This winter while visiting my best friend A. and her husband (with 3.5 month old Chloe), we went to visit one of A's friends - a mother of three children. Now, I believe she is the mother of all mothers. Her children all seem so perfectly behaved every. single. time. that I see them, and they're adorable, too.
One thing that she did that I absolutely loved had to do with the children's toys. She would take toys that they were growing tired of, and put them away. When she would take them back out weeks or months later, it was like a whole new toy and they wanted to play with it again. She did this all the time, rotating the toys a bit.
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| Chloe & Madi (boyfriend's daughter) have a few too many toys |
Once Chloe was old enough and showing interest in her toys, I tried to do this a little myself. It was a little hard, since she didn't have too many toys worth hiding, but I did manage to hide one toy. A Fisher Price picnic basket, that was a little advanced for her age - since all she wanted to do was suck on the handle instead of actually try putting the shaped in the holes.
So I put it away a couple of months ago and just today brought it out for her to retry.
Since it was just one toy, and she was getting a little tired and cranky, she didn't play with it super long, but definitely longer than had I thrown any old toy in front of her. I still call it a success.
Now that we have a mixture of Chloe's toys and Madi's toys, I will someday soon sort through the whole bunch and hide a few things to bring out again later. Especially since Chloe will hopefully be getting a few new toys next month for her big ol' birthday.
Do you rotate your children's toys? If so, how has it worked for you?
* If you're interested in the picnic basket it's the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Sweet Sounds Picnic. And might I suggest one other toy I love even more? Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Say Please Tea Set. Even I still enjoy and am not sick of the tea pot. I love that it makes a water pouring sound when you tip it over.
* * Ps. I was not compensated or anything for this post, these are just toys I genuinely love that Chloe has. However, if you purchase the toys through my links I get a teeny tiny commission.
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I heard from someone else that they did that with their kids, and it worked really well. One day I'll try it. :)
This is a great idea and one I need to try. There have been a few toys he's stopped playing with as much so it will be interesting to see if he'll play with them again in a few months.
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I've heard of people doing this! I'll definitely be saving this tip for later on :). And I LOVE that last picture of Chloe!!
I have not rotated toys before but I might try that.
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