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The toys are really going to depend on your baby, but I would be inclined to return all duplicate toys. My two were really not interested in Sophie at all.

I may only keep two Sophie's. But that's all.

If the baby would mostly be with you, I wouldn't keep any duplicates but both of our parents have stuff like that because our son has always spent time there.

Yep! I agree, I'd return them all!

Return them all! There are only so many playmats a baby can use, the take away tunes is great but as it's so portable, there is no reason to have more than one, and three Sophies are totally unnecessary. If you have a baby that actually likes Sophie (do any babies? It seems it's one of those things everyone gets but no baby ever seems to love it?!) you can always buy another if it gets lost or damaged.

I might keep two Sophies, but I'd return everything else. And for $25 ( the cost of a Sophie here) I'm sure I might return that duplicate for store credit.

@MrsBananaGrabber: Just an FYI, sometimes daycare toys/books are different then home books. For example, even the chunky board books daycare had to remove from the room because the babies were chewing on them so much they had chunks coming off. They have resorted to all plastic and fabric books now (besides the ones the teachers just hold to read). Also for toys, they have to be careful about what they can play with. I know daycares like bouncy seats and bumbos.

I would for sure return the play mat. The take along tunes is cute, but you may want a different toy/rattle for variety.

@MrsBananaGrabber: I've had my fair share of people not knowing how to use registries. But on their defense sometimes it's the stores fault. There were a few things toy r us didn't take off even when people told them too. Conveniently it was the more expensive items which meant I got less rewards.

@Ree723: I agree. I don't know of anyone who bought the Sophie that said their kids absolutely loved it lol. All three of my kids don't seem to care about it.

I'd either return all the duplicates or regift them. We actually have all the toys listed. One of my kids absolutely loved the take along toy, but I agree, it's portable so u don't need more than one. None of my kids really cared about Sophie. Although, now at three, my son likes to squeeze it for the baby lol. My kids enjoyed the kick piano thingamajig, but not worth having two. We also had the rainforest kick gym thing too, tho.

@MrsBananaGrabber: I would keep 2 takealong tunes and return (or regift) everything else. My son was obsessed with his, and it broke, and it was the one toy we bought for our DD so far.

Do you have a dog? We've gone through multiple Sophies because our dogs steal them! Otherwise I'd return the duplicates.

I'd return the extra gym, and keep the tunes and Sophies to re-gift or in case your LO ends up really liking one of them (my LO loved the tunes but broke it, so it would have been nice to have another. She didn't like Sophie though).

@MrsBananaGrabber: The only thing I would MAYBE keep a duplicate of is Sophie. My LO was not a huge Sophie kid, but some are, and you might like to have an alternate in case Sophie #1 is misplaced.

If you didn't get a lot of the essentials though, I'd rather return the expensive teether and exchange it for things like swaddlers, bottles, what have you! You can always get another one if you need it later... babies also don't use a teether until they are like 3-4 months old at the earliest.

Definitely don't need two of the other things. Especially the play gym.