Hellobee Boards Topic: How often does your LO get new toys?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How often does your LO get new toys? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 00:29:52 +0000 illumina on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271293 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:53:20 +0000 illumina 2271293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I voted every other months. She gets a few little toys for plane journeys and gets to choose a souvenir soft toy if we go somewhere but that's all. She has so much! lamariniere on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271290 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:43:30 +0000 lamariniere 2271290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I voted quarterly. That said, LO2 rarely gets anything but hand me downs from LO1. She's also not old enough to care. LO1 gets occasional random gifts from family. DH and I buy toys as a special occasion for birthdays, holidays and occasionally a new toy for travel or something similar. Adira on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271286 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:36:36 +0000 Adira 2271286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We mostly just do special occasions: birthday, Christmas, Easter. But his birthday and Christmas are both in the winter, so I bought him some beach toys over the summer too. looch on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271284 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:28:37 +0000 looch 2271284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We buy things on a regular basis and I am starting to regret it, actually, because my son seems to have no appreciation for what he does have and he now expects something every time we set foot in a store. The problem is that it's small things, like a $3 truck, so they don't take up a lot of room, but I have a collecting issue. *I* like to collect the cars, trucks, trains, whatever. I wasn't able to as a child, so I do it now. travellingbee on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271281 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:20:05 +0000 travellingbee 2271281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wow you all must have big houses to store all those toys! Our LO gets toys at holidays and then occasionally. Like in June I got him a sprinkler for outside. And in August he got a little plastic elephant from Walmart. Nutella on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271245 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:25:48 +0000 Nutella 2271245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I said every other month. Our LO only gets new toys on special occasions or if we are in a really cool shop that ha a fun stuff(I usually stay out of those!). I went a bit crazy during his first year and bought heaps of expensive toys, which he got bored of eventually. And since he's grown he has stopped playing with toys in general so I've eased off. We get books all the time though as he loves them. yoursilverlining on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271222 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:38:14 +0000 yoursilverlining 2271222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At least once a week - majority from grandmas. I'm not so generous!! PawPrints on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271217 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:22:00 +0000 PawPrints 2271217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Whenever her grandmas are feeling generous, roughly every 2-3 months. We've never bought her a toy. soyjoy222 on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271183 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:20:55 +0000 soyjoy222 2271183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm saying every other week for right now because he is almost 8 months and just starting to become interested in toys. He's our first, and people gifted us stuffed animals and books, but he didn't have many "toys". I mostly buy small items, he will probably be gifted some larger ones when he turns one. We are almost set, though, so I think in the upcoming months we will be purchasing less. runnerd on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271163 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:47:15 +0000 runnerd 2271163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Little things <$8 or so, like books or balls, he gets about every 3 weeks from us, and his grandparents buy him a monthly "birthday" present and plan to through his 2nd bday. We only buy "big" toys probably about every 3-4 months (anything over $15/20 I would consider big) pinkcupcake on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271160 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:46:12 +0000 pinkcupcake 2271160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She gets something new at least 1-2x a week. Usually something small - a random magiclip princess or my little pony - although my parents get her a more "substantial" toy every other week or so. Shes the only grandchild so they go a little overboard. :) Mrs. Champagne on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271157 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:44:10 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2271157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Once a month maybe.... Maybe a bit more. Often it's a ball from the dollar store. He loves balls and plays with nothing else! 😋 rattles on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271151 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:39:53 +0000 rattles 2271151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The results so far surprise me. My kids get new toys for Christmas and birthdays. Maybe once or twice a year they get something outside of that. They get craft supplies and books somewhat regularly. ShootingStar on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271147 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:37:39 +0000 ShootingStar 2271147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We generally only do it on special occasions, occasionally we buy something just because. Last week I bought him a giant plastic dump truck that was on clearance at target. Then before that I bought him some stuff for his water table/ kiddie pool at the beginning of the summer. mrskc on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271139 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:30:43 +0000 mrskc 2271139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would say about once a month. Grandparents like to spoil them plus I will occasionally buy them a new toy. Mamasig on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271106 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:50:57 +0000 Mamasig 2271106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I voted every month but I'm not sure. Probably more often. My husband loves buying the boys toys. He was third boy in his family and only had hand me downs. He's living vicariously through them. YouGotMe on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271059 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:59:32 +0000 YouGotMe 2271059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She's 7 months old so she comes home with a new toy every other week if not more often. MIL loves to spoil her grandbabies. My mom buys DD a lot of stuff too but we see her less frequently. 2littlepumpkins on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271058 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:58:24 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2271058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Voted every other week but it can be less than that. It would/will be less if/when she's in daycare or preschool. But because so far she has not been she spends a lot of time playing with these toys! Definitely feel like we get our money's worth more than with clothes! FaithFertility on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271055 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:54:55 +0000 FaithFertility 2271055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD is 8 months and we keep getting stuff....lol Dandelion on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271049 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:49:43 +0000 Dandelion 2271049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About once a month. SugarplumsMom on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271043 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:40:17 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2271043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs Green Grass: I totally forgot Happy Meals! Mrs Green Grass on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271041 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:31:01 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2271041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I voted every other week although if we count stupid cheap happy meal type toys that dh gets him it's probably every week. I'll often get a book or something random about once a month and he gets big toys rarely. Either way it's way too many!!! Purpledaisy on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271040 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:30:37 +0000 Purpledaisy 2271040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would say around every other month or so. We don't like having a lot of toys so I try to only buy stuff that I think she will really play with. I focus on quality and not quantity. youboots on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271031 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:21:21 +0000 youboots 2271031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'd say every other week but she's 6 months and we had nothing. But it's little stuff from Amazon. It will slow down now since I feel like we are set. Our house is pretty big so I wanted toys for the main level where her pnp is and in her room. I think I will do spark box toys when she's a little older. SugarplumsMom on "How often does your LO get new toys?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-lo-get-new-toys#post-2271010 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:40:12 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2271010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm curious to know what the norm is. "New" could mean new to them toy. Also, it doesn't have to be a huge expensive toy and can include gifts. To simplify answers, birthdays and holidays are not included. Craft items and books are also not included (such as Play-Doh, stickers, crayons, beads, etc.) Ex. If your LO receives toys on holidays, official or non-official (Easter, Christmas, Valentines, Halloween, Waffle day, etc.), aside from his birthday, then your answer should be: Only on special occasions. If LO receives a toy (new or used) every time your parents visit - it counts. Just average out the amount of times they visit in a year, plus all the other non-holiday/special occasions a toy is given. Multiple votes enabled.