dakotasmama050206 asked:
My son has a lot of toys, he has a bunch in his room but he has a toy kitchen, workbench and piano that stay in the living room. i feel like it’s being over run by toys..lol. so do you keep some in the living room and some in their bed room or do they stay in one spot? we live in a fairly small apartment and it’s getting over run. any suggestions?
my sons bed is actually in our room because he tends to get up in the middle of the night and jump in bed with us. he’s only 2 1/2 so it doesn’t bother me that he sleeps in our room…yet.
Domenic
My son has a lot of toys, he has a bunch in his room but he has a toy kitchen, workbench and piano that stay in the living room. i feel like it’s being over run by toys..lol. so do you keep some in the living room and some in their bed room or do they stay in one spot? we live in a fairly small apartment and it’s getting over run. any suggestions?
my sons bed is actually in our room because he tends to get up in the middle of the night and jump in bed with us. he’s only 2 1/2 so it doesn’t bother me that he sleeps in our room…yet.
Domenic
July 22nd, 2006 - 7:21 pm
We have a spare bedroom so My son has all his toys in that room becuase he would play with them if they were in his bedroom. Anyway I let him bring toys to living room but he has to take back what he’s done with to get another toy, it keeps the mess in check and teaches him to pick up after himself.
July 25th, 2006 - 7:47 am
My kids toys stay in their rooms but each day they drag some to wherever I am. The key is to teach them to put them up when they are finished so they are not spread out all over the house. I also try to rotate out the stuff he does not play with either to storage or a donation spot
July 26th, 2006 - 1:53 pm
Not only do they work their way into other rooms but the gravitational field around the toys seems to increase making them impossible to move back into the kids room. The easiest way to deal with it is to tell the kids, time to pick up and make them put all their toys away before they can do anything else. If they throw a tantrum or refuse then get a big bag and tell them that the toys left out go into the bag and remain there.
July 27th, 2006 - 12:32 pm
I actually don’t have many toys in their rooms. I don’t want their bedrooms to be stimulating in any way. Better for sleeping and also for studying and homework in the future. I have toys organized on a shelf in baskets and bins in the family room and bigger toys in the playroom section of the basement. Took 3 yrs for hubby and FIL to finish it on weekends, but it has been a lifesaver. don’t know what i would do otherwise. What I would do in your situation is keep the big things where they are now, and I would bag up half of the other toys and switch them every few months. They’ll think they’re new toys and won’t get as overwhelmed. 1/2 the clutter, too. do you have a closet you could store the bags? Obviously, you would have to do this slowly at night or he’ll notice right away. Put the ones he rarely plays with away first. and for future occasions, have him pick out toys he has outgrown or doesn’t play with and help him put it in a special bag for good will or a church/religious charity. It will forster generousity and appreciation for what he has. you could also prompt family and close friends to keep the toys to a minimum and instead give towards his college fund. Hope I helped. I do all the above.
July 28th, 2006 - 9:42 pm
This much depends on your son age. If he is still a toddler then there would be no point in moving all of his toys into his bedroom as he would only keep putting them back into the living room. If he is older, then he needs to learn to keep them in his bedroom.
July 30th, 2006 - 4:29 pm
their everywhere lol. my 18 month old’s toys are in their bed room’s. in our living room. in our bedroom. they like to bring their toys to where ever were at. i dont mind really. their kids they cant help it. i just tell them to pick them up and they do. im always kicking a toy or stepping on one. it gets anoying sometimes. but i love them. another thing is what i usually do is i throw away the old looking toys they have and keep the new ones.
August 2nd, 2006 - 11:59 am
Toys, toys everywhere.(: Our family room, downstairs is toy central. But then my 5 year old son keeps most of his in his room…it’s right off the family room. Then my girls, 2 and 3, keep their favorites in their room(on the main level). The bottom half of the armore in the living room is also dedicated to toys…and coloring books arts and crafts in the bottom of my hutch in the dining room. The toys just spread and multiply through the day. I do find if I drag a toy, like the kitchen set, up from the basement and put it in the living room for the day…it’s like a brand new toy and will keep my kids busy for hours.
August 5th, 2006 - 1:58 pm
You should use low shelves and small containers. Use different containers for different kinds of toys. with small containers it easier to keep order, and the low shelves are easily reached by the kids to put things back.