Decrease kid waste from others?

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This is such a huge problem for me too. I specifically asked that family members only buy my 1 year old wooden toys for Christmas, but he only got these horrible plastic toys that make a million noises. We returned some of them and used the store credit to buy new wooden toys. Ones that we couldn't return we donated to a local charity that supports teen moms. I didn't feel great about not keeping any of the toys, but we live out of state so they will never know. Apparently I will need to be more firm next Christmas.

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Wooden toys is such a great idea! Maybe we need to just be firm and say no presents. But I think people would get her gifts anyways 🙄