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When did you move toys to bedrooms?

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Whereisthecoffee · 24/10/2018 18:39

The dining room will be a partial playroom but the living room also has toys in. Ds1 is 3 most of his toys are upstairs but some are downstairs , they irritate me a bit being down here but I feel mean moving them to his bedroom. At what age did you stop storing toys downstairs? He can bring them down at any time but I just worry it’s mean if I leave them all upstairs. A bit of a none problem but I’m an over thinker !

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Justmuddlingalong · 24/10/2018 18:42

There were always toys in our living room when the kids were small. Maybe until about 9 or 10 years old.

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Whereisthecoffee · 24/10/2018 18:44

Ah guess I’ll just have to put up with it then Grin

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Justmuddlingalong · 24/10/2018 18:46

It's up to you obviously, but I think 3 is a bit young to expect him to play alone in his room.

PhilomenaDeathsHeadHawkMoth · 24/10/2018 18:49

Toys have always lived in their room. They used to get moved into the TV room, but now they stay in their room. Our TV room's tiny though.

PhilomenaDeathsHeadHawkMoth · 24/10/2018 18:50

Also, we're in a flat, so all on one floor.

JosellaPlayton · 24/10/2018 18:51

Toys live in the bedroom. At 16 months DD is obviously too old to play unsupervised in her room so we take out a few things at a time for her to play with in the living room and they’re always cleared away at the end of the day. Come the evening I like my living room to become adult space and not look like a toy shop!

Creepyexgirlfriend · 24/10/2018 18:52

Mine are 3.5 and 5 and I've moved most of their stuff upstairs, just kitchen and a few bits left. They play pretty well up there.

JosellaPlayton · 24/10/2018 18:52

Too old?! That should be too young to play unsupervised!! 🙈

Velmasglasses · 24/10/2018 18:56

DS is 4. Most of his toys are in his room as we have a very small house and some are downstairs (We just have one open plan room). When he was younger I used to rotate what he had out and it was good as he never got bored with anything, when a different box came down it was like new toys all over again. Now he's older, he has a few favourites that stay downstairs all the time and he chooses other things to bring down as and when. It works for us and he's used to it so he's happy to put something back before getting more things out.

Camomila · 24/10/2018 19:03

DS is 2.5 and we are in a flat...the fiddly or dangerous stuff (brio and wooden toy kitchen...also nice looking) is in the living room, the completely safe stuff (happyland, cars etc) is in his bedroom.

Eminybob · 24/10/2018 19:05

We have just moved ds into a bigger room from the box room in preparation for the new baby, and now he has space for his toys up there so I finally have the living room back! He’s 4.
He still has some stuff down here, but mainly games and puzzles, stuff we do together as a family.
He does usually rope either dh or I into playing upstairs in his room with him though.

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Whereisthecoffee · 24/10/2018 19:05

I don’t expect him to play upstairs on his own he can bring things down he does like playing on his own sometimes I can hear him and check obviously, it would be so much easier to clean with them upstairs and less like smyths ! It is a bit hypocritical though as I like the look of the wooden ones so they can stay on the shelf 😀😂

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TheFifthKey · 24/10/2018 19:06

DCs are 4 and 7 and I’ve moved toys out of the living area downstairs. They’re allowed to play in there and some things may stay for a day or so but they live elsewhere. I much prefer it and actually things get played with more, because they’re playing with one thing at a time instead of being distracted by loads of things to choose from.

JosellaPlayton · 24/10/2018 19:14

I leave the nice wooden ones out too!!! Glad I’m not the only one 😂

elliollie · 24/10/2018 19:17

My youngest is 8 and some of his toys are still in the living room but they're hidden in baskets in an IKEA shelf turned sideways with cushions on it so it looks like a bench seat. No sign of them at the end of the day. Maybe invest in something nice to hide them in?

PoesyCherish · 24/10/2018 21:45

DSD is 6 and the vast majority of her toys are downstairs. Ikea kallax units are fab for storing toys neatly out the way. She does tidy up after herself before bed though and the only things allowed to stay out are any jigsaws she's doing with us - she does 500 piece ones with us which take more than a day. Other than that though it all goes neatly away.

Cellardoor23 · 24/10/2018 21:53

My son is 2, and he has toys in the living room. I found it easier to have the kallax boxes that are removeable, so he can take a box through, but can also be tidied up quickly without toys being constantly sprawled across the floor. I live in a flat though, so a bit easier to do.

RiverTam · 24/10/2018 21:55

DD is nearly 9 and we still have toys downstairs. There’s just her and it would feel pretty harsh to shunt her off to her room, which isn’t that big anyway.

mockorangey · 24/10/2018 23:10

DS is 4 and all of his toys are downstairs. We have a large living room, one corner of which is a play area with plenty of Kallax storage. He doesn't spend much time in his bedroom as he is always with us, so it just makes sense to me for his toys to be in the same place.

CircleofWillis · 25/10/2018 00:19

My DD is 5 now and it has never occurred to me that toys should only be in her bedroom at some point. Is this how other people manage to have such tidy houses while mine looks like the Dursleys from Harry Potter?

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 25/10/2018 00:24

All toys upstairs in bedroom from age 2, they could be brought down to play with then must be tidied away in bedroom afterwards. By age 8 we would have no room in the lounge if we let them stay there.

DinosApple · 25/10/2018 07:01

We still use the dining room as a playroom, ours are 7&9.

We need to have a good clear out of toys, but I don't think it's going to go back to a dining room any time soon.

DH has eyed it up as a man cave (no chance!) And I think it will be a great snug/study.

Luckily the table fits in the kitchen!

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Whereisthecoffee · 25/10/2018 07:15

Oh might have to invest in a kallax unit then, thanks

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PoesyCherish · 25/10/2018 07:25

@Whereisthecoffee I highly recommend them. You can pick them up reasonably cheap too and can pick the size that works best for you. Check out the Kallax thread on here :)

Eminybob · 25/10/2018 07:33

Kallax are great, we had them upright in the living room when the toys were down here, and they are now sideways in ds’s room so he can access everything.
Plus you can get some really nice boxes for them that can match your decor and hide all the plastic tat!

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