Should I go ahead and donate/give away my toddlers toys she’s had since she could sit up?

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Absolutely! Just start with putting the ones she plays with the least in bag in a closet. If she brings them up after a week or so then probably keep them if not then donate. I purged all my kids toys in September. Held them for two months and she didn’t care at all. We have like 12 toys in the house (outside of her play kitchen and baby toys) and it’s so manageable now.

I do a clear out every single year usually before Xmas. I cannot stand clutter and I donate all the stuffed toys but 1. I generally don’t form attachments to things so it’s easy for me. He doesn’t really notice.

I’m in the same situation atm as I want to declutter but I’m also skeptical of getting rid of things I may need for if we have another child. Im trying to make piles of things to donate, things to sell and things we need to just bin. It’s hard to do but there’s tonnes of stuff my little one didn’t ever play with or doesn’t play with now. She’s 2 but I worry she’ll miss things. (Probably because I hold a lot of sentimental value in objects myself)

@Chloe yes I’m one to hold value to things and so is my fiancé 😭 it’s difficult lol

@🩷 Patience 🩷 we’re trying to declutter our house atm and it’s so painful. I hold value to items I’ve not even looked at in years and probably don’t need 😔. I have a collection of unused notebooks from my teens when I had an obsession with collecting them cos they were “pretty”

@Chloe I feel like a fairy who hoards 😂😂 we have a box of sentimental stuff in our closet that I will never get rid of. I still have the Pokémon card my brother gave me when I was 7 with my phone case then too! lol!

Donate/ sell duplicate toys and toys she plays with the least. Consider what toys she can still grow into playing with and which ones she will probably never go back to. If I don’t find a toy educational or inspirational, I get rid of it. I also get rid of any toys that are worn out or damaged. We have so many stuffed animals its ridiculous lol my toddler prefers playing with books, coloring, and cooking with me anyway. I personally think simple is best. I keep sentimental toys and teethers in a small storage bin for future babies and to pass down to my daughter when she has children one day.

Are you planning on having another child anytime soon? If so, just put into storage. Toys and things are expensive. Get rid of duplicates of course.

@🩷 Patience 🩷 omg I totally understand. 😅 I’m also neurodivergent and have multiple hobbies so I naturally have all the supplies to every kind of craft activity you could imagine. But we’re planning to home school so a lot of it will come in handy!

We have a bye bye bag which we donate toys to other children. I get my little boy involved so he chooses whether we keep a particular toy or say bye bye!