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[quote=Anonymous]Organizing helps a lot. We added organization bit by bit when the kids were really young - so first we made a box for train stuff and another box for cars, and spent a few weeks making it clear that trains and cars go in those two boxes (and gently correcting the child when trains were out in the wrong box, etc).  After that was mastered, we added a couple more specific boxes.  We use a combination of cube storage for big stuff and those ugly open bin systems (Like this one https://www.target.com/p/delta-children-kids-39-toy-storage-organizer-with-12-plastic-bins/-/A-79639406). It’s ugly, but the kids can easily find their stuff (and easily see where it goes without a label) so they are less likely to dump everything out in order to find one thing.

I also highly recommend boxing stuff up and getting rid of some and storing some away for rotation or rainy day play.

I can’t tell if you’ve ever sat down and had a serious talk with DH about how the clutter is overwhelming you and about why it is important to him to buy so much stuff. If you haven’t, sit down and really listen to each other and then try to find a middle ground.  This is more important than any organizational scheme. [/quote]

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