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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have any family nearly that bad but we are pretty strict about what we keep. My family just generally knows we aren't keeping things we don't like. When I saw no toys with plastic or batteries, we don't keep toys with plastic or batteries. The grandparents know this and occasionally my mom tries to get us to forget it but we don't. Honestly, I think they don't want to spend money on things we won't keep. I think if she knows that you aren't willing to keep that many things and that you have firm rules in your house, she will eventually listen. We also said when we were pregnant that we didn't want a lot of stuff so people had been hearing that for awhile from us so they just kinda knew.
My sister wishes she was firm like we are about that stuff but she isn't and so she is stuck with too many toys that she doesn't want. I think if you are firm from the beginning, it will take care of itself. If you aren't, she will run over you like she does your SIL.
You can also explain to her any of your reasons that you don't want your kids to have a toy the second they ask for it, the reasons you don't want too many toys in the house, etc. And when she ignores you and buys anyway, you can be a broken record reminding her what you already told her and that is the reason you won't be keeping x gift.[/quote]

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