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To keep toys out of the living room!

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IShitChristmasGlitter · 24/12/2018 10:57

Were half way through the Christmas eve clean up Ive moved the big wicker toy basket out of the living room and emptied into the toy box in there room. The basket from the living room is now in my bathroom as my new much needed wash basket am thinking after Christmas no toy box in the living room I would have to buy a new one anyway now. Then just get a few toys out each day then back again at the end of the day?AIBU?

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ShalomJackie · 24/12/2018 11:07

No

CmdrIvanova · 24/12/2018 11:07

Where do the children play?

3boysandabump · 24/12/2018 11:18

When my dc turn 3 their toys go in their bedroom.
Youngest is 4 months so his toys are downstairs because obviously he can't play in his room. The others are allowed to bring down a couple at a time if they're playing with them but they have to be put away upstairs.
So no YANBU and i bet it feels amazing to get your living room back!

kaytee87 · 24/12/2018 11:20

I don't have toys in the living room but we have a playroom. Not sure I'd manage it otherwise

kenandbarbie · 24/12/2018 11:24

Not at all mine have their toys in their bedrooms.

whosafraidofabigduckfart · 24/12/2018 11:28

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Hidillyho · 24/12/2018 11:30

I have a rule of toys only in the living room. I want DD to play in with us rather than upstairs so it really depends where you want the kids to spend their time playing. Neither way is correct or incorrect, just up to personal choice

AnnaMariaDreams · 24/12/2018 11:35

DS has a play room and a bedroom. The sitting room is now a grown up space, I love it.

user1493413286 · 24/12/2018 11:43

How old are your kids? If they’re old enough to get their toys out of their room and put them back then fair enough. With DD who is 1 I wouldn’t as I like her to be able to choose what to play with rather than have it chosen by me each day

Longdistance · 24/12/2018 11:50

We have a zero toys tolerance in our living room, but we have a playroom/informal lounge for their toys as well as their bedrooms.
It’s very relaxing not having their toys around.

kmmr · 24/12/2018 11:53

I love toys in the living room. My husband keeps moving them out, but things like a train tracks are lovely to have playing around my feet. Much better than me being in the playroom!
But, each to their own. We do have a playroom and bedroom is books only as any toy is an excuse not to sleep!

noenergy · 24/12/2018 14:45

I keep toys in the living room, I prefer having the kids playing downstairs. If I had toys in their rooms I don't think they would go to bed at night.

But we do have a separate lounge as well as our living room.

Allthewaves · 24/12/2018 14:47

We had loads toys in sittingroom until youngest started school. Now they all bring their toys down to play then either take them up before bed or if it's trains etc then they stay for 2/3 days

Willow1992 · 24/12/2018 14:53

We moved around DS's 4th birthday and his toys went into his bedroom instead of the living room. It made sense because he has a lot of storage space in his new room. He brings a few things downstairs and they go back up again at bedtime.

Buggeroffbingbunny · 24/12/2018 14:57

My living room is for living... for children that means playing.

We have a play room, DS has his own bedroom and we still have toys in every room of the house. I hate grown up rooms in houses that are also home to children. The years will come when my DC have grown up and left and I can have tidy adult spaces then. Right now this is there home and they are free to play anywhere they like.

UhYeahISureHopeItDoes · 24/12/2018 15:00

No toys in the living room past 7pm, if they aren't taken upstairs at bedtime they're binned.

Most of the time they play in the bedroom but if family are over with small children then they bring a few downstairs and usually play in the hallway while the adults are in the living room

Jellycatspyjamas · 24/12/2018 15:05

We have the kids cuddle toys and some books in the bedroom, a playroom full of toys, books and arts stuff (together with family tv and games console). We have separate living room with a music player and generally we try not to have toys in there (but fail miserably) my kids have pretty much infiltrated every part of the house (and car, and my handbag) which is fine for me. It’s their home first and foremost.

KonekoBasu · 24/12/2018 15:08

We don't have the space for a playroom and DS has the boxroom so not much room in there. I don't mind the toys being In the living room, I like to see and hear him play, though I must admit it was a relief to move some older stuff out for Christmas and I'm hoping it stays out!

M0reGinPlease · 24/12/2018 20:46

We have a sitting room (no toys kept in there but DD can bring them in if she wishes to play in there) and a snug, which is basically a playroom. Before we had both rooms she was only a baby so had a basket of toys in the front room. It's a balance- I have kids, my house is not a show home and I want her to feel that she can play where she likes, but equally I don't want to feel like I live in a branch of Toys R Us once she's in bed. They all get bunged in the snug and the door is shut!

Lazypuppy · 24/12/2018 21:07

Yabu

BackforGood · 24/12/2018 22:25

YANBU, as, your house, your rules, but I find it a sad to be in a house where children live and not see any toys. You call it the living room. Do your dc not live there too ? Unless it is some sort of Victorian 'parlour' and your dc have a separate space where they play and 'be' during the day, it seems odd to me to wipe any trace of their existence from the downstairs room.

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