To think GPs don't need to give DD so many toys?

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I really don't want to sound ungrateful, but my 2.3 year old DD got so spoilt this christmas by one set of GPs. When DH and I were buying her presents, we actually didn't get several things for her we liked/wanted as we didn't want her to get too much, knowing she would also get presents from GPs.

She got lots of what I would call 'big' items from them - ball/sandpit, train set, peppa pig massive tent, blackboard etc as well as 'stocking fillers'. We just don't have room for all of this stuff, she already had too many toys as it was. Many of these presents already replicate, to an extent what she has - sandpit and paddling pool, playhouse, whiteboard and enough paper and paints to last a life time. She really didn't need any of them.

How do we broach this tactfully with the GPs? We are not ungrateful at all, but she just has far far too much. We are going to have to stick half her stuff in the loft as it is at the stage she plays with something for 2 mins before running onto the next thing.

AIBU?

what's tact? just tell them. tell them what you're getting and that their role is to get less, maybe something supporting what you plan on buying. that's what they are supposed to do. anything else is vanity. make them keep stuff at their house.

I would be pretty cross at Santa also delivering to grandparents so a Santa sack ect would IMHO be wrong, but its nice that they want to treat the gc's

I think sometimes there are only a few steps difference between getting it right for that particular gc/ family and forgetting that the gc has actual parents who also want to treat there own children but they live in normal sized houses.

How about in time for the next present buying occasion you very nicely just say " its so lovely that you wish to treat dc but could you please remember our house is not huge and we would also like to be able to buy her a decent gift without worrying about having no space for anything, do you think you could stick to a few small gifts."