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Do You Ever Find Yourself Going Overboard Buying Toys for Your Little One?
My daughter is almost 17 months old and for Christmas she got all kinds of toys. Not a huge giant amount but she's not lacking toys, that's for sure. I shouldn't buy her anymore toys since we just just Christmas but I keep feeling like she is bored, stuck in the house all the time because it's snowing like crazy. Then I go online to look something simple up, like I want to get her a mirror because she loves to put on scarfs, hats, and accessories and look at herself in the mirror. She only has a scratched up mirror for a tiny baby, not a toddler. Anyway, she loves Disney princess themed things so I end up looking at tons of toys and they get more and more expensive but I feel addicted to toy shopping. lol It's all so adorable and cute and it feels like they never have everything you know. I ended up going from mirror to bath toys to dolls to doll houses to toddler furniture. There is just too much cool stuff for kids!
Tags: going, overboard, Little
Post-Xmas I’m in a little ‘This is just too much’ haze, but I’ll probably keep accumulating…
I am made irate by pile-ups of cheap junk. But I am pretty easily able to rationalize nice stuff that will be around for the majority of childhood, the “Wow, I can’t even remember when I got the [good dollhouse, whatever], seems like it’s just always been here” toys that will last and last.
If I’ve got a toddler-treat-buying itch but don’t want a big item, anything that we’ll both use together at the kitchen table is good — paints, pipe cleaners, glue, paper etc etc — is good.
I can definitively feel for you. I have the same reaction. I love shopping for my daughter. I could look forever at cute clothing, especially shoes, toys, furniture, cloth diapers and so on for my daughter. Since I’m SAHM, our budget is limited, so I rarely go overboard actually buying the stuff. But I sure know the temptation.
Totally! Every time I see a toy that my little girl would like, I have to get it. My daughter wants a lot that she can’t have, and I’m trying to teach her she can’t get everything she wants. So in my closet i have a huge tote full of toy’s she’d like to play with, and I’ll give them to her when shes been good, or helped me. (Give them one at a time of course! )
Every month I tell Anna that we are going to help ‘the kids who don’t have toys’ and so we run around the house looking for toys anna doesn’t play with anymore, and we go and either donate some of them, and sell the rest. It not only teaches your kids not to be a pack rat, but it also teaches them about being generous and giving to those in need.
But to answer your question, yes, I do go overboard buying toys for her. My grandmothers garage is filled with her toys! The one thing that she only has one of is a teddy bear! Her precious “Fuffy”
Well, I found that my kids do have alot of toys. The thing I did when my kids were younger was take half the toys and put them away for a couple of months. Then, give them to her and take away the old ones. She will keep on thinking she has new toys and be very happy. Also, use your imagination and use some things around the house. Get old tupperware, barbies, and things from around the house that can be used in the bath. If you want to buy her a mirror, use one from your house. Go to used stores and buy a cheap one. Make princess crowns and play princess. If you think like a child, you can entertain a child. It’s just that easy.
Good luck!
I love to shop for my little guy, but we don’t buy many toys during the year other than at Christmas he gets a bunch of new stuff and then he gets outside things for his birthday in March. Through the rest of the year we really don’t buy alot of toys or things outside of some bubbles or sidewalk chalk type of things. I usually find we do a toy box clean out every six months to get rid of things we aren’t playing with anymore to donate somewhere or that are broken or not working and need thrown out (which isn’t usually the case). We’ve gotten better with that and organizing the play room this past year since we have another one on the way in June and the toys are going to certainly double with two kids at different ages and stages.
Yes of course, I think every mom and dad does=)