I have created a wish list for my toddler for Christmas, she will be nearly 2 by Christmas.
I put it on our family WhatsApp with a message saying that she already has a lot of toys, books and clothes and that the list contained things she needed (in terms of clothes) and things I knew she would like, such as more books by same author, more duplo or playmobile sets, and some stuff for her doll. I also put the caveat that if they were planning on buying her anything big to please run it by us as space is limited. I also mentioned vouchers towards our local safari park. I put this up in September as people told me they were already starting to buy.
My grandma wanted to by her a pram for her doll, which I said was fine as long as it folded for storage, all fine and she ordered it. My mum wanted to buy her a play kitchen, I sent her the link for a couple of smaller ones which we could maybe show horn into the house. It hasn’t went down well, she wants to buy her the Lidl one which is bigger ‘but nicer and she’ll have more fun with it’. She’s gone on to say my list was extremely rude and people do not like being told what they can buy. My mum doesn’t live locally so it’s not as if I can even put stuff to her house.
Admittedly I am a bit of a hoarder and struggle to get rid of DDs stuff, so I try to ensure that the stuff we do get is good quality, suitable and we will actually use. How can I spell this out in a way my family will understand 🫣
We are at toy capacity as it is, my partner was particularly pissed off when my mum suggested we get rid of the piano to make room for the larger play kitchen 😬