Clean Your Bathtub Toys

Executive Summary by Angela Martinez

Bathtub Toy

Bathtub toys are half the fun of taking a bath for kids. Every child needs a squeaky rubber ducky toy for their bubble bath. Squeaking and squirting water are good for hours of play, but water on rubbers and plastic breads molds and mildew that you can’t see. After months of playing fun, you suddenly notice black flakes in the water. If you haven’t figured it out yet, those are pieces of mildew coming from the inside of your child’s favorite squeaky bath tub toy.

A way to keep the tub toys clean and prevent mildew growth inside.

• Toys must be allowed to dry completely. Most bacteria will die when it drys out. Placing your tub toys in a bath toy net or other holders that will allow drainage and then the toys will be able to dry.
• Cleaning the toys with a solution of bleach and water will help mildew from forming on the outside of the toys.
• Toys that are plastic or rubber that can allow water to get in such as a squeaky rubber ducky, need to be cleaned inside also. Then squirt the bleach solution out. The toys should be rinsed with regular water afterwards, to make sure the bleach is removed.
• If the toys already have black mildew flakes in them, the bleach and water will still work, but it will need to be repeated several times until all the black ceases to squirt out.

This should be done every two to four weeks. Then dump the toys in the water. Be sure to clean the bath toy holder in the bleach solution also. It is inevitable that your child will get a mouthful of bath water. So keep these things in mind when cleaning your bathtub and don’t forget to clean the bath toys.

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