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Bath Toys
Asked by R.P. from Lansing
on October 15, 2008
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I'm looking for ideas of household items that make good bath toys.....my son loves the bath but I want to give him more to play with in the tub without going out and b...
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- We re-use the taco bell cups (the big plastic ones) for lots of stuff including as a toy in the tub. We also have a few "baby" toys that were grown out of as play toy...
- My kids love spray water bottles, cups and empty shampoo bottles (little trial size ones are best) in the bath tub. They are both older (3 & 5) - but these have been ...
- 1. funnels and 2 liter pop bottles with various scoops - let your child figure out the use of the funnel, don't show 2. food coloring in the water makes all old toys...
Cleaning Bath Toys
Asked by R.F. from Chicago
on October 19, 2007
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Hi! Our daughter absolutely loves rubber ducks and all the little squirting plastic abth toys she can get her hands on. The problem is that after a while they all seem...
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- I use to put them in bleech water and make the toy suck it in and then squirt it out then into plain water a couple of times too rinse it out...also try this site they...
- I do the same thing, throw away the toys and buy new ones. Yess it's a waste, but better safe than sorry. Once mold gets in them, it's not safe. I don't feel like I ca...
- HI! My daughter's bath toys are the same way & I cleaned them with Clorox Bleach then rinsed them out really well. Then I sprayed them with Clorox Anywhere spray. It w...
Cleaning Bath Toys
Asked by A.A. from Dayton
on January 19, 2007
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Does anyone know of a good, easy way to clean the kind of bathtub toys with the squeaky hole in the bottom? My daughter has a ton of them, and they always seem to reta...
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- I agree with the majority ... throw them away! We spent a little more money by doing this, but we bought some new bathtub toys that would not hold water for this very...
- i would seriously consider tossing them..but maybe try making a bleach solution and getting that inside the toy and letting it sit for a few minutes before squirting ...
- I tried cleaning them bleach water, but I didn't have much luck. I ended up throwing all of ours away.
Cleaning and Keeping House Clean
Asked by D.M. from Boston
on August 23, 2008
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I just want to give up on my house ever being clean. I clean it and my family messes it up again. Everything is always on the floor and I am tripping over baby equipme...
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- Hi D., First of all, give yourself a break... you work full time, have two kids, and you squeeze in making the house right from 10-midnight.... yikes.... When my...
- I feel your pain! I just bought a bunch of storage units at Target that were priced reasonable. I bought a large wire shelf and a BUNCH of bins that could be labeled w...
- I am with you! It is impossible to keep a clean house, a job AND your sanity. My opinion is....as long as the house is not dirty, like dust, dirt on floors and a gri...
Seeking Advice for Bath Time for 10 Month Old.
Asked by S.N. from Minneapolis
on June 24, 2009
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Up until about a month ago, we have been using a newborn/infant bath tub and setting it on the bathroom counter to bathe my daughter. She used to love bath time and wo...
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- Hi S.! I responded to your question here- http://mamasmiracles.com/?p=446
- I did the same thing for my son and daughter, fortunately there were no such problems. The first thing that comes to mind though is that the much bigger, but enclosed ...
- I used the infant tub for only a few months with all mine; then they got squirmy enough that it wasn't practical anymore. And then with all three, I moved next to the ...
Cleaning Old Toys
Asked by J.W. from Dallas
on August 16, 2007
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Hi Moms,
Just wondering if anyone has any idea on how to clean some old toys. My inlaws sent my older son a big box of Lincoln Logs and soon will also be sending Leg...
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- cleaning any toys in bleach is not really safe. a much better and totally safe option is hydrogen peroxide (I read it in a "mommy" book on cleaning). It disipates fa...
- Not sure how I'd clean the Lincoln Logs. Perhaps a soak in a Lysol solution and good wash with a vegetable brush and dishsoap afterward, but the Legos could go throug...
- The clorox could be harmful if your youngster put the toys in their mouths! You should be looking to use all natural cleaners, so that you don't have to worry about it...
12 Month Old Hates Bathtime
Asked by M.L. from Los Angeles
on October 5, 2008
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I am looking for some suggestions on getting my 1 year old daughter to enjoy taking a bath. Recently she has been terrified of bathtime. She cries before and during a ...
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- My son had the same aversion to bathtime around the same time...our pediatrician suggested that he was making the connection with bathtime to his day ending, and havin...
- I haven't read through the other responses, so maybe I'm being redundant, but I have the same problem with my boy, though not so severe. Here are some things we've don...
- My son didn't have this issue at this age but he's now 3 and sometimes protests his bath. I remember a few times at her age(maybe a little older?) he started out taki...
Toy Cleaning?
Asked by A.C. from Kansas City
on January 12, 2008
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As a first time mom, I am unsure the best way to keep our little guy's toys clean (since they go in his mouth at every use and usually fall on the floor, too). I real...
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- I use that Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface sanitizing spray. I have an 8 month old daughter. She puts everything in her mouth also. I usually spray her toys, high chai...
- One thing I was never told is to avoid any bath toys with holes in them. That cute little rubber ducky can hoard massive amounts of mold. My children had one and I act...
- Each morning I prepare a disinfectant solution of 1/4 cup bleach to one gallon of water. I pour the solution into spray bottles and have them readily available. I have...
Cleaning Bath Squirt Toys
Asked by T.H. from Topeka
on July 6, 2009
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Wondering what the "proper" way is to clean a bath squirt toy. The kids had one last nite that had some yuck in it. Wondered if I need to throw it out or if there was ...
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- Hi T.... Honestly, I am not getting more bath squirt toys for the kids (mostly for the little one). The toys get so dirty inside, and even when I used to put them i...
- I regularly throw these things away and don't bother attempting to clean them. How can you know you are getting them really clean, is my take. My son received some pre...
- When my oldest was a baby (she's almost 13 now), she had some bath toys and when she squirt out some water some of the "yuck" had come out of it as well. I was grosse...
How Do You Keep Your House Clean?
Asked by K.J. from Nashville
on August 17, 2010
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Any suggestions on keeping your house clean? I feel like I do so much, but it is never clean. Here is a list of what I do. If you can modify it in any way to make t...
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- Wow....that is so way more than I do. Obviously, I am no help on the "tricks" part of the response. LOL! You wipe down your fridge every other week?? I don't mean ...
- I have teenagers - let me tell you that it never gets any better. Their toys get smaller and then their junk gets more plentiful. Enjoy your kids. Don't sweat the sma...
- What you need to do is go to flylady.net/ I've been doing the routines and I never actually have to clean. I pick up, but never have to do any CLEANING anymore. It's w...
