I am a hair shy of 38 weeks pregnant and looking forward to my lovely babymoon. The part my husband and I were dreading the most is the constant low level irritation around having the floor completely covered in toys. So I purged. It's kind of funny that the vast majority of less than awesome toys she had are either things that *I* have been holding on to for 20 years for sentimental reasons or things that other friends gave us that were sentimental to them. But our toddler doesn't really play with any of them--she dumps them on the floor then gets overwhelmed by the mess.
So they are gone! We reduced how many toys we have nearly by half. now they all (except the blocks) fit comfortably in the toy chest and it can close. This is a miracle. I'm so thrilled. We asked her for help deciding what to get rid of and she was surprisingly good about it. Every so often I would ask her if a particular toy was important to her and she'd say yes, she wants to keep it. So we did.
I hope she maintains this mellow attitude towards 'things' as time goes on!
I feel so much lighter and better equipped to deal with picking up. I'm less afraid of tripping and killing myself while caring for a newborn. Whoo hoo!
(And I have to post this here because no one else in my life would care or be impressed. ha!)
So they are gone! We reduced how many toys we have nearly by half. now they all (except the blocks) fit comfortably in the toy chest and it can close. This is a miracle. I'm so thrilled. We asked her for help deciding what to get rid of and she was surprisingly good about it. Every so often I would ask her if a particular toy was important to her and she'd say yes, she wants to keep it. So we did.
I hope she maintains this mellow attitude towards 'things' as time goes on!I feel so much lighter and better equipped to deal with picking up. I'm less afraid of tripping and killing myself while caring for a newborn. Whoo hoo!
(And I have to post this here because no one else in my life would care or be impressed. ha!)
So don't be like me. Stay out of the thrift store. 
It's really been wonderful watching her the last couple of days. Her play is getting way more intense and interesting now that she's not wading through piles of junk. 
