https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 21:45:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys/page/2#post-2718697 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:31:14 +0000 mamabolt 2718697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents kept a ton of stuff and honestly it's too much. Some of it isn't in great condition and as they are starting to clean out recently my sister and I haven't wanted it. I'll probably save a few things that have a lot of sentimental value, and a few others that have a wide age range (magnatiles, blocks, train set) for future grandkids and let the rest go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718690 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:19:54 +0000 looch 2718690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyD: Exactly, you're keeping it for yourself. My mom kept my Barbie Dream House because I asked her to. </p> <p>I thought about it a little more this morning and I'll keep some stuff, like the magnatiles we have, the tegu we received as a gift, but not much beyond that. I would love to be able to keep my son's wooden trains but in a way that displays them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718665 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:31:05 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2718665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. My MiL has kept EVERYTHING. Broken McDonalds toys from the 80's included. While sometimes it's cool (some of the toys were actually hers before they belonged to DH and BIL) I just don't have any attachment to any toys. My mom kept virtually none of our toys (minus books) and I don't care at all (and neither do my kids). Basically, I have no desire to keep up with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718645 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:13:33 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2718645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had the urge to keep any of LO's baby toys. Maybe it's because she really isn't so into them. It'll probably change when she gets older, but as of right now (4.5 yo) there are no toys I'd keep. Maybe a handmade stuffed animal ... no, I'd actually get rid of that whenever she agrees because she never plays with it :sad: I was really attached to my stuffed animals as a kid and was hoping she'd be the same :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718614 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:03:58 +0000 ElbieKay 2718614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are saving our stuff in case we have a second. After that I will gladly help it all find a new home. I am not sentimental about things and pretty much share @Looch 's attitude. Plus we live in an apartment.</p> <p>I will keep photo albums. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718595 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:11:01 +0000 Greentea 2718595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grimm blocks, Tegu, and Brio trains maybe. That's about it though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718594 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:08:26 +0000 JennyD 2718594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the middle of a massive declutter/downsize event. I just threw out and donated tons of my old toys and DDs toys... </p> <p>My mom has been bringing over bags of my baby stuff. I'm convinced that she kept every outfit I ever wore and every doll I ever owned. </p> <p>My DD found my shoebox of my old littlest pet shops and loves them. I'm sort of sorry I didn't keep more of them. But she wouldn't touch any one of my dolls. </p> <p>I think if you're keeping things, you're doing it for yourself. Which is fine. I'm trying overall in my life to focus on non-material things and letting go of most. That said, I've kept some baby things, including toys. For me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718591 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:53:21 +0000 LemonJack 2718591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really dislike clutter, but appreciate that my mom kept some of our toys, so I plan on doing the same. All of the toys my parents kept are classics that my daughter loves to play with. I already know I will keep some duplos, Legos and the Brio train set. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718581 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:29:25 +0000 Boogs 2718581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to save for grandkids even though DH thinks I'm crazy. My MIL saved lots of stuff and my kids enjoy her treasures so much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718553 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:54:09 +0000 maddyz 2718553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have DHs brio from when he was a kid, it's really nice to have those things. My parents still use the toys they kept from time to time so they stay at their house.</p> <p>I will keep the brio and a few other things. We have really enjoys the toys at our parents and aunts and uncles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718549 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:42:27 +0000 youboots 2718549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I appreciate that my Mom held onto a small amount of clothes and toys from when I was a child. T is enjoying my Fischer Price record player and a hat that was in many of my family photos from when we lived overseas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718547 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:38:09 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2718547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: My husband was so stoked to bring his GI joes home from his mom's house! And I don't care, if it makes him happy : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718545 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:31:06 +0000 Littlebit7 2718545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me it would come down to whether or not I have room in my house to store. I have quite a few "special" toys. Perhaps my kid just absolutely cherished them, or they are keepsake heirloom quality handmade or wooden toys. Or just the good ole indestructible matchbox cars. I don't have room in our current place but we still plan on having more kids. When we are finished and they are grown, i plan on keeping a smaller box of toys. even if they aren't used for grandkids: I can remember recently when my mom had my dads work friend over and they brought their smaller kids. The kids would have been bored out of their minds had it not been for the box of brio trains and Lincoln logs/Legos that my mom has stashed away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718510 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:41:51 +0000 Grace 2718510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: oh gosh, I'd never try to give them that stuff to take home. But something to play with at the grandparents is a good thing. And I'm talking 1 box, not a whole playroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718497 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:27:35 +0000 SweetiePie 2718497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far I've only kept things he has really loved/sentimental JUST IN CASE we have another. If this round of IVF fails then I'm just getting rid of it all as he outgrows them. We're in an apartment, enough said.<br /> Everything that isn't sentimental or special I leave in our buildings Playroom or will give to my brother in law as they Have a newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718492 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:19:19 +0000 looch 2718492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: Right, but if you read these boards with any regularity, you'll come across a lot of threads where people don't want someone else's old junk. That's what it is when it's 30 years old, sorry!</p> <p>And my son wouldn't want to play with stuff just because it's around, he has always had very clear preferences of what he plays with, so why even try to anticipate that?