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Original poster

To hate soft toys....

28 replies

nymphadora · 01/01/2010 11:33

One or two per child is fine but why do my kids accumalate them? And how? When we moved(in august) dd2 had 5 now she has a bed full! And she notices if they 'disappear'

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PoppyIsApain · 01/01/2010 11:37

YABU they are lovely, but i collect charlie bears so i am biased

pjmama · 01/01/2010 11:40

I have a theory that they multiply in the toy box like Tribbles when you're not looking.

VirginPeachyMotherOfSpod · 01/01/2010 11:45

YANBU

I just do not get them

A bear each and something from their current fave TV show is fine, but we have a large plastic tub full of many toys (4 kids) and each one apparently has a story attached so cn't be binned.

Dust catching uselessnesses if you ask me but I could never get attached to any kind of bear or anything, just not my way.

GhoulsAreLoud · 01/01/2010 11:48

YABU

My 16mo DD already has about 15.

I loved my cuddly toys when I was little. I used to line them all up in my bed at night with individual pillow cases for covers (so the duvet didn't cover their eyes you see) and there'd be so little room for me I'd fall out of bed.

mii · 01/01/2010 11:49

i chuck em all the time

they get all musty if you just leave them

but am anal about clutter/crap that isn't used

WorzselMummage · 01/01/2010 11:49

I hate them, especially christmas ones..

What is one supposed to do with fluffy snowmen in July ?

sarah293 · 01/01/2010 11:50

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sunburntats · 01/01/2010 11:55

fucking dust traps!

Why?? For what reason were they even invented?

I would happily bonfire the lot....if i could do it without it bieng noticed, and noted and hysterics and child abuse claims bieng lodged by my 6 year old towards me...

fucking childline.......

Morloth · 01/01/2010 11:55

Must be a girl thing, all of DS's toys appear to come with razor sharp edges for maximum damage to bare feet.

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 01/01/2010 11:58

Yanbu they're a pain in the arse, everyone buys them for new babies but (most) babies aren't interested in them til they get to about three so until then, they sit about your house getting manky and sunbleached and mysteriously breeding until suddenly there's dozens of them taking up all the space in the toyboxes so there's no room for actual toys.

I do a cull every few months because otherwise we'd be overrun with them. How many cuddly sheep does one small boy need ffs?

saltyseadog · 01/01/2010 11:58

YABU - unless they are on the bed of a woman aged over 20, in which case YANBU (at all).

PoppyIsApain · 01/01/2010 12:01

I think i should point out before people have me down as a nut job that my bears are collectable and live in a display cabinet. But my ds has 20 or more now and he is only 18 months, he loves his bears.

RustyBear · 01/01/2010 12:06

Poppy - stop it while you still can - DS developed a love of penguins when he was 2, and I, God help me, thought it was cute and encouraged it. This was the result. He's now 22 & we still have most of them, though they have now migrated to the loft.

KurriKurri · 01/01/2010 12:15

When my DD was young she spent the weekend with one of her friends Dad and stepmother. They took the girls to a car boot sale, gave them money and let them off by themselves. My DD came home with two huge carrier bags full of stuffed toys. Hideous weird stuffed toys no one would want. I nearly wept.

Lovecat · 01/01/2010 12:17

YANBU.

When I did my massive declutter a few months back I counted 76 cuddly toys. After some negotiation I managed to get DD to reduce this to 50...

Fifty friggin' toys! And they all have names and backstories and she KNOWS if they are not there!

Collectively they are known as 'the children' and accompany her on her imaginary bus journeys, school lessons, shops/cafes, dance displays/'shows'... it's almost OCD the way they all have to be lined up before any game can begin.

Possibly it's because she's an only and feels the need for company? Drives me insane, anyway.

MumNWLondon · 01/01/2010 12:18

I hate it when people buy them, (mainly MIL) even though I have said so many times NO NOT buy any more, we have loads and DS (3) loves them so much. DD (6) has never liked them though.

Squishabelle · 01/01/2010 12:36

YANBU we used to chuck them out in their hundreds. Dcs were never interested in any of them. Just wished there had been an easy way of telling people not to give them as gifts!

RumourOfAHurricane · 01/01/2010 12:42

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Kaloki · 01/01/2010 12:55

I love cuddly toys, I still have some of my old ones. I think we filled 2 bin bags with them when we moved house.. when I was 18.

BouncingTurtle · 01/01/2010 13:30

' I used to line them all up in my bed at night with individual pillow cases for covers (so the duvet didn't cover their eyes you see) and there'd be so little room for me I'd fall out of bed.'

Me too!!

DS has sooooo many!! I have got rid of some of my soft toys apart from a few I keep for sentimental reasons. But DS loves his soft toys so I can't get rid of them!

But I do understand what you mean, OP!

GhoulsAreLoud · 01/01/2010 14:01
Sputnik · 01/01/2010 14:28

I am contemplating using ours to make something like this

Original poster
nymphadora · 01/01/2010 14:49

I am quite that people actually like their kids collecting them!

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Fibilou · 01/01/2010 14:51

I fecking hate soft toys.

Pineapplechunks · 01/01/2010 14:55

YANBU. Can't stand huge collections of the things. I've put all DD's in the bottom of her wardrobe becuase I don't like them all over the place and she won't get rid.

Whats really worriying is when another adult buys me a teddy for a birthday or Christmas. WTF am I supposed to do with that?