st halloween costume). If we decide to have another, we'll start all over again.

I struggled with this myself. I ended up keeping enough of our son's baby clothing to fill one of those vacuum storage bags to keep in the closet for baby #2. Then once we found out baby #2 was a girl, we got rid of more things except the gender neutral items or the few things we just couldn't part with. As far as furniture goes, we kept the crib because it was a convertable & was being used as the toddler bed, and we also kept the "bouncy chair" because we couldn't seem to find any others in the stores that we liked. Other than that, we got rid of everything else (sent to consignment shops before the regulations kicked in) and anything we did end up needing we bought from the store, consignment shops, or were received as baby gifts from generous friends & family. The nice thing about 2 sets of grandparents for us means that true necessities as well as frivolities are taken care of...perhaps this will be for you as well.

I would keep what you absolutely loved and were used to using. Anything else get rid of. Unless you are planning on getting pregnant within the next 6 months there will be alot of time to figure out what to do with the stuff. Because if you get pregnant at the 6mo mark then it will be at least 15mo of storage. Also if you are strapped for cash, keep what you can figure out how to store because if the determining factor of having a baby is not being able to afford to re-buy stuff that would be sad and remember there usually aren't showers for baby 2.

I honestly didn't keep much from my first. I kept her coming home outfit, her crib was a converter, so it was a toddler bed, until it had a safety recall. She still has most of her toys, but she is two and still plays with most of them. I kept a few gender neutral things, which was good, because my baby is a boy. We moved several states away from where we had raised our daughter (so far) so we really didn't have the means to move any of the big stuff, so now with my son, we started over.
I would keep the things your 2 year old loves and the things you have an emotional attachment too.