Does your family send age-inappropriate gifts to your children?

My parents are the worst about this! Our daughter is 16 mos. old today...and for Christmas they send her a 'fur real friend'....it's a 'robot' dog that is for kids 5 and older. She doesn't understand how it works, really...though she can get it to howl (which is kinda cute). They also sent her a keyboard (again, ages 5 and older). They aren't really toys that can hurt her (like a choking hazard or anything) but she doesn't use them safely - she wants to put the keyboard on the floor and stand on the keys...and I worry that she'll drop the dog and break a paw or something. So, we get them out for supervised play, but I can't leave those things out for her to get any time she wants them. Honestly, if I got a pack of markers that weren't washable ones, I'd take them to the store and exchange them for washable markers. Even if you have the pay the price difference, it would be SO worth it for the time saved scrubbing marker off furniture and carpeting! Actually, we did get some play dough from a friend (which, to a baby, is just a snack!) and I took it to the store and exchanged it for something else. If they ask about it, I'm not sure what I'd do....I guess I could say we 'used it up', but I don't want to lie...plus, they might buy us more! When she's old enough, I am fine with her using playdough, but not as an infant!!

My in laws are terrible about this! My son just turned 1 year old this month. We were just moving him into 12 month clothes on his birthday and he still wears a lot of 6-9 months clothes, still. My in laws bought him size 4T clothes for his birthday! After asking me what size he wore! Included in the package they gave us, were three toys. They were all from the movie cars and most had small parts. They all said age 4+ right on the package. It was nice of them to remember that he likes race cars, but come on, he's way too little for something that has a bunch of small parts. I really think my inlaws are probably the only ones that have done that, though. Since we live 1000 miles away from home, we usually just get checks or giftcards from most people. My mom and my sister send him gifts, but they always buy age appropriate stuff.

Most times my daughter gets age approriate gifts.. But she's 10 now.. When she wa younger we had the same problem as you. So it does get better. I can remember when she was 2 or 3-- she was given a latch hook kit with Pooh on it.. We just dug it out and she started it at 10--- LOL... so it just took up room for like 6 years! Also candy--- I can remember when she was giving candy when she could not even eat it. But it does get better!

With my son, CJ, being 8 my husband's mother and family send him pre-school toys..! Now, come on...what sense does that make. I have told them many times what things he likes and they send him the complete opposite.

My Son was given by my Aunt and Uncle a book with alot of words in it and small printing too. It was for his third birthday and he has Autism so he is bout a year behind developmentally! They said I could read it to him...With very few pictures for him to look at and a short attention span where reading a book with four words on the page was a challenge...LOL There have been other things to, too many to mention...Even from my husbands mom!

No I didnot receive such things but I receive gifts for my child which is right now out of his interest and I don't have enough place to keep uninteresting things. off couse when he will grow up he may change his mind and may resist to have toys of his own choice but now at least I can decide what he should keep and what he shouldn't.

that i cant remember now,,all my kids are grown up already...and two of them are working and the rest are still in school...anyway sometimes we really cant avoid some people buying inappropriate gifts to our kids..

my daughter got a cande for christmas from my husband's grandmother ( so her great grandmother) it was a pretty teddy bear candle but for a 2yo??? I mean come on...i think she honestly bought it at a yard sale cuz i see the all the time at yard sales for 10 cents. my aunt also bought her some clothes when she was about 1 year old that were a size 4T. she is just now wearing them. *sigh

i havent paid any attention during my kids are still one if they have receive some inappropriate gifts from others...friends should be sensitive enough to know what is good for the one theyre gonna buy gifts especially on the toddlers or children..

My child is sent age appropriate gifts. Well that is so far, she is just a baby but we have recieved many soft toys and teething rings. I am sure that our days will come when we get things like markers and candy as gifts. Good luck and maybe one day people will learn.