No bought toys

I confiscate toys not picked up and I bag them. When bag gets fairly big, then I take to Granny’s house and she culls out her toys throwing old or damaged or just out grown toys and refills bag with that. Next time I’m over, I take those toys that are not broke or damaged and drop them off at a local day care. My kids are getting bigger now, so not sure day care will be able to use any of their toys now, so I will probably just drop off at the local charity drives. You know the ones that take anything and just leaves the drop off boxes all over town. 

I have found that taking the items to Granny’s house tends to stave off all the whining, crying, etc… and by the time she gets rid, they are really not attached anymore. Tends to be a very natural method of loss and Granny appreciates having some fairly nice toys at her house to help keep them occupied for awhile. 

Things that don’t get played with get put away for next baby of gotten rid of, and things that I am plain sick of picking up. We clean up after independant play time in the morning and after rest time/before bed time. It is usually more based on my mood than a consistency…maybe we wouldn’t have a problem if I was consistent :-/

The above link is helpful. I’m wondering what to do with toys given by close friends and relatives that have sentimental value, yet are not practical to keep over time due to space. I’m thinking specifically about stuffed bears in dd’s room. There’s a medium sized stuffed bear that was bought by my daughter’s great grandmother. I was pregnant when she purchased it, but the great grandmother passed away before dd was born. Relatives gave the bear to me to save for when dd was born after the great grandmother passed away. I’d like to save that, but I have to add in the medium sized bear a dear elderly friend hand-made, and the medium sized bear grandpa picked out special from the store that he liked so well he wanted to keep it for himself. The stuffed wedding bears I bought my mom when she married her 2nd husband that have recently been given to dd. The smaller stuffed bear that used to belong to an aunt that has since passed away. We have a space overflowing with bears, but things with some type of sentimental value keep coming! I have no problem getting rid of the toys and dolls that have no value beyond being played with for a while (I box those up after the newness wears off). Having a boy is easier since ds mostly has had train tracks and trains, matchbox type cars with a car rug, Lincoln logs, small men for action play, Legos and keva planks. These toys are so easy to box up when not in use to either store away or give away. Other than the Legos that dh had as a kid that were passed down to ds, these toys don’t have sentimental value so it is so easy to downsize in ds’s room.