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Toys Toys Toys

armywife7205armywife7205 member
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Our girls are 2 1/2 years apart they basically play the same things. We have weeded out most of the 'baby/toddler toys'. However, I STILL feel over run with them. 

My Mother-in-law is generous... too generous. We have asked that gifts be limited to the 4 gift rule we follow in our house (Want, Need, Wear, Read). She does not follow. I would even be OK if she just scaled back to a handful of gifts. I don't want to seem rude but DH and I really don't want 10-15 gifts per each kid. 

Now, we obviously are respectful and can't say no once she has shown them to the kids. So there are dozens of unplayed with toys. 

Is is rude to donate or sell? How long should something 'stay' in ones house before doing this?

I have found the fewer the toys the better the girls play. Ugh... I sound so ungrateful which isn't what I really want to be!  

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  • Temp994124375009771Temp994124375009771
    We put away a bunch of toys right after birthdays and holidays. When she gets tired of the current toys we will rotate. Even toys she doesn't really show any interest in will provide some temporary entertainment down the road because they are new.

    Once they have outgrown them age wise then I would sell/donate.
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  • logoz80logoz80
    I feel the same way about these toys. Just donate them. They don't play with them anyway. If they don't even get opened, I'd save them and regift, lol
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  • mommymegan831mommymegan831 member
    we have a few shelves in our basement full of toys the kids have gotten but we haven't opened.  Sometimes we'll take one out for a rainy day, we also try to regift what we can.
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  • 1026pumpkin1026pumpkin member

    imageChicagoLaura:
    We put away a bunch of toys right after birthdays and holidays. When she gets tired of the current toys we will rotate. Even toys she doesn't really show any interest in will provide some temporary entertainment down the road because they are new. Once they have outgrown them age wise then I would sell/donate.

    This.  As a poster below said, if he never opens something or we get duplicates, I'll set it aside to regift or donate.  If there is something he really doesn't play with at all, I'd donate after a few weeks. If MIL gets them a ton of gifts and you have a lot in your home, she probably won't notice anything is missing. 

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  • momofmanyinthemittenmomofmanyinthemitten member
    I second the toy rotation. If you have space to hide toys, put them away and pull them out a couple months later. They're like brand new. I'm dying for an hour or two to put some in our basement, but with a 6wk old and a 2 y/o, I don't have a ton of extra time...
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