Mold and the bath toys...

Water, dark area and warmth are breading grounds for mold. It also perfectly describes the inside of bath toys!

There is no sure way to prevent this nor can you prevent your little ones from having fun bath toys. You can however take steps to prevent this from happening to your toys!

• After each bath, rinse the toys off with clean water
  
• Completely squirt out each toy
• Set out each toy in a dry area and let completely dry before putting in the bath again
• Take turns with toys- while using one set of toys the other set can dry
• Each week place the toys into the dishwasher - high temps will kill the bacteria
  
• Avoid using porous toys or sponges
  

When you squirt the toy and you see black stuff come out- yup that is MOLD. Well I have read that you can use bleach to wash them, but I don't think using bleach to wash a toy inside when there is a likely chance your child will be squirting water inside in his or her mouth- YUCK!

I found a cool safe alternative to clean the bath toys

1. Mix 1 cup of (Vinegar, Tea Tea Oil or Grapefruit Seed Extract) per 1 gallon of water
2. Squirt all the water out of toy and then suck some of the mixture into the toy
3. Shake the toy well and get the mixture in all the crevices
4. Squeeze mixture out and rinse with fresh water
5. Dry in direct sunlight in a cool DRY area

Happy Bathing :)