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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand this but I’m a minimalist and yes have kept with that lifestyle with kids. Your kid should not be getting a gift every other day, that’s weird. If something arrives for mine and it’s something I think we’d keep (we get some from a certain grandparent that I don’t), I have a box in my closet it goes until the next birthday/holiday. And every single time they get new toys (only on birthday or holidays), we get rid of old ones - either donation/trash or another bin in the garage if they’re still nice and could be played with later. Number one is not accumulating stuff and it sounds like you have a problem with that. Also, if you’re having more babies, get an organizing system for clothes. Obviously throw anything out that is old/“play” or you’re over, and put the rest in vacuum sealed bags based on age. Anything temporary -especially large baby toys- I borrow or buy used so I can get rid of it asap after we’re done. It’s really not that hard, but definitely goes against the “normal” American way of having a toy room filled to the ceiling with pieces of toys no one knows what goes to what and hasn’t been played with in months. That would give me a panic attack. [/quote]

So people send your kids gifts and you don’t let the kids know about it? What do you say to the gifter? I would not dream of doing that to my parents or in-laws. It brings them so much joy to send the kids things. Of course sometimes “I’m not sure” what happened to those gifts once the kids have played with them for a little while.

We live in the city and certainly do not have a playroom, or room to rotate toys or store a ton of toys to be played with later.  But it takes time to organize and with 2 working parents and little kids, time is also in short supply.  [/quote]

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