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We have so many toys. So so many.

Izzy and Chloe have 10 older cousins and they gets lots of toys and games passed on – this is great of course. It saves us an absolute fortune and they love them.

But my house well… It’s overtaken. I think I just have to accept that until they are ..teens possibly..that every room has the potential to be a lego foot injury.

Izzy has her favourite toys such as her horses, cars and dolls house. Chloe has her favourites such as her Fisher Price toys which have been passed on from Izzy now that she is a big girl. They have both had hours of fun putting things in and out of the cookie bowl shape sorter and making pretend calls on the chatter phone.

It’s Izzys birthday next week and amongst other things I’ve had my eye on this Fisher Price pirate ship that I found on the Tesco website. Izzy loves pirates and boats and toys which have previously been seen as typical boy toys – I’m so glad that gender specific play seems to be disappearing slowly. It’s now not so shocking to see a boy play with a doll or a girl play with a tractor. Yay.

Although she would be equally happy with the princess castle I’m sure. Because boy toys or not the girl loves pink. We haven’t encouraged or discouraged it but it’s her favourite colour by far at the moment.

We try not to spoil the girls too much. As much as we love to treat them I just don’t think it’s a great idea to constantly be buying them the latest fad. So typically for Christmas and birthdays we buy one toy type present for Izzy ( around the £20-30 mark) and she will also get something she needs ( clothes normally) and something we like her to have ( books or learning materials) – this is something we hope to continue with Chloe. I guess it’s easy for us to not feel the need to buy much when she gets so much passed on from family anyway.

My lounge may no longer be a calm and serene room and yes I may find the odd toy under my duvet at night BUT I’m learning to embrace the clutter. After all in 10 years time when my children are sat in a world of their own with headphones on, latest gadget in hand I will be wishing that they would ask me to put the pink shoes on the horsey just one more time.

Does your house feel like a toy shop? What are/have been your children’s favourite toys?

* this a collaborative post.

This seems an apt time to ask you how many toys does your child have? And secondly how many do they play with?

Izzy has lots of toys. I should state that we haven’t bought her lots but I’m from a large family and things get passed along quite regularly. I have always welcomed this as I know that lots of people aren’t lucky enough to have family to share and spoil. The last few days I have been thinking more and more about how many toys she should have out readily at her disposal to play with. I’m not a mean mammy I just don’t want her to be spoilt. Christmas is really what made me think about this.
We only spent about £30 on Izzy this year including stocking fillers as I knew it would be hard for her to appreciate it being only 16 months old. We bought her a few books,some stacking cups and a few bits n pieces. On Christmas morning she enjoyed opening presents and kissing pictures of Upsy Daisy .. By the end of Boxing Day she had approximately an extra 25 presents. Only 2 of which were clothing. The presents are gorgeous but on top of what she already has I don’t know how many she should be able to play with at one time. We are planning to keep some in her bedroom for her morning play ( she always plays in her cot for at least 30 mins on waking while we get some extra snooze and loves having separate toys up there) and perhaps leave some of her older toys with grandparents so that she always has something familiar to play with. I will keep all her books out as she loves to read ( well look at pics) and I want to encourage that but any tips on what to do? Should I pack some away for a month or two? I don’t want to be mean but I don’t want her to grow up to expect this either. Hmm its difficult.

What did your little one have for Christmas? What are your thoughts on this?

I should point out that I was of course grateful for all of her gifts and some of them really were beautiful and thoughtful it’s just very hard to know what to do.

I also may steal her hungry caterpillar cup for myself as its so damn cute.

She loved her “ipad”- the Haribo selection pack in background belongs to Daddy!

Wearing great Nans Christmas hat

Also do you have any funny names for your child’s toys? The pic below shows Izzy in her baby Einstein activity centre ( passed onto by family) which we call “the one that can’t move” for example if I’m cooking and my OH needs to pop upstairs or out I will say ” Put her in the one that can’t move for a few mins” it’s been brilliant as she enjoys it for short bursts and still hasn’t figured out how to get out.

Thanks for reading, I’d love your comments 😉

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