https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:01:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1839236 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:20:56 +0000 Lindsay05 1839236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: Trust me, we have had that issue before. But that will happen with everything. For example, my LO suddenly has to all of a sudden have to use the potty during every meal. They figure how to get around everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838489 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:04:09 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1838489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um no. I try to make him do it, but he really resists. I'm hoping that preschool will help. I also need to ask the nanny to get him to do it because right now, she cleans up his toys when he goes down for his nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838488 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:04:08 +0000 Pumuckl 1838488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Sorry to hear that it is no longer working. I remember that at a lot of friends' houses there were rules like @Lindsay05: described. I guess you have to be careful what kind of rules you make for what kind of children though because you don't want a child that already doesn't like to eat be able to extend the time until dinner or blackmail you by not cleaning up etc. Hope that makes sense... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838469 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:57:09 +0000 mrbee 1838469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: That song worked great for the first few years for our eldest! But it stopped working on him a while ago... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838424 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:44:51 +0000 Lindsay05 1838424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I would say a little after a year old we started showing her how to clean up. By 18 months she would do it without asking (cause she knew she would get Bubble Guppies out of it!), now that she's over 2 it can be a little trickier to get her to do it, but it eventually gets done! I almost always offer to help unless she purposely makes a huge mess and knows she wasn't supposed to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838204 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:39:49 +0000 Pumuckl 1838204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Sounds like my house. But I learnt a trick while watching in the early days at daycare: They sing a really nicely rhyming song when they want the kids to put away the toys. So the other day I really didn't want to clean up all by myself and remembered the song and sang it to LO who instantly stopped what he was doing and helped me pick up the toys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838202 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:38:45 +0000 Arden 1838202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, usually. She throws everything into a box and then yells "Ta Da!!!" and if I don't clap, she repeats over and over... "TA DA mama!!" until I applaud her good work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838197 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:32:34 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1838197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: how old was she when you were able to enforce this? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838127 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:57:59 +0000 Lindsay05 1838127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, its a rule in our house. No screentime, going outside, or mommy or daddy playing with her until she cleans up her mess. If she is playing independently she can make as big of a mess as she wants but she will eventually have to clean it all up. Sometimes its a struggle, especially if she spends a weekend with grandparents because she gets spoiled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838064 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:03:11 +0000 Mrs. Tea 1838064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N is pretty good. I started really early with her ( blame it on the type A teacher type ) so she is pretty used to it. For some reason she is better about it with me then my husband these days though. Not sure why but she can get pretty sassy with him about it from time to time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1838041 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:31:33 +0000 looch 1838041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pretty relaxed about leaving toys out, we have a set of train tracks set up on the floor in the playroom, for example...that doesn't get picked up every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837446 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:21:36 +0000 loveisstrange 1837446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@X0X0X0: We do this too. Our daughter has to clean up before she can get more things out. Works really well. If she refuses to pick it up, we take it and it goes away for a couple days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837423 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:15:08 +0000 X0X0X0 1837423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't enforced the rule, but if I ask my 27 month old she will definitely help me. We have a different system in place to prevent the mess. We have her toys in a mesh bag that is placed in a large canvas cubby. This way she can only play with one set of toys at a time before cleaning up and moving on to another set of toys </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837345 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:33:57 +0000 Dandelion 1837345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, D has to. It's a rule. He's always been a good rule follower. I'm hoping M will be as good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837340 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:28:48 +0000 bunnylove08 1837340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, started really early and she loves putting things away (DD is 23 months). We also have her put her clothes in the hamper when we undress her, put her shoes away on the shoe rack too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837332 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:25:58 +0000 edelweiss 1837332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with my 19-month old, it depends on whether he feels like it and how easily he's distracted. also when he does "put something away" he gets an A for effort but usually misses the container/shelf/whatever. more often than not he ignores me.</p> <p>it was easier when he first learned about the concept of putting things away and it was novel to him--now he's like why should i do this? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837287 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:59:15 +0000 mrs. wagon 1837287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He used to, not anymore! (4 year old) We have a job chart now... he earns a sticker and with multiple stickers he earns prizes. That works pretty well, except when he's far from a prize he's not motivated. Now that we're on our 3rd or so job chart, I've changed the rules... when I ask him to clean up, he has to do it (he doesn't have the option to say no). But he still earns his sticker.</p> <p>My two year old? Haha...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837286 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:58:09 +0000 yellowbird 1837286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She will help us do it when we ask her to. But then she wants to get everything back out again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837283 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:56:27 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1837283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet...i plan to start enforcing this when he is 2. Maybe clean up before lunch and clean up before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837267 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:49:50 +0000 loveisstrange 1837267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5, she does if we ask her to </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837263 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:48:44 +0000 kakimochi 1837263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with the 4YO, she will help most times willingly put things away, and sometimes just put things away automatically, so I really try to compliment and reward her when she does that. I try to do the 1 toy/activity at a time rule, but with the 21 month old running around, doesn't always work, since the 4YO complains at times on why she has to help clean the younger one's mess. The 21 month old sometimes helps me put things away but most times no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1837012 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:15:11 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1837012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been working on this this year - we won't move onto the next activity until she cleans up her space. It's a work in progress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836992 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:08:10 +0000 Smurfette 1836992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we tell her too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836988 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:06:51 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1836988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drake will help but he needs instructions on what to clean (like put these letter books away) He will clean when asked or when he sees me trying to straighten up. Juliet is the worst though as she throws everything everywhere that I can't even keep up and most days don't even bother I try to clean about once a week but daily is impossible with Juliet right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836986 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:06:22 +0000 BananaPancakes 1836986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HA HA HA.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836977 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:05:24 +0000 autumnlove 1836977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to ask but she usually gets into it after that and asks baby sister to help her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836974 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:05:07 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1836974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha. No.</p> <p>She puts things away, dumps them out, puts them back, dumps them out.... And then moves on to another box of toys to spread evenly across the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836970 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:04:31 +0000 .twist. 1836970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They have their own version of putting their toys away. Which usually ends with me having to shove a bunch of crap in drawers/bins, pulling things out from under tables and beds. </p> <p>rawr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836969 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:04:27 +0000 Mamaof2 1836969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I was sitting here trying to answering that very question - I cant remember!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-put-their-toys-away-after-theyre-done-playing#post-1836968 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:02:34 +0000 ValentineMommy 1836968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18m old - does it a lot by himself. I think he's just at that stage where he likes things to be in boxes. If we ask however, he has a harder time doing it. </p>