</p> <p>My mom saved my Barbie Dream house. Nothing of my brother's made the cut, for whatever reason, but I can't imagine my SIL taking a box of He-man figures to her house, no matter how much my brother loved them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718482 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:11:46 +0000 birdofafeather 2718482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As we grow out of stuff, I'll donate to others. Maybe keep a couple things for little ones until my youngest is in Kinder for young babies but probably only wooden toys that look good to display too. I don't really feel like we have much "heirloom" stuff at this point and can't imagine holding onto it for 30 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718481 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:10:30 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2718481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I didn't think of it that way, haha. My grandma kept some things (think one box including some books) and had some new stuff but it was kind of fun since a lot of it wasn't commonly sold by the time we got to it. But I think it was more "we never got rid of this" than "we saved this for thirty years for grandkids." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718473 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:00:53 +0000 fancyfunction 2718473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved a ton of books that I've now passed on to my kids. I'd like to save the ones that make it through in good enough shape. Maybe I'll save a toy here and there - my daughter plays with my old My Little Pony toys now but has flat out rejected the Cabbage Patch Kids :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718451 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:38:25 +0000 caterw 2718451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: hahahaha OMG! I feel the same. There are a very few things that I will save (American Girls that happen to survive my childhood and my kids, plus we have a beautiful antique dollhouse- basically high value, long lasting, classic toys) to pass down to my daughters kids or save for when my grandchildren come over. Maybe some favorite books also.</p> <p>My mom and MIL both saved tons of kids toys and clothes but I probably will not use baby pajamas from the 80s or used stuffed animals for my kids. So I decided not to save anything that I wouldn't want to recieve used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718444 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:33:02 +0000 brownepiano 2718444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom saved a few things and bought some wooden blocks. Problem is, DS doesn't really like any of the stuff she saved and would rather tear apart the kitchen. </p> <p>Mil saved books, which DS loves and DH loves seeing DS enjoy his childhood books. She also bought a bunch of used toys, picking out what DS actually likes. </p> <p>So I'm torn. I think it is worth having toys that visiting babies/kids can play with. But I'm not sure how many or which ones we'll keep. And as a grandparent it would be easier to pick out a few toys to buy that I know they like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718442 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:26:43 +0000 Grace 2718442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: My mom saved tons of our old toys at her house and my daughter plays with them just fine. To her they are fun to play with and not worthy of eye-rolls. If I am so unlucky to have a daughter-in-law that was that rude to my face, I've got other problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718426 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:51:06 +0000 winniebee 2718426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll save a few bins of the really beloved toys for when we have little ones visiting or future grandkids. My mom saved a ton and my kids play with all of our old toys all the time! Also, it's really nice to go to someone's house who has grown children when you bring your kids...and they have a bin of toys for your kid to play with :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718420 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:38:54 +0000 ShootingStar 2718420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll keep very very few things. I'm not much of a saver of things, I generally like to purge. But one I can think of off the top of my head is our Brio trains. They're my husband's set from when he was a kid. If they're still in playable condition when the kids have outgrown them I will keep them around for the next generation. But items like that will be few and far between. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718416 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:33:50 +0000 Cole 2718416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mil saved a big bin of Legos and the brio train set which has been perfect. Between those two things she has enough to happily occupy of kid of any age. I'll likely save Legos and if my daughters get into it, a dollhouse. We never got into trains here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718406 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:26:59 +0000 avivoca 2718406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm planning on donating my things to my church. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718381 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:54:02 +0000 PinkElephant 2718381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: To each his own, I guess? I don't see saving the best quality, timeless things as a bother. I certainly don't intend to save anything plastic or noisy, nor do I intend to keep any of the nicest things if they are worn or damaged. But since we have plenty of storage, I do intend to keep a few of the things I mentioned. They're things that won't change with time - I played with similar ones (in some cases, the ones we have ARE mine) 30 years ago! :)</p> <p>Some of our Brio tracks and our wooden dollhouse are actually things my MIL, mom, and sister kept for us (from DH/me/my nieces), and I definitely didn't roll my eyes at them. I said thank you. They look new, and the people who kept them aside for us had plenty of space to keep them - if they're in a similar condition when we're through, I'll do the same. But, since everyone's different, I've made sure to ask my SILs if they want me to save anything, and won't save anything they don't think they'll want (and we are brutally honest w/ each other!)</p> <p>Now plastic crap, or things like I said that are related to "what's cool" now - that's another story entirely!!! That stuff I'll happily buy new for grandkids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718371 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:44:37 +0000 Andrea 2718371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: yeah, I can see the eye rolls happening so I am not going to save much. I have keepsake boxes for each girl, but I don't think I have any toys in there. They do have American Girl dolls so we'll keep those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718368 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:41:43 +0000 looch 2718368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: Why would you even bother? I mean wouldn't you want to have new stuff for your grandkids when they come over? I don't see the allure of saving my son's stuff so that my daughter in law can roll her eyes at me about it, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-really-any-point-to-hanging-onto-old-toys#post-2718364 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:40:05 +0000 PawPrints 2718364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not at this point yet since we're still saving toys for our own next kid, but once we're done making babies, I think my approach will be to think about which toys I'm pleased my own mom saved for my LOs to play with. So, it's the toys that I vividly remember playing with myself and have strong emotional attachment to. I think anything that I played with when I was less than 3-4 years old would probably not make that cut. </p>