Toy sorting when inlaws keep buying!

[littleraysofsunshine]

we're trying to keep you'd sorted and down to a minimum as I find that the more they have not only is it just more mess, it's a cause for them to be less likely to play using their own imagination, and get an overload of sensory.

How do you manage when they just keep buying stuff for your children, even though you've said... They don't need anything

If they're not getting the hint maybe tell them that they can keep the toys at their house for when your children come to visit? Then they can put up with the mess! Or if they insist on buying stuff suggest clothes that will get used?

Put half of them away and have them on rotation? That works well for us.

We had this with mil. She was a refugee in the war and lost everything she owned so compensates by over buying and over feeding people then calling you fat and spoilt.

We were firm in the end because it was ridiculous the sheer quantity of stuff she would buy. I re directed her to something easier to use up, which was craft. Once she had a focus it became manageable.

Rotate boxes of toys from the loft/shed. This is the only way. You could try asking nicely for children's swimming/horse riding/judo/karate/skating/ballet/music/tennis lessons or whatever other activities they might like to do instead but that hasn't worked for us, even thougn our child would dearly love to do a few activities from the above list that we cant afford. We get more toys, usually HUGE ones that dont fold away or store easily....