HV comment about toys

I’m an over-thinker and just anxious it’ll be put somewhere or seen negatively.

We had the 1 year review and also a general check up as we just transferred to a new region (maybe important here, we just moved a month ago) and the HV who came commented that our child had no toys except for a ball and 2 wooden blocks.

That’s not true, that’s just what was in the living room. I said she has plenty of toys in her nursery and she just said “ok, it’s not good for them to not have anything to play with” and I repeated that she does have a lot of toys, just not in the living room as her nursery is big and she tends to play there. She then asked if we always just leave her in her room and never let her play anywhere else and I was like what?!?

She has free access to anywhere in the house, we don’t even close doors other than the bathroom. She runs around in the living room or takes a toy down from upstairs so I’m so confused. She also said she doesn’t have any books at all - which again not true, her books are upstairs.

I asked if she wanted to see the nursery and she said no need.

Now I’m worried she’ll note down somewhere that our child has no toys or books?

Posted May 12, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC

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