Well, I did it.
I am on the verge of tears tonight.
Because I feel like a bad mom.
Really.
Because I am a toy natzi.
And now I have spent the last 2 hours researching toddler toys to see which ones I am willing to break down and buy. What do you think??
Those are just a few thoughts (Note: Most of these I am going to ask Chad about making so I can add my own twists to them . . . does that still count??) I am also thinking of a few others I can make and so I really don't need pictures . . . like matching stuff.
ANYWAY
Maybe you should know what brought on this emotional mayhem?
WELL, a good friend came over and I heard her ask tots (while I was otherwise occupied), "Where are all your toys?," as she took rattles from tots hands (that tots no doubt stole from babes) and tossed them aside.
The question made me think about our toys.
As I scanned the room I saw stuffed animals, balls, cars, books, rattles, and some odd-and-end toys. And it hit me. We keep all tots toys put up so she can only play with them when I think to get them out. But, really, she doesn't have much. She has grown so much and Christmas and birthday only come around so often. I guess I should just be thinking about this stuff regularly. Then, as I was searching for some possible toys, a tear actually came to my eyes when I remembered tots learning to walk behind whatever chair she could push around.
NO PUSH TOY. (I'll be honest, sometimes it was an empty diaper box.) No riding toy, no pushing toy, not even a toddler chair.
OH the guilt.
Any other night this would be a sarcastic post (a really funny one), but tonight I am feeling like the toy natzi that I am. And so I need to end because I feel another tear coming on.
*On a funny note, I actually caught tots (at the learning to walk stage of her life) trying to mount this little pull toy that couldn't hold her weight and so she would go tumbling over every time she tried. It was funny. But tonight . . . not so much :(
3 comments:
Laura, you are WAY too hard on yourself. I am like you. I think that kids do not need that many toys. There are whole countries of children growing up without push toys! They all turn out ok. We have only bought two toys, I think, for Lucas. Some people donated a few wooden ones to us and he got a couple for his birthday/Christmas from grandparents. He spends most of his time playing with balls, his wooden blocks or, most of the time, with random non-toy stuff.
I think toys often are annoying, take over people's houses, and are unnecessary. If you feel like you need more, I'd go to a thrift store or children resale events and get a few wood toys that don't make annoying electronic noises :) I think you are really doing your kids a favor. don't be sad!
Lol. Thank you Ksenia! I appreciate it!
I agree with Ksenia. You are a good mom and your kids are not deprived. But I love woodenen toys! Love them! I want to get Marie some wooden blocks for Christmas or maybe those stacking rings tower thingy. But I think it would be so cool if Chad could make some. Talk about heirloom toys.
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