We went on a short break a few weeks ago and I told DS (4) he could pack his new Spiderman backpack with toys and bring them, but he couldn't bring any more than would fit in
Anyway he did (and he packed a load for his baby sister too which I thought was really cute )
But .. he wouldn't unpack them to play with them
And .. he still won't
He carries this blinkin' backpack upstairs with him at night and sleeps with it in bed with him, he carries it downstairs in the morning
He rarely plays with the toys in it, if he empties it its for 20 minutes and then it gets re-packed (small whinge about zip not closing easily cos its so stuffed)
Anyhoo .. it is beginning to annoy me .. I want him to unpack it, put his poor toys away, play with them like a normal kid and use the backpack for swimming
But its life and death this backpack
its driving me ma.a.a.d
so I need suggestions on how to either a) get him to unpack it or b) stop having periods of actually caring that he's lugging a great big backpack stuffed full of knights, power rangers and mutant hero turtles
(I even found 3 socks, a pair of pants and a toothbrush in it yesterday )