Is it strange to keep everything your child has ever owned?

[mummytobabygirl2020]

Just that really. My MIL has every outfit her babies ever wore and every spoon, toy, game, bib and plate her children ever had. All their furniture too. Not sure if I should do the same with my child or just keep key items.

@heseesyouwhenyouaresleeping

I don't get why keeping toys and books is seen as weird either.

Surely your kids speak the same English as their parents and grand-parents and can read them just as well?

Same with baby first plate and cutlery set. Is there such a thing as expiry date on those?

If you have space and everything is well organised, what on earth is the issue?

I know some people insist on getting everything new every year (so bin kettle, bread bin, china...to get a new style) but surely it's not that universal.

DD used my and DH’s toddler cutlery and also some of my child size mugs. They still exist and are in a box, no idea if she ever will use them. She may get the odd quid for the silver cutlery set though.

But some items just don’t last, we kept some of DD’s baby plates when we had friends over with smaller children but most were scratched after several years and DD went to use normal cake plates quite fast.

I do agree, that items from the Seventies are actually in quite good condition if kept decently but thanks to modern day housing I cannot see people being able to keep stuff for decades, there is simply not enough storage and people do move around more. I doubt I would pack today the same amount of items I did when we moved when DD was 3.

I think handing items over to others is better than holding them until eternity. I was the coordinator for our NCT sale for several years and we often saw the same item coming up back for sale several times as most baby and toddler ones do not get that use out of it. DD had lovely books we bought second hand and handed back to charity shops or baby groups for the next set to enjoy.