I'll admit, I've NEVER sanitized these toys after a bath unless there were large, floating logs in the bathwater. THAT constituted a good, deep Clorox bath in my mind and I was happy to comply.
I don't consider myself a germaphobe, but this video totally grossed me out. I dare you to click on the link to see what is lurking inside of your bathtoys. I was not completely suprized, as I figured some moisture was in the toys (after all, they all have holes that we love squirting water from), but I never imagined the grossness inside could be hazardous.
Part of me wants to go slice into those tub toys and see if there really is anything inside, and then again, I think I'm just going to throw them away, and look for something else, that won't get grody inside!
Our tub boys...EXPOSED!!!!!
Yes, I caved. I cut one open. I couldn't justify throwing them all away unless at least one looked as gross as in the movie...
Yes, I caved. I cut one open. I couldn't justify throwing them all away unless at least one looked as gross as in the movie...
ewweeeeee...gross. They're all gone.
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Over the years I've been throwing out our toys that have the "squirty hole" in them. As soon as I saw that they got that sludge in them, out they would go. I just finished throwing out the rest of them when they moved. As far as other bath toys, the truth is I don't care if the kids play with them. I clean them every few months in the dishwasher but that's it. Germs don't scare me much.
Yeah, didn't watch the video, but I've seen a few bath toys go gross, so we don't buy bath toys that can't "air-out" on their own anymore. The plastic boats are still okay in my mind. Funny what happens when somebody point out somethings we just weren't aware of. . .
If you're germaphobe (like me!) don't watch the one on your vacuum. I may have died a little inside!
On the squirt toys, if you regularly wash them out with some diluted bleach they stay fine...you just have to be consistent about it. Mine stay great when I do this!
Was that really one of your toys??!! I saw something similar a while ago and since then have only allowed cups and other very easy to sanitize things in the tub. Wow I don't know what else to say! Crazy gross.
We once squirted a toy at Carson and out came the sludge. After that I've been really leary of having any squirty toys in the tub. Pretty gross...especially since the point of a bath is to get clean! BTW, super cute shamrocks on your front door.
Natsy!!! That totally grossed me out! I will totally have to be more conscious of what I let my boys use.
I am a mean mom because toys don't go in the tub. As soon as I saw one of our own squirty toys squirt black crap (I can't think of a better word, sorry), I threw them all away. The only thing that goes in the tub these days is a boat that doesn't have any holes in it at all. And I have to say that I am gratful that I have never had to pull a "log" out of the tub. EVER. So grateful.
love all the new updates. your luck stitch frame is so cute, i heart it. i luckily had thrown out our bath toys the week before this article came out because i noticed the same thing and threw up a little
I noticed the grossness once and threw them all out. Ross was not very happy with me. In my defense, I did try the clorox thing first, but I still saw the sludge and so out they went.
I need to go through our tub toys ocassionally i will bleach the heebee bajeebees out of them but yea i think it may be time to get some new toys! The boys would love that!
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