How to clean bath toys
Some kids inexplicably hate baths. Or they fear the water. Or they simply refuse to follow the basic rules of human hygiene and revel in their own filth. If any of these are your crosses to bear, you need to load up on bath toys. Choose ones made from a single piece of silicone, rubber or plastic, without any holes in them, so water won’t get trapped inside. Because trapped water leads to mold, which is something you absolutely do not want.
But even if you stock up on the creme de la creme of bath toys, you do need to wash them. Experts, including those at the residential cleaning service The Maids, recommend cleaning bath toys once a week.
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“If you can boil the bath toy, then boil it. Or run it through the dishwasher. You can also scrub it with dish soap and water, using a toothbrush,” cleaning expert Sarah Paiji Yoo, co-founder and CEO of Blueland, a New York City-based startup that makes direct-to-consumer eco-friendly cleaning products, told TODAY Home. “We recommend toys without holes in them because water gets stuck inside and it’s really hard to clean it out. I would recommend rubber or silicone because they’re easier to boil or dish wash.”
But let’s say you don’t own a dishwasher, or simply feel weird about using the same appliance to wash rubber ducks and drinking glasses.
Health & WellnessHow to clean bath toys with vinegar
Regalo, which manufactures baby products, recommends that you clean bath toys with a solution of water and vinegar.
HomeHow to clean bath toys in the dishwasher
If you'd still rather use your dishwasher, it's easy and safe.
How to boil bath toys to clean them
You can also clean your children's bath toys by boiling them.
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Jan. 15, 202103:14This article was originally published on May 3, 2021.
