My dd is 17 months old. She was utterly spoiled for Christmas by my parents, in laws and extended family. The grandparents got very excited about certain 'big items' that they wanted to buy her so we ended up letting them have first choice of toy and we bought her things like books, little zoo characters, colouring books and a little desk. Both sets of grandparents got utterly carried away and DD now has every toy and item of clothing imaginable. As well as buying her presents to bring home, both sets of grandparents bought toys to stay at their own houses so that she has something to play with when she goes there. Hubby and I are very grateful to our families for their generosity and in all honesty we had a brilliant Christmas. However, at the weekend I overheard MIL on the phone talking to a friend. She was talking about how lovely one of the expensive toys she had bought my niece for Christmas was and said that she was thinking about getting one for DD for Easter! She went on to say that there was no point in getting her an egg because we wont allow her to eat it (not strictly true, I would let her have a little bit but just not the whole egg!) Hubby clocked the conversation too and asked me what I thought. Long story short, we both agreed that she already has more than enough toys (Some still in boxes), we do not have the space for any more as the house is already over run and neither of us want her to be spoiled with stuff.
So, would it be unreasonable to say the above to the grandparents and ask if they could refrain from buying more stuff? I was thinking of suggesting that if they might like to take her out for the day instead, or if they want to buy something then buy her some shoes (as she grows out of them every 2 months!) but I do not want to seem cheeky. The problem is, both sets of parents were broke when they had their own children but are now in a position where they can spoil their grandkids. They love nothing more than buying things for her and are always very generous. Its lovely and well meant, but too much. Is it unreasonable to say no? Is there a better way I could handle this?