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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I am in the same situation with an 18 month old and I HATE it.  Others correctly identified anxiety and insecurity in the over gifting MIL.  And while I sympathize with her, I was furious when she showed up yesterday with TWENTY toys for our 18 month old.  We specifically asked her and fIL for ONE toy this year.  Our house is fairly small, but more importantly we know he would be completely delighted and excited by one toy.  With dozens and dozens, he won't value anything.  We've seen this happen with DH's niece and older daughter and we don't want it for our child.  So we said, please, just one gift.  They asked for suggestions and we sent them a link to a play kitchen.  So MIL got the play kitchen, dishes, pots and pans, trucks, a Little People Nativity set (we don't practice religion, they do), books, and so many other things. And opening presents was really awful.  He was overstimulated and people just kept pushing more and more on him and all he wanted to do was play with the first truck he got.

I don't know what to do for next year.  My relationship with MIL is rocky already.  And DH won't push this with her.  He tried once and now feels like giving up.  I really don't want this for my child, though, so I may just have to be the bad guy and poison our relationship further by being more firm about limiting presents.[/quote]

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