We need to do something about some of Cordelia's blankets. By 'do something about' I really mean 'get rid of.' When Cordelia was born, we received a lot of small blankets, things suitable for a baby or toddler. This was a good thing as it let us wrap her up warmly in cold weather and as it gave us something to put over her when she was old enough for that.
Unfortunately, she's now tall enough that most of those blankets no longer cover her. We can cobble something together by overlapping things, but that assumes that she doesn't move much which, well, she does. To solve that, we've picked up some additional blankets, things that actually do cover her. We use those.
That leaves us the question of what to do with the old blankets. If we had the storage space, I'd keep them. Several are handmade, and many are personalized with her name or initials. They were made with thought and care. I'd like to be able to pull them out, years from now, to tell Cordelia about the people who gave them to her or to let her use them either for her own baby or as gifts for other babies.
We've got six that are simply too small and four more that are borderline (two of those four have no sentimental attachments and can be ditched any time). Three of the six were crocheted-- one by me-- as presents specifically for Cordelia. Two of the remaining have embroidery, one initials and the other her full name.
This feels different to me from passing along outgrown clothes, so I'm wondering if there's an etiquette to it. Does anybody know?
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