grandparents buying loads of massive gifts for my dd

[pud1]

i know i should just be greatful but both sets of grandparents have bought lots of large bulky gifts ( rocking horses and push alongs etc) for my dd. she is 10 months and this is her first christmas so they are excited but i live in a 2 bed flat that i am not able to sell no matter how much i want to and i have no idea where i am going to store them. we are already bulging at the seems. i need storage solutions.

how about suggesting you keep some of the items at the grandparents house so they can enjoy them with dd when you visit?
My mil is the same and I try to stop myself being so annoyed by her over-indugence, and like you, know I should just be greatful. She keeps loads of stuff at her house and this works ok so far.

Do the grandparents live near you as she grows out of toys maybe they could store them for you?
My pils had their garage full of our stuff at one point.

that's a good solution for now but if you stay in your flat you'll have to say something.
it's not fair on the child that they get something for christmas that they can't have all the time. (obvioulsy your dd is too young to notice yet)

i can probably keep some at mil ( although she has loads of toys that she buys for her house) but my mum lives away so dd would not get to play with them very often. i am just moaning now but it just feels like it is making our current housing situation all the more hard.

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We had this last year. In fact, between Christmas and DS's first birthday we accrued 3 bikes, a ball pool, a paddling pool, two walkers and various other bulky things. It's lovely that they all want to be so generous, but I can see exactly where you're coming from. We have a wee 2 up 2 down and have the same storage issues.

All I can say is that with a bit f luck subsequent events won't be such a big thing and the presents will settle down. It drove me completely loopy for a while but I was being really unreasonable about it. I blame the hormones but it was simply ungrateful. I might quietly ebay some of it at a later date

please dont mention birthday, she is one in feb. it will all start again no doubt

My DS's birthday is in Jan, so I ask his GP's to buy a very small pressie to unwrap and then either give money or buy something later on in the year - my PIL give us cash for his account and my parents buy a pressie around Easter - either an outdoor toy or something he wasn't quite old enough for on his b'day. It means they don't go such a long time without new toys, too.

i have the same problem, however, they wont be around forever, let them spoil her. how about keeping your/her favourite and donating the rest to church/refuge/local family?

Oh I remember mountains of plastic tat when they were tiny - they arrived with binbags full of prezzies

We did what MissC suggests - took some toys and left them there - very useful on visits!