It amazes me that Ana is a scant 5 months old and she already has two OVERFLOWING toy bins! She has only been playing with toys for about 2 months now, so most of those toys sat untouched for 4-5 months between my showers and her developing curiosity. I was wary of getting rid of them before she started playing because who am I to predict what my baby will want to play with??
Now that she has been playing for a little while and I have a better idea of what she is interested in, I plan on whittling down her pile of toys to something much more managable. I don't want her to have a pile of toys that she has never touched, and I don't want her to be overwhelmed by the amount of toys she has to play with, so this seems like the best choice.
Some high-quality toys Ana is currently crazy about! |
With Christmas less than 6 months away (Shoot me, I'm a planner.), I've already started making a Christmas list for Ana that I am very excited about! Wooden blocks are definitely at the top, along with a tin tea set, a trip to Disney, and Sophie the Giraffe. (Sophie is a teether made of natural rubber, if you didn't know!) I plan on asking each person or family to limit themselves to giving ONE toy to Ana for Christmas for a couple reasons. The first reason is that the toys on her list are high quality and thus on the pricey end of things. The second reason is that I don't want her to end up with a bazillion toys that I'm going to donate (and feel guilty about it!) because she doesn't need that many.
Meaningful stuffies we bought for some dear kids in our life! |
I know the feeling.... Gabe has soooooo many stuffies, but I feel bad getting rid of any. (Especially the ones my mother-in-law gave him since she'd probably notice them gone.) :/
ReplyDeleteI hear you on limiting gifts... I went way overboard on year 2 Christmas b/c I couldn't help myself. This last year we got him 3 or 4 things and let everyone else take over. I definitely make a list of things he needs or I know he'd love and make a few suggestions to family that way. I agree about the educational toys.
The majority of stuff I got him at that age was a learning toy of some type.
I know he has too many toys, but it's so hard to know what he'll play with. Some of the stuff I thought he'd love, he didn't touch for at least 6 months or more, now they're his favorite!
The toy/stuffies battle is not an easy one. I wish you luck!