Thanks for the advice Matryoshka you're right, I need to get of my greenie high horse

I agree there are definitely some great plastic toys out there, DS has a few that he loves and I don't mind him playing with them.....I think the ones that bother me mostly are all the little nick knacks like teething toys he seems to acquire. I guess I feel bad when someone has taken the time to buy him a present that he isn't the slightest bit interested in...especially when they say 'ooo does he like what I got him?'

I am very conscious of the whole character themed thing now he's little and doesn't know a winnie the pooh from an iggle piggle...but when he's older it's definitely right to let them make their own decisions.

I guess if someone asks, I'll tell them what he likes and take it from there. Maybe he can have a new saucepan to bang on...that way mama wins too