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[quote=Anonymous]I second the PP who has directed her MIL towards clothes. My MIL is a shopping addict, so I have to always ask her 'oh if you happen to be shopping, DS needs XYZ if you see a good deal, and I'll pay you back!'...instead, she refuses any money from me and I put the kids in the clothes all the time, especially when she'll see them. Or, I ask if she can buy them books instead of toys because they need some new ones.

Christmas, I don't fight about, but I do ask her and DH to coordinate so they BOTH don't go overboard.

My own parents sort of get shafted, because they know about DH's family's materialism, so they buy just one or two things and put $$ in the kids' savings. But we visit/call/skype often and I always tell them when the kids are missing them. They know that 'stuff' does not = love.

I agree, charity is not the way to go here, it will just offend. The other tactic that has worked for me (because god help me the day MIL found consignment/yard sales...OMG), is that I look at MIL and say, 'We already have the same thing and don't have room here. It won't be a problem to keep it at your house, will it?'

Best part is, my kids have a whole pile of toys for when they visit their gparents (and they do, every weekend).[/quote]

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