First of all, your child should not be throwing toys at you. Step up and nip it in the bud. Buy a few toy boxes if you don't have them.

It sounds like you have a lot of toys. Put half of them away and rotate them out every three months. Seriously, it's like Christmas morning when you break them back out. He'll be immersed in play.

Also realize that this is a phase all young kids go through at this age. This too shall pass. All too soon, they'll push the toys aside for Nintendo and devices.

My neighbor is like you and didn't let her kids have any toys because it "looked too messy." Now none of the neighborhood kids want to play at her house because there's nothing to do. If you want your child to socialize, develop friendships and learn to welcome friends his age to his home, then toys are part of the equation.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a mini trampoline fir him so he can get his physical release out.

The kid-sized mini ones come with a handle bar and folds up so you can roll it/store behind the sofa, recliner, under a bed, or wherever.
They're like 3ft.

Stop suggesting trampolines. They're not safe. Doctors do not recommend trampolines at home. It's so stupid.

Like others have said, taking his toys away from him does not address the underlying issue, which is teaching him not to throw the toys at you.

Put his toys back out, bring him to them, and say, "Do not throw toys at me. That hurts." Then, if he throws a toy, crouch down (it's very important to get to a kid's physical level), look him in the eye, and say sternly, "Do not throw that at me." If he does it again, you can remove him from his toys for a short period of time.

Like others have said, it could also be an energy release issue. There are lots of indoor playplaces around; bring him to one of those places and let him run himself ragged.

As for the dumping, that's completely normal. My daughter is younger (15 months), but her favorite thing in the world is to take a whole bunch of toys out of one container, and put them into another, and then back again, ad infinitum. Definitely enforce cleaning up, but like others have said, you can't expect perfection on that front at that age.

You need a new strategy. Your kid is ball of energy,growing, curious, in need of stimulation & structure, being engaged 2 yr old.

It's not enough his cousin is over in the afternoon. You have pages full of advice, tips, suggestions.

Anonymous wrote:Omg op you're ridiculous. He's ONE. You don't take his toys, you freaking work with him to TEACH HIM how to pick up! You realize this is the work of parenting, right? They don't come programmed with this knowledge, it's your job to give it to them.

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OP, you're mean. I can see how toys may clutter a small space, but you presumably knew that before you had a kid. Get a grip.

Anonymous wrote:Get a mini trampoline fir him so he can get his physical release out.

The kid-sized mini ones come with a handle bar and folds up so you can roll it/store behind the sofa, recliner, under a bed, or wherever.
They're like 3ft.

Omg op you're ridiculous. He's ONE. You don't take his toys, you freaking work with him to TEACH HIM how to pick up! You realize this is the work of parenting, right? They don't come programmed with this knowledge, it's your job to give it to them.

This does not sound completely out-of-normal...maybe a little more extreme, but not ridiculous. At his age, the dumping out of toys *is* his way of playing with things. DD is 4 and DS is 1.5, and they both do this sort of thing.

And, please, for the love of everything, do not start trying to explain behavior away based on your child's sex!! If he's doing something you don't like, address it in an age appropriate way (he's too young to understand the punishment you gave him). Don't just sit there and shrug your shoulders because he's a boy. Even if boys are more prone to certain misbehaviors and girls to others, it doesn't mean they shouldn't be taught to behave according to expectations.

At his age, I would focus on getting him to participate in cleaning up his toys rather than in preventing them from dumping them. And if at all possible, get him to clean up one set of toys before pulling out another.

Try switching to plastic toys instead of the super expensive wooden toys...it's better for you and for your floors/furniture. That said, I think throwing the toys at you can be nipped in the bud. My 19 m.o. son starting throwing his wooden blocks and I told him not to. When he did it again, I put his blocks up for awhile. He has made the connection, and he now tests me by picking up a block and saying,m"throw". If he does throw it, the blocks are immediately put away. He knows not to throw those, but I let him toss around his megablocks and other plastic bits.

take away all his toys but one or two. Then when he's done with them, rotate them out and rotate in two others. And keep rotating. When you get back to the first two, he'll be happy to see them again!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a mini trampoline fir him so he can get his physical release out.

I'm way to scared of safety problems and we don't have any more space. I wish!

How about a twin mattress that can slide under a bed for storage? We were throwing one out and had it on the floor - best thing ever for the 2 yr old. He wore himself out and went to bed early from a weekend of jumping on that thing.

Our king size mattress is already on the floor. I found a gymnastics drop in class near me. They also have a mothers morning out program for preschool aged children. This is very good news!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a mini trampoline fir him so he can get his physical release out.

I'm way to scared of safety problems and we don't have any more space. I wish!

How about a twin mattress that can slide under a bed for storage? We were throwing one out and had it on the floor - best thing ever for the 2 yr old. He wore himself out and went to bed early from a weekend of jumping on that thing.

Anonymous wrote:Get a mini trampoline fir him so he can get his physical release out.

I'm way to scared of safety problems and we don't have any more space. I wish!

Get a mini trampoline fir him so he can get his physical release out.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's typical but it sounds like he has too much stuff. Try rotating toys. Get into the habit of doing cleanup when he goes from one activity to another.

This is a lot harder to do when you live in a one bedroom apartment. There often isn't enough space to store/hide the toys that are out of "rotation".

Will the toys fit in an under the bed storage box?

Op here: haha no way. I think it's better to store them in a bin on the balcony.

Op, grow up and get rid of most of the toys.

A 2 year old only needs a few basic toys like blocks, a couple of cars, play dough, ball, doll.

Op here: that's all he really has and play food for his IKEA kitchen.

So your toddler throws toys and you take all the toys away? Only one of you is acting your age.

Whatever he doesn't even care. If you were constantly getting toys thrown at your face I'm sure you would do the same thing. I also want to minimize noise because the downstairs neighbors have been complaining.