Clothing Labels

I recently read this ingenious tip for labeling clothes that you pass down from child to child in The Complete Tightwad Gazette.

Label the eldest child's clothes with an X.  When an item gets passed down to child #2, add an X, so that the label now reads XX.  When that item gets passed down to cherub #3, add another X, so that the label reads XXX.  Now, why didn't I think of that???

Mary and Maggie are still different enough in size that we can easily distinguish their clothes when it comes to folding and sorting laundry, but I am holding on to this idea for the future:)