A dumb question. What exactly is the black schmutzy stuff that squirts out? Mildew? What do people do about it? Suck in some bleachy water and soak them? Toss the toys? Just accept that it's a natural skeevy part of bath toys?
I like to think I'm a fairly clean person but am at a loss!
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04-19-2013 #1
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04-19-2013 #2
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We don't have any enclosed bath toys that can't be opened and cleaned (no squirters). It's probably mold, and it's pretty gross.
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04-19-2013 #3
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Originally Posted by indigo99
They skeeve me out.
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Originally Posted by mikala
They skeeve me out. Its a bummer, because some of those are super-cute and DD really loved them, but the thought of what might be growing in there was more than I wanted to deal with. We had some in the beginning, but after a few baths I threw them out and never got any more. Along the way we collected a few rubber duckies, etc. I'd let DD play with them for a few baths & then...oops, they got lost!
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04-19-2013 #5
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That is our MO too! Only things I can toss in a sink of diluted bleach or the dishwasher get in the regular bath rotation :-) and I am not a germaphobe, but mildew and black goopy crud growing on bath toys? No thanks! Originally Posted by sunshine873
Its a bummer, because some of those are super-cute and DD really loved them, but the thought of what might be growing in there was more than I wanted to deal with. We had some in the beginning, but after a few baths I threw them out and never got any more. Along the way we collected a few rubber duckies, etc. I'd let DD play with them for a few baths & then...oops, they got lost!DS1 June 2009
DS2 June 2011
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04-19-2013 #6
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I toss ours pretty frequently because Dolly still drinks the bath water. No matter how much I intervene
I can't tell you how many times I've caught her squirting water into her mouth. Ick. So yeah, those tend to go.
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outgrew her allergy to milk & eggs, still allergic to peanuts and cats
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we keep the super cute bathtub toys as regular toys, we don't use them in the tub, because, yes, they would get totally gross.
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I put a dab of hot glue to close the hole and prevent that water from getting into the toy and growing mold. It prevents the toy from being a squirt toy but DDs are too little to know any different, especially since they've never had any that actually squirt.
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04-19-2013 #9
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No squirty bath toys for us.
http://www.thecheesethief.com/2012/0...bath-toys.html
Don't forget about nasal aspirators http://growingittybitty.wordpress.co...al-aspirators/
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04-19-2013 #10
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Oh, ew. Thanks, I think!
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