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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 155369" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>TM</p><p> </p><p>If it were me, and it was at one time, I'd have to put my foot down and find new homes for a majority of those stuffed animals. If you attempt to display them they'll probably take up most of the room. Storage is a pain, and then she doesn't play with them because it's either too hard to get them out or she doesn't think about it.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe I'm the worse Mom in the world, but easy child had a major deal about her stuffies. When she was little they were People, as important to her as you or I. And she had so many that there was nowhere to put them either for storage or display, and they smothered her if she tried to pile them onto her full size bed.</p><p> </p><p>So, one day when she went to school Mom bagged/boxed up the ones that I hadn't seen her play with in a long time. If I remember right I think I ended up with 4 of those yard garbage bags full of perfectly good stuffies. No way could I bring myself to toss them. Couldn't sell them because of easy child.</p><p> </p><p>Since there was no freecycle in those days, I took them to the women's shelter. Now I'll be honest, at first easy child was both furious and heartbroken. But eventually the idea that they went to "live" with other children who needed them more than she did grew on her.</p><p> </p><p>After that I had a rule, NO MORE STUFFIES without prior permission from me. Otherwise the family would just shower her in them again, and Nichole too because when she came along she loved them as much as easy child.</p><p> </p><p>I was the major bad guy for a while. But at least those stuffed toys wound up in good places with kids who needed and enjoyed them. And my house was no longer overrun with stuffed animals.</p><p> </p><p>To this day I hate stuffed animals. lol I think I've bought Darrin and Aubrey each one when they were born and that's it. </p><p> </p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 155369, member: 84"] TM If it were me, and it was at one time, I'd have to put my foot down and find new homes for a majority of those stuffed animals. If you attempt to display them they'll probably take up most of the room. Storage is a pain, and then she doesn't play with them because it's either too hard to get them out or she doesn't think about it. Maybe I'm the worse Mom in the world, but easy child had a major deal about her stuffies. When she was little they were People, as important to her as you or I. And she had so many that there was nowhere to put them either for storage or display, and they smothered her if she tried to pile them onto her full size bed. So, one day when she went to school Mom bagged/boxed up the ones that I hadn't seen her play with in a long time. If I remember right I think I ended up with 4 of those yard garbage bags full of perfectly good stuffies. No way could I bring myself to toss them. Couldn't sell them because of easy child. Since there was no freecycle in those days, I took them to the women's shelter. Now I'll be honest, at first easy child was both furious and heartbroken. But eventually the idea that they went to "live" with other children who needed them more than she did grew on her. After that I had a rule, NO MORE STUFFIES without prior permission from me. Otherwise the family would just shower her in them again, and Nichole too because when she came along she loved them as much as easy child. I was the major bad guy for a while. But at least those stuffed toys wound up in good places with kids who needed and enjoyed them. And my house was no longer overrun with stuffed animals. To this day I hate stuffed animals. lol I think I've bought Darrin and Aubrey each one when they were born and that's it. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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