I learnt this from Emma Hubbard, have less toys out at a time and rotate them each day. That way your bub and child can be entertained with something new, and they won’t be distracted every few seconds by something else that pops into their vision. It can be tempting to pop all their toys in front of them to keep them happy.

It is hard to police though with family and friends buying gifts and passing on hand me downs. I used to rotate them, that way they didn’t get too bored with the same old toys

I can agree with that. I think it makes them more creative. Plus they really need time with mum and dad more then lots of toys

Less is more and it makes life a lot easier too – less to clean up.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 01 May 2018 , 5:42 am

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  There is way too much consumption and toys and other items need to be used and loved and cared for without the need for multiple items.

This makes sense to me – but it’s hard to police!

I totally agree! And they appreciate each one a lot more

I agree. The fewer the toys, the more the imagination kicks in.

Just gotta work out how to stop everyone you know buying them toys all the time now!

Yes, I totally agree with this too !

Yep, I definitely agree with this!

Interesting read

This makes total sense!

After living in a caravan my kids have only had few toys. There imagination has grown.
I have forwarded this article to my sister. I think she will benefit from reading the article. Her place looks like a childcare. Thank you

I always found that my kids played with the same toys over and over no matter how many they had. I used to bring out a tub and change it over every week with new toys.

Interstesting study but I can relate to that too and always noticed that my toddler out of the whole box that’s full of toys he only picks 3 favourite ones that he plays with everyday a truck a smallmatchbox and a little train