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I am a rabid toy declutterer! My toddler just gets bored of them and wants to read, or do whatever I'm doing in the kitchen. So she doesn't have a ton to start, and what she does have, I rotate frequently. I had a ton of toys as a child, and I felt overwhelmed and irritated about the clutter. You are certainly not depriving your child!

My LO just turned a year old and I don't think he has many toys, but we like it that way. We have one basket on the living room floor, a play table, two walkers, and then extra toys stored in our stuffed ottoman (I do a toy swap every other week). There is a jumper in our dining room he uses rarely now. He does have lots and lots of books, though, as he enjoys reading with us or on his own. He's always been more interested in exploring our house and would prefer to just take stuff out of the kitchen cabinets all day so I've put breakables & cleaning stuff up high and let him go at it instead of locking them up.

I love buying toys....LO has lots of play food, pots and pans, blocks, puzzles. She received lots of noisy toys for her birthday...play laptop and piano.

At first I didn't want too much clutter with toys when LO was a baby. Once he got older, it was too difficult to resist. I love to buy him toys, and he gets a lot of play out of them. I also buy knowing that I will have another LO who can benefit from those same toys. I try to aim for wooden and educational toys and leave behind the noisy ones (unless they're musical instruments